Jivana Heyman

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Jivana Heyman C-IAYT E-RYT is the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion and the upcoming book The Teachers Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body January Jivana has specialized in teaching yoga to people with disabilities with an emphasis on community building and social engagement Out of this work the nonprofit Accessible Yoga Association was created to support education training and advocacy with the mission of shifting the public perception of yoga Accessible Yoga offers Conferences Community Forums a Podcast and a popular Ambassador program Jivana coined the phrase “Accessible Yoga” over fifteen years ago and it has now become the standard appellation for a large cross section of the immense yoga world He brought the Accessible Yoga community together for the first time in for the Accessible Yoga Conference Jivana is also the creator of the Accessible Yoga Training and the co-founder of the online Accessible Yoga School with Amber Karnes which is a platform for continued education for yoga teachers in the field of equity and accessibility  Over the past years Jivana has led countless yoga teacher training programs around the world and dedicates his time to supporting yoga teachers who are working to serve communities that are under-represented in traditional yoga spaces For more information head to wwwjivanaheymancom.