Accessible Yoga Training School Blog

In episode 17, Jivana Heyman welcomes Lakshmi Nair. Lakshmi Nair is the founder of Satya Yoga Co-op, a BIPOC owned and operated yoga cooperative in Denver, Colorado. Satya Yoga Co-op grew out of a...

Episode 16 is the second in a series about making yoga asana accessible for all bodies. In this episode, Amber and Jivana talk about the language we use as yoga teachers. Jivana shares what the...

In episode 15, Jivana Heyman welcomes Hala Khouri, yoga teacher and co-founder of Off The Mat Into The World. Hala shares openly about how her own life and experiences led her to the work she does...

In Episode 14, Jivana Heyman sits down with De Jur Jones, a yoga teacher, flight attendant, community advocate, and model. De Jur has worked as a model for Accessible Yoga and is the main model...

In Episode 13, Jivana Heyman interviews Amber Karnes about her upcoming course, Making Peace With Your Body. Amber shares openly about why she chose to do this work and how this work is intertwined...

By Amber Karnes

Two years ago, I went on a retreat with Mara Glatzel. Mara is one of my favorite teachers. She teaches about meeting our own needs and unlearning harmful messages that we are too...

By Amber Karnes

Throughout my life, I’ve often arranged my own body to make myself appear smaller than I actually am.

• I’d sit on the couch and put a pillow in front of my midsection
• ...

Episode 12 is the first podcast in a series about making asana accessible for all bodies. In part 1, Amber and Jivana dig into the ways physical practice is centered in western yoga culture. Jivana...

By Amber Karnes

When I teach Making Peace With Your Body, we talk a lot about the sneaky ways that diet culture infiltrates our brains and our language.

One of diet culture’s most...

In episode 11,  Jivana Heyman and Amber Karnes sit down to discuss their individual journeys with anxiety. They both share the ways yoga has been helpful and discuss what has not served them....