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By Jivana Heyman

Excerpted from Jivana’s upcoming book, Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion (to be released November 2021).

I know it sounds a little strange, but...

By Jivana Heyman

I’ve had so many people tell me, “I’m not flexible enough to do yoga.” Of course, flexibility doesn’t really have anything to do with yoga! So hearing...

“When you're doing a bed practice, you have to be very sensitive to the lack of resistance—the body can kind of sink into the mattress, and that can be a real issue.”

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“The language we use can be education in and of itself. We teach through our words.” —Jivana Heyman

In this short video, Jivana discusses the topic of language and how we as...

By Tristan Katz

Remember when we used to refer to our activity on social media platforms as ‘social networking?’ Maybe I’m aging myself with that reference. But somehow, amidst...

As yoga teachers, when it comes to marketing, we need to do more than simply share news about our upcoming class schedule. Sure that's a great way to keep our current students informed, but it's...

By Tristan Katz

Marketing, like yoga, is a practice. We can engage in it mindfully or we can check out and go through the motions. When we lean into mindful marketing, we can find flow—we can...

By Tristan Katz

So many of us struggle with feeling like marketing is a narcissistic, icky, self-involved thing that we have to do in order to grow our work and reach new clients and students. It...

In Episode 39 of the Accessible Yoga Podcast, Amber Karnes sits down with Anjali Rao to discuss the connection between yoga and activism. Anjali Rao is a yoga teacher, social justice activist,...

"Activism can be a big, intimidating word. Many of us might be wondering if this is a title we want to apply to ourselves. And it's a valid question."

—Anjali Rao

In this short Dharma...