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.

The Art of Teaching Chair Yoga—now on demand!In this comprehensive 28-hour training, you’ll deepen your sequencing, cuei...
03/24/2026

The Art of Teaching Chair Yoga—now on demand!

In this comprehensive 28-hour training, you’ll deepen your sequencing, cueing, and languaging skills, so you can create chair yoga classes that meaningfully integrate the heart of the teachings.
�Plus, the program features an incredible faculty with expertise in sharing chair yoga with special populations—including those who live with spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions, stroke survivors, and older adults.

The curriculum features core sessions guided by Jivana Heyman with special workshops and practices from an expert faculty:

Dr. Yasmin Bedi
Lian Norris
Dr. Marcia Dernie
Dara Brown
Shawnee Thornton Hardy

Abigail Atkinson
Claire Cunneen
Finlay Wilson
Chloë Thorogood

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Spring Flash Sale Focus: Chair Yoga for EveryoneWhether you are a teacher eager to make your classes more accessible by ...
03/23/2026

Spring Flash Sale Focus: Chair Yoga for Everyone

Whether you are a teacher eager to make your classes more accessible by offering options with a chair or a student seeking to adapt your practice, this on-demand online course will explore:

- How to build strength and flexibility

- How to share the heart of the yoga teachings when leading a chair yoga practice

- Nervous system regulation and relaxation through skillful breathing exercises

- Cultivating focus through meditation

- Specialized workshops, including wheelchair yoga and yoga for those with disabilities, Chair Yoga for older adults, building a therapeutic Chair Yoga practice, and creative and adaptive sequencing.

Don’t miss this workshop series, guided by Jivana Heyman and guest teachers:
Melissa Shah
Rodrigo Souza
Karen James
Jacquie ‘Sunny’ Barbee

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Accessible Yoga Training—coming to Melbourne, Australia! Just a few spots left…Join to learn to design yoga classes whe...
03/20/2026

Accessible Yoga Training—coming to Melbourne, Australia! Just a few spots left…

Join to learn to design yoga classes where all students can practice together in a way that honors and celebrates people of all ages, sizes, abilities, and experience levels.

Details:
April 25-27, 2026
Yoga Spot Fairfield

〰️ Tiered pricing & payment plans are available
〰️ Partial scholarship application open through Friday, March 27!

Link in the first comment to save your spot!

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Start the summer in the Windy City with the Accessible Yoga Training!Join in Chicago to learn the essential skills you ...
03/20/2026

Start the summer in the Windy City with the Accessible Yoga Training!

Join in Chicago to learn the essential skills you need to adapt asana, teach mixed-level classes, and create a safe and effective experience for your students.

Details:
🗓️ June 26-28, 2026
📍 Tula Yoga Studio

🐣 Early Bird Pricing & Extended 6-Month Payment Plans available through Monday, March 30!

✔️ Tiered pricing & payment plans are available
✔️ Partial scholarship application open through Friday, March 27!

Link in the first comment to save your spot!

📘 Bonus: You can download the manual and start the pre-recorded sessions as soon as you register!

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Dublin, we're thrilled to announce that the Accessible Yoga Training is coming your way!Join in Dublin, Ireland to dive...
03/20/2026

Dublin, we're thrilled to announce that the Accessible Yoga Training is coming your way!

Join in Dublin, Ireland to dive into the essential skills you need to design yoga classes that honor and celebrate people of all ages, sizes, abilities, and experience levels.

Details:
🗓️ September 5-7, 2026
📍 Hot Yoga Dublin

🐣 Early Bird Discount available for enrollments made by June 8th, 2026! (Save €100!)

✔️ Tiered pricing & payment plans are available
✔️ Partial scholarship application open through Monday, August 10, 2026!

Link below to save your spot!

📘 Bonus: You can download the manual and start the pre-recorded sessions as soon as you register!

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Let's go, London! The Accessible Yoga Training is coming to you in Fall!Join and to explore the many ways that yoga ca...
03/20/2026

Let's go, London! The Accessible Yoga Training is coming to you in Fall!

