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This week on the podcast I am joined by Jivana Heyman. Jivana is a E-RYT 500 yoga teacher and the founder and director of the Accessible Yoga Association. He’s also the co-founder of the Accessible Yoga Training School and the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body, as well as his forthcoming book Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion.

In this episode of the show, Jivana shares his yoga story, what drew him to creating accessible yoga classes and ultimately creating the Accessible Yoga Association. We discuss what accessible yoga is and how teachers and studios can run classes that are accessible to more people. Finally, we discuss his books, including his upcoming book that will be released in November 2021!

Enjoy!

Discussed in this episode:

• How Jivana was introduced to yoga at a young age
• Jivana’s journey as a yoga teacher
• What is the Accessible Yoga Association?
• Why yoga teachers should work towards making their classes accessible
• Yoga from the beginning is a spiritual practice and by nature open to everyone
• How is the yoga community changing to become more accessible
• The importance of community in a yoga practice
• Jivana’s new book Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion
• Expanding our concept of yoga practice beyond the physical practice
• What are the first things that yoga teachers can start doing for service to their communities?
• Why service always starts personally and at home

• And much more… Here is the episode!

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