Accessible Yoga

Accessible Yoga At Accessible Yoga we envision a world where everyone has access to the teachings of yoga. Contact info@accessibleyoga.org for more info!

Accessible Yoga offers a range of programs seeking to make yoga available to everyone. We have Accessible Yoga Ambassadors, Community Forums, and the Accessible Yoga Conference.

Rest is an essential practice for everyone, especially for people who are marginalized and are dealing with systemic str...
11/30/2025

Rest is an essential practice for everyone, especially for people who are marginalized and are dealing with systemic stressors. However, many people find restorative yoga challenging, whether it’s because of trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence, lack of comfort, or accessibility.

In our 20-hour on-demand online series, Restorative Yoga Series: Making Rest Practices Accessible, we’ll examine how everyone can benefit from the practice of rest.

This series features a diverse and dynamic group of presenters who will look at restorative yoga in a broad and inclusive way:

Tamika Caston-Miller
Indu Arora
Katie Blecker .blecker
Shawn J. Moore
Rodrigo Souza
Shannon Kaneshige
Tejal Patel
Theo Wildcroft
Arturo Peal
Jivana Heyman

🧡 Now through December 4: Save 25% with code GRATITUDE2025 — learn more about the series at the link in the first comment! 🧡

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Trauma & Yoga Series: Exploring Power, Privilege & Healing—enroll now and save 25% with code GRATITUDE2025! 🧡This 10-par...
11/29/2025

Trauma & Yoga Series: Exploring Power, Privilege & Healing—enroll now and save 25% with code GRATITUDE2025! 🧡

This 10-part on-demand online series examines the impact of trauma across diverse communities, and the role of yoga in addressing that trauma.

Features workshops with an incredible faculty:
Sangeeta Vallabhan
Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Hala Khouri
Kelly Marshall
Mei Lai Swan
Nityda Gessel
Matthew Sanford
Zabie Yamasaki
Jenn Turner
Jivana Heyman

Link in the comment for details!

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In so many ways, aging is a blessing and our yoga practice can truly flourish as we grow older. But it can be challengin...
11/28/2025

In so many ways, aging is a blessing and our yoga practice can truly flourish as we grow older. But it can be challenging to find reliable information about how to share and practice yoga in a way that supports aging bodies and minds through the transitions that arise with each decade.

In Yoga for Older Adults, our 21-hour on-demand training, Jivana Heyman offers the fundamentals of serving older adults from the perspective of the koshas. You’ll also learn specialized topics from expert guest teachers.

🧡 Now through December 4, save 25% with code GRATITUDE2025 🧡

Sessions with :
- Working with Our Aging Bodies
- Expanding Energy & Breath as We Age
- Our Aging Minds
- Creating Appropriate Practices for Older Adults
- Eternal Awakening

Guest Teacher Workshops:
- Yoga & Health Care: Supporting Older Adults with Eve Adler
- Mental Health, Dementia & Grief: A Decolonized Perspective with Ekta Hattangady
- Building Strong Foundations for Easeful Aging with Carol Krucoff
- Empowering Older Adults with Reduced Mobility Through Asana Practice with Jess Geevarghese

Plus, Practices for Older Adults:
- An Ayurvedic Menopause with Kallie Schut
- Yoga for Arthritis with Dr. Steffany Moonaz
- Yoga for Post-Stroke Recovery with Sunny Barbee
- Chair Yoga for Stability & Focus with Liz Oppedijk

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I'm so grateful for this community and your commitment to making yoga more accessible! Every day, when I read your kind ...
11/27/2025

I'm so grateful for this community and your commitment to making yoga more accessible! Every day, when I read your kind messages and see the way you are spreading the word about accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion, I feel a little bit better about the world. There are a lot of us doing our best to make a difference.

🧡 As a thank you, if you've considered enrolling in one of our online programs, now is the time—we're offering a flash sale!

Save 25% on select online programs from our library—use code GRATITUDE2025 at checkout.

(The fine print: Now through December 4. Coupon code may be applied to any pricing tier. Applies to new enrollments only. Cannot be used in conjunction with scholarship offers or other discounts.)

This special offer is available for the following three on-demand series:

🩵 Accessible Yoga for Older Adults
🩵 Restorative Yoga Series: Making Rest Practices Accessible
🩵 Trauma & Yoga: Exploring Power, Privilege, & Healing

Thank you for being part of this community.

Love,
Jivana, founder & director of Accessible Yoga

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Balance is a key element in yoga practice, not only in the physical asanas, but in the overall approach to seeking balan...
11/26/2025

Balance is a key element in yoga practice, not only in the physical asanas, but in the overall approach to seeking balance in our lives. Practices that help us cultivate balance have tremendous benefits for well-being, especially as we age.

Join in February for a FREE two-part workshop series that will explore how to make balancing practices accessible.

Details at the link in the first comment!

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Feeling called to join the Accessible Yoga Training Online but unsure about whether you can afford tuition right now? Ou...
11/24/2025

Feeling called to join the Accessible Yoga Training Online but unsure about whether you can afford tuition right now?

Our equity pricing policy was created to amplify training access for those who hold marginalized identities and those experiencing significant financial hardship.

📝 Take note of the options and deadlines below:

Early Bird Savings & 6-Month Payment Plans
- Available through February 4, 2026

Tiered Pricing & 3-Month Payment Plans
- Always available

Partial Scholarships
- Submit your application by February 3

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Samadhi is a deepening of meditation, when you connect to the object of meditation so deeply that your sense of individu...
11/12/2025

Samadhi is a deepening of meditation, when you connect to the object of meditation so deeply that your sense of individuality ceases to exist. It’s the experience of oneness that we talk about so often in yoga, but maybe we don’t experience as much.

Samadhi allows us to transcend our limited egocentric thinking and to see ourselves in all other beings and to see all other beings in ourselves.

Through the regular practice of pranayama and meditation we can create a pathway to explore all eight limbs of yoga and the true depths of this life-changing practice.

Let's explore this journey together. 's new online training, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga starts tomorrow, and the first session is FREE.

Link in the first comment to join the free workshop or full 16-hour training!

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Over time, our concentration (dharana) deepens into the flow state of meditation. This is a state where the mind is comp...
11/12/2025

Over time, our concentration (dharana) deepens into the flow state of meditation.

This is a state where the mind is completely focused on the object of your choosing. So many of our activities (writing, walking, creating art) are done with the side-effect of connecting with this flow.

Cultivating this meditative state is the defining factor of what makes something yoga.

Jivana Heyman is offering an accessible exploration of meditation grounded in the fullness of the yoga teachings in his upcoming new online training, which begins Thursday!

Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga

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In yoga meditation, we begin with the sixth limb, which is dharana (concentration). Concentration is the ability to focu...
11/11/2025

In yoga meditation, we begin with the sixth limb, which is dharana (concentration). Concentration is the ability to focus the mind on one thing, although the practice can start with multiple things and become more refined over time. For example, you can integrate grounding points like a visual focus on a flame, a breath focus, and mantra repetition.

Patanjali specifically recommends we focus on the mantra, “Om,” but he’s very open-minded about the object we use. In fact, he suggests that we focus on anything that is elevating, including powerful dreams, inspiring teachers, the breath, or the light within.

Join Jivana Heyman for an accessible exploration of pranayama and meditation through the Eight Limbs of Yoga! Our training starts Thursday with a free session!

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