Accessible Yoga Podcast

May 28 2024 100 ep. 45 mins 33
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Accessible Yoga Podcast with Jivana Heyman & Amber Karnes

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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

065. Yoga & Cancer with Anusha Wijeyakumar

Sep 30 2022 40 mins  
Anusha is the Wellness Consultant for Hoag Hospital, one of the top rated hospitals in the USA where she leads on integrative medicine and implementing mindfulness and meditation practices for maternal mental health programs, early risk assessment for breast & ovarian cancer prevention programs and breast cancer survivorship programs. Anusha is very passionate about her work in

064. The Accessible Yoga Podcast LIVE!

Sep 20 2022 29 mins  
The Accessible Yoga Podcast is back for Season 3 with a live podcast recording as a part of the grand opening of the new Accessible Yoga Community! In this special episode, Jivana and Anjali discuss: The new Accessible Yoga Community How Anjali started practicing asana How yoga intersects with social justice The relationship between yoga and politics Binaries in yoga spaces What t

063. Community & Innovation in Yoga - Podcast Season 2 Recap & What’s Next

Aug 01 2022 48 mins  
In this Season 2 finale, Amber and Jivana discuss: Their lives and current challenges How our activism and practice is showing up for us in this moment Amber’s bike reels on instagram Themes from Season 2: Community Care/Sharing Power/Community Collaboration Shift from top down teaching to community led Jivana’s remixes on instagram The current contemporary yoga world is comp

062. Yoga & Pelvic Health with Shannon Crow

Jul 15 2022 55 mins  
Shannon Crow is the host of The Connected Yoga Teacher podcast and a consultant for yoga teachers. She shares what she has learned (and continues to learn) as a yoga entrepreneur. She’s also the founder of Pelvic Health Professionals.  Shannon is passionate about this work so that yoga teachers have more time and energy to share the yoga that lights them up. She became a yog

061. American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal with Kerri Kelly

Jun 30 2022 59 mins  
A community organizer, wellness activist and author of the book American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal, Kerri is recognized across communities for her work to bridge transformational practice with social justice. She’s been teaching yoga for over 20 years and is known for making waves in the wellness industry by challenging norms, disrupting systems and mo

060. Trusting the Yoga with Matthew Sanford

Jun 06 2022 46 mins  
Matthew Sanford is an expert in the process of transformation through the healing power of yoga. Paralyzed from the chest down at age thirteen and beginning yoga at age twenty-five, Matthew knows firsthand the transformative effect that yoga can have on the mind-body relationship. He’s the author of Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence, and the founder of the nonprofit or