Accessible Yoga Podcast

Mar 04 2025 75 ep. 49 mins 38
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Accessible Yoga Podcast with Jivana Heyman

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The Teaching on Self-Awareness without Judgement with Tamika Caston-Miller

Mar 04 2025 71 mins  
 In this powerful episode, host Jivana Heyman and guest Tamika Caston-Miller examine yoga as revolutionary—being a catalyst for personal and collective transformation. Tamika shares about her work in Houston, Texas, as both an educator and a permaculturist, creating a culture of sustainability, both in nature and within the community. Together they discuss their commitments

The Teaching on Living Your Yoga with Melissa Shah

Feb 18 2025 63 mins  
Join host Jivana and guest Melissa Shah to reflect on the fullness of the path of yoga as an inner practice that translates to outer action and service. Melissa shares about her grassroots efforts to support her LA community after the recent fires and together they discuss how yoga helps foster resilience, prevent burnout, and serve as a tool for community care. They share thoughts

The Teaching on Reclaiming Our Truth with Scottee

Feb 04 2025 77 mins  
In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, Jivana spends time with artist and yoga teacher Scottee to explore identity, accessibility, and the power of yoga to support marginalized communities. Scottee shares stories of growing up in working-class North London to finding yoga as a form of healing and expression. Together, they discuss the intersections of queerness, cl

The Teaching on Waking Up with Indu Arora

Jan 21 2025 60 mins  
“You can only wake up someone who is asleep, not someone who is pretending to be asleep.” - Indu Arora In this episode, host Jivana Heyman chats with his guest and good friend, Indu Arora, who shares her journey in yoga and the lessons she learned in her youth, which began a lifelong study of yoga. Together, they emphasize the importance of ethics and explore profound themes li

The Teaching on What We Gain by Releasing Control with Shannon Crow

Jan 14 2025 53 mins  
Host Jivana Heyman kicks off this celebratory series with the first of 30 conversations marking his 30th year of teaching yoga. In this episode, Jivana welcomes Shannon Crow, host of The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast and a cherished friend, for an inspiring conversation about their shared journeys, the profound teachings of yoga, and the lessons that have shaped them. The question

I’ve Taught Yoga for 30 Years: Here’s How I’m Celebrating

Jan 07 2025 18 mins  
Welcome to season four of the Accessible Yoga Podcast! Host Jivana Heyman celebrates 30 years of teaching yoga by reflecting on his journey and setting the stage for a season filled with meaningful conversations with dedicated yoga practitioners and teachers. This episode is a heartfelt introduction to Jivana’s personal story, the history of Accessible Yoga, and what to expect fr

069. The Nuances of Accessibility in Yoga

Dec 15 2022 34 mins  
In this final episode of the Accessible Yoga Podcast, Anjali and Jivana discuss:  What does it mean to make yoga accessible? The danger of oversimplifying a yoga practice The importance of reflecting on who we see as “experts” in yoga How caste still influences yoga today   The nuances of saying “I’m not the teacher for everyone” Acces

068. Radical Honesty with Saira Rao

Dec 02 2022 17 mins  
Saira (NOT Sara) Rao grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of Indian immigrants. For forty years, she wasted her precious time aspiring to be white and accepted by dominant white society, a futile task for anyone not born with white skin. Several years ago, Saira began the painful process of dismantling her own internalized oppression. Saira is a lawyer-by-training, a former

067. Practice Isn’t Meant to “Fix”, It’s Meant to Heal

Nov 07 2022 62 mins  
Teo Drake is an organizer, a teacher, and an artisan who works in wood and steel. As a queer and trans long-term HIV/AIDS survivor, the practices and philosophies of yoga and Buddhism have been both life-saving and provided the foundation for his organizing and teaching. He is a co-founder of the Transforming Hearts Collective, a collective dedicated to the spiritual care and liber

066. The Audacity of Hope for Yoga

Oct 11 2022 47 mins  
Tejal Patel is a first-generation Indian American yoga teacher, writer, podcaster, and community organizer. She advocates for yoga through a social justice lens and educates and empowers individuals and groups around the world to do the same. She accomplishes this with the Tejal Yoga online studio, the abcdyogi global community, and the Yoga is Dead Podcast. In this live epis