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.

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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Pratyahara is the missing link in most yoga practices.Sense withdrawal is a necessary ingredient needed to go deeper int...
11/10/2025

Pratyahara is the missing link in most yoga practices.

Sense withdrawal is a necessary ingredient needed to go deeper into pranayama and meditation practice. It’s a way to begin consciously working with the senses, which are the pathways to the mind.

Our online training, Accessible Pranayama and Meditation: Exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga with , begins on Thursday with a free session!

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While we usually define pranayama as breathing practice or breathwork, it is more specifically energy expansion. Prana i...
11/07/2025

While we usually define pranayama as breathing practice or breathwork, it is more specifically energy expansion. Prana is life force, and through the breath we can work to engage with, and possibly expand, that energy.

Pranayama is most effective when done regularly so that you can approach this potent practice slowly and with care.

In our upcoming online course, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga, you'll learn how to develop a personal pranayama and meditation practice rooted in yoga's most essential teachings.

The first session is free and starts on Thursday!
Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the Eight Limbs of Yoga

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Friends, it starts in one week! We're looking forward to exploring all kinds of accessible pranayama & meditation techni...
11/06/2025

Friends, it starts in one week! We're looking forward to exploring all kinds of accessible pranayama & meditation techniques in Jivana Heyman's new upcoming live course!

Just a quick reminder that our Partial Scholarship Application window closes tomorrow—Friday, November 7 at 11:59pm PT.

✔️ Tiered pricing & 3-month payment plans—with a special community rate—are always available

✔️ Training begins on Thursday, November 13 with a FREE session!

Learn about the program at the 🔗 in the first comment!

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In the third session of our upcoming online course, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation with Jivana Heyman , we're diving ...
11/05/2025

In the third session of our upcoming online course, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation with Jivana Heyman , we're diving into the third limb of yoga—asana (postures), which are by far the most popular practice.

In fact, we’ve gotten to the point that many people equate asana with yoga. So, rather than focus on bringing more asana into your life, this session will consider how you can add to your asana practice with pranayama and meditation.

According to Patanjali, asana is preparation for meditation, so it can be useful to connect asana to meditation in your practice.

The 16-hour online training begins next Thursday, November 13—and the first session is free!

PS—Partial scholarship deadline is Friday, November 7!

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Over the next week, we're diving a little deeper into the curriculum for our upcoming online training, Accessible Pranay...
11/04/2025

Over the next week, we're diving a little deeper into the curriculum for our upcoming online training, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation with Jivana Heyman !

The first two limbs of yoga—Yama (abstentions) and Niyama (observances)—offer overall guidance for the ethical boundaries for our practice, and our lives. These are teachings that we need to reflect on and integrate in our lives in a conscious way.

They are also are preparation for meditation because they cultivate actions that help to support a calm and non-attached mental state.

In Jivana's training, you'll explore building a pranayama and meditation practice, step by step, through the 8 limbs of yoga.

The training starts next Thursday, November 13 with a FREE session! Info in the first comment.

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Yoga's ethics are the foundation for personal and spiritual growth, and there's so much to learn about how they truly fu...
11/03/2025

Yoga's ethics are the foundation for personal and spiritual growth, and there's so much to learn about how they truly fuel our pranayama and meditation practice.

Join Jivana Heyman for a FREE workshop to explore the First Limb of Yoga as shared in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. In this two-hour session, you'll also explore the intersections of yoga's ethics with the physiology of the breath and how to work with (not against) the mind through meditation.

Details:
Yama: Ethics as a Yoga Practice
Thursday, November 13
11am - 1pm PT

FREE with replay access!
Yama: Ethics as a Yoga Practice | Free Workshop with Jivana Heyman

This free preview is the first session of an 8-part online training, which you're also invited to join!

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Interested in our upcoming online training, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the 8 Limbs of Yoga with ? Note...
10/14/2025

Interested in our upcoming online training, Accessible Pranayama & Meditation: Exploring the 8 Limbs of Yoga with ?

Note the important equity pricing opportunities and deadlines!

✔️ Partial scholarship applications are open!
Apply by Friday, November 7 at 11:59pm PT

✔️ Tiered pricing & 3-month payment plans with a special community rate are always available

✔️ Training begins on Thursday, November 13 with a FREE session!

Learn about the program at the 🔗 in the first comment!

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