Accessible Yoga Podcast

In episode 4 of the Accessible Yoga Podcast , Jivana Heyman and Nicole Cardoza  discuss: Embracing failure and the ability to try new things with resilience, even when things go wrong How looking at our work and activism with many different angles and approaches helps us stay flexible and keep the confidence to move forward and just do what needs to be done Giving ourselves grace & accoun...

In Episode 3 of the  Accessible Yoga Podcast , Amber Karnes and Jivana Heyman discuss the responsibility of yoga teachers to have a commitment to accessibility in their group classes and how we can’t let ourselves off the hook by saying, “I’m just not the teacher for everyone.” In this episode, we discuss: Making a commitment to accessibility and how that’s different from trying to please eve...

In Episode 2, Amber Karnes interviews Kelley Palmer, writer, yoga teacher, wellness advocate, and community organizer. In this episode: Kelley introduces herself, talks about how she came to yoga, and explains why social justice has been part of her practice from the beginning How Kelley began teaching yoga and how that was informed by the way anti-blackness shows up in wellness How yoga spaces of...

In episode 1:  Amber talks about her work: community-building around yoga, social justice, and body image Jivana shares his background with yoga and social justice including how he got started with yoga, how Accessible Yoga came to be, and how his participation in AIDS activism laid the groundwork for his work today How a community of practice (like the global Accessible Yoga community) suppo...