Join and to explore the many ways that yoga can be adapted to suit students of all ages, sizes, abilities, and experience levels and build the skills needed to lead an equitable and accessible yoga practice.

Details:
📅 September 11-13, 2026
📍 Arc Collective Space .co

Don't miss the Early Bird Discount: Available for enrollments made by June 8th, 2026! (Save £100!)

Tiered pricing & payment plans are available
Partial scholarship application open through Monday, August 10, 2026!

Link in the first comment below to save your spot!

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Accessible Yoga Training is heading to Byron Bay, Australia!Join to take a deep dive into how to adapt asana on the mat...
03/17/2026

Accessible Yoga Training is heading to Byron Bay, Australia!

Join to take a deep dive into how to adapt asana on the mat, chair, wall, and bed, as well as build the skills needed to lead an equitable and accessible yoga practice.

Details:
🗓️ May 1-3, 2026
📍 Byron Yoga Retreat Centre

✔️ Tiered pricing & payment plans are available
✔️ Partial scholarship application open through Friday, March 27!

https://www.accessibleyogaschool.com/byron-bay-2026

📘 Bonus: You can download the manual and start the pre-recorded sessions as soon as you register!

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03/12/2026

Amma Fandiño is an Accessible Yoga Training study group mentor and also leads Yoga for Incarcerated Populations in our 50-hour foundational training. A Certified Integral Yoga and Accessible Yoga teacher, Amma’s passion is to share yoga with communities with challenges and conditions of vulnerability on a physical, mental and emotional level.

In her home country, Colombia, Amma has been dedicated to teaching cancer patients and their caregivers. She also currently teaches trauma-sensitive yoga in prisons in Bogota. She dedicates her efforts to provide a space that promotes empowerment, rehabilitation, and healing of those deprived of liberty, as well as supporting their addiction recovery processes.

Amma has contributed to the Accessible Yoga Program since 2015 and is a regional representative of the AY group in Spanish. As a Yoga Accessible trainer, she feels honored and fortunate to support the training of yoga teachers in the Spanish-speaking community.

🌟 The Accessible Yoga Training Online is now in session, and registration is still open! Learn more at the link in bio.

03/11/2026

Ann Swanson, yoga therapist and author of Science of Yoga, believes that scientific research on yoga is key for increased access and accessibility of the practice.

We're honored to host Ann's pre-recorded session, Science of Yoga, in our Accessible Yoga Training Online. Ann looks at which of yoga's benefits are actually backed by scientific research, and how to consider contraindications to yoga practices while you're teaching.

With a Master of Science in Yoga Therapy from Maryland University of Integrative Health, Ann helps people relieve pain (like from arthritis or persistent back pain) through practical and accessible yoga and mindfulness practices.

She also enjoys educating about the fascinating science of yoga to spark curiosity and motivation for folks to practice more.

You can still sign up for the training and start today! Link in bio.

03/08/2026

Want to learn how to design fluid sequences that everyone in your class can enjoy? In the Accessible Yoga Training Online, guest faculty member Shanna Small will offer a workshop on adapting flow sequences for accessibility.

Shanna is a dedicated yoga educator with a commitment to social justice and accessibility and a passionate advocate for an inclusive and mindful yoga community. Don’t miss your chance to study with her.

The first session of the training is available on demand now. Start today at the link in bio!

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03/06/2026

If you are holding space as a yoga teacher, there is no time like now to learn how to create q***r- and trans-affirming spaces. However, it takes more than just calling your classroom a “safe space.”

In the Accessible Yoga Training Online, we’re honored to host faculty member Tristan Katz for a workshop on what it means to hold complexities, challenge binary thinking, and truly create welcoming yoga spaces.

Tristan is a business consultant and equity-inclusion facilitator specializing in culturally competent marketing strategies and LGBTQ+ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) training and consulting. As a longtime student of social movements and social justice, Tristan’s work centers on values-focused marketing, the exploration of power and privilege, and the intersection between solidarity and entrepreneurship.

Start the training now at the link in bio.

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