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Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga:
Cultivating Welcoming Practices & Communities
with Candice Baldwin, Becky Aten, Isazela 'Zel' Amanzi, Alexia Walker, Brooke West, Kendra Coupland, Ekta Hattangady & Theo Wildcroft
+ bonus series summary with Jivana Heyman
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It is estimated that 1 in 5 people around the world are neurodivergent.
Neurodiversity is a framework for understanding variation in human cognition and the variety of ways the brain processes information.
Neurodiversity can also include people with mental health challenges. In fact, almost 50% of adults will be diagnosed with a mental health challenge during their lives.
In this series, we hope to highlight and celebrate neurodiversity as yet another important example of human diversity & expansiveness, and reflect on the intersection of neurodiversity and yoga.
“Neurodiversity-affirming yoga is about acknowledging that every single human being is having their own experience in ways that are not always accommodated. When we get into a space where differences are being celebrated over conformity, it allows people to unmask, be more authentic, and feel a sense of belonging without having to hide their differences.” – Becky Aten
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“As both teachers and students of yoga, your support needs are valid, even if other people think you don't need the support you're requesting or receiving. Your support needs and capacity are allowed to change day to day, class to class. You are the expert on what you can handle at any moment, in any space, no matter how you seem to be managing things from the outside looking in.” – Alexia Walker
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As yoga teachers and practitioners, it’s important to consider the ways that yoga can support neurodivergent folks.
This series is designed to broaden awareness and share tools for making yoga classes and spaces more accessible, welcoming, and inclusive for neurodiverse folks, and support neurodiverse practitioners and teachers in their own yoga practice and life.
Through sharing neuro-inclusive yoga practices, community building, education, and resource sharing, we’ll explore how to create welcoming and inclusive yoga environments.
Did you know?...
“Neurodiversity” is a general term that describes the expansiveness of human brain functioning, acknowledging that people think, learn, and behave in a variety of ways that aren’t deficits.
Being “neurodivergent” describes an individual whose brain works differently from a “neurotypical” person.
ON-DEMAND SERIES OVERVIEW
Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga:
Cultivating Welcoming Practices & Communities
is a 17-hour online workshop series - now available for on-demand enrollment!
On-Demand enrollment includes 1 year of access to the Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga workshop replays (8 sessions) led by Candice Baldwin, Becky Aten, Isazela "Zel" Amanzi, Alexia Walker, Brooke West, Kendra Coupland, Theo Wildcroft and Ekta Hattangady, plus a bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman, all recorded live & online in July-August 2024.
*Each session is 2 hours duration, except the final series summary with Jivana Heyman, 1 which is 1 hour
Session 1
"De-Ableize" Your Yoga Practice & Teaching: Yoga for Neurodiverse Folx
with Candice Baldwin
Session 2
Embracing Neurodivergent Joy
through Yoga
with Becky Aten
> Learn more about Session #1
Colonialism and white body supremacy perpetuates a view of mental health that can be harmful to people in need of support. They do this by distorting society’s understanding of what mental wellness looks and feels like. Research into neurodiversity (clusters of cognitive variations) is also rooted in a patriarchal worldview, which enforces a gap in understanding experiences like autism.
This distorted perspective influences mainstream yoga classes and wellness spaces, making them unsafe for neurodiverse (ND) folks, particularly people who are also Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC). What is comfortable for neurotypical bodies, can be oppressive or harmful to bodies who do not share that lived experience.
In this workshop we will explore resources and tools to go deeper and broaden your understanding of neurodiversity. We will explore how to "de-ableize" your yoga practice, your worldview and the space you hold for students, clients and community.
This will be a somatically based collaborative learning environment. There will be slides, and time to practice movement and mindfulness in ways that may feel more comfortable for those commonly diagnosed or who self-identify with autism, ADD/HD, sensory processing disorder, bipolar, depression, anxiety, etc. Space will be offered for connection and discussion.
> Learn more about Session #2
Neurodiversity is natural. It shows up in the distinctive ways we express our experiences, including how we sense, think, learn, remember, communicate, move, feel, and love. All nervous systems are different; there is no “one right way” to be a human being. However, when we have a very different way of feeling, thinking, and interacting with the world, it can be a profoundly isolating experience.
Neurodivergent folks may carry labels related to autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, trauma, psychosis, madness, mental illness, and other neurocognitive conditions. Although disability is part of our reality, neurodivergence doesn’t need to be fixed—rather, we need to be accepted and supported so that we too can experience the joy of being alive.
In a society that isn’t designed with neurodiversity in mind, the practice of yoga can provide an opportunity to celebrate the differences that make us unique, and to openly and authentically express joy within neurodivergent bodies. All brains and bodies deserve to be accepted, understood, cared for, and valued, and when we offer the teachings of yoga in a neuro-inclusive way, all of us can experience the joy of connection and collective healing.
During this workshop you can expect:
- Info-dumps from the heart about yoga and neurodiversity, including history of the neurodiversity movement, how neurodivergent folks experience yoga differently, and why a neurodiversity-affirming approach to yoga matters.
- A peek into Neurodivergent culture, with a focus on our expressions of joy.
- Yoga and mindfulness practices for embracing differences and cultivating experiences of joy, including options for movement on a mat or in a chair.
- Opportunities to question, reflect, journal, and share.
- Flexible ways to participate and communicate. Stimming is invited and encouraged!
Session 3
Neurodivergence, Mental Health
and the Kleshas
with Isazela "Zel" Amanzi
Session 4
Trauma and Neurodivergence:
Bridging Understanding & Practice
with Alexia Walker
> Learn more about Session #3
Most ancient traditions make space for neurodivergence without using modern language. How can we identify this inherent accessibility and spaciousness within our practices when most modern yoga spaces ironically use asana to amplify the kleshas (obstacles) and keep us stuck in cycles of systemic ignorance and cultural misappropriation?
By centering neurodivergence in yoga accessibility, we can rethink and reframe mental, emotional, and spiritual liberation outside of the modern mental health systems and constructs that make us believe that natural human variation is dangerous and undesirable.
This workshop on Neurodivergence, Mental Health and the Kleshas will honor yoga as a practice rooted in liberation philosophy. We’ll highlight where our personal and teaching practices can learn from and honor neurodivergence as a window into individual and collective healing as well as a door out of unnecessary collective suffering.
> Learn more about Session #4
In this workshop we'll explore the intersections between trauma and neurodivergence and how these similarities—among other social and economic barriers—can lead to difficulty with receiving a neurodivergent diagnosis. We’ll also discuss the scope of practice of yoga teachers, learn the importance of accommodations, and how they can benefit students across diverse backgrounds.
We’ll participate in a sample practice where we identify common cues that may be inadvertently exclusive of neurodivergent students and gain insights into adaptations for leading more inclusive classes.
Session 5
Mad Yoga and A Call To Action:
Mental Health, Spiritual Awakening & Peer Support During Global Crisis
with Brooke West
Session 6
Tantric Pedagogies: Teachings from the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam to Support in Times of Contraction
with Kendra Coupland
> Learn more about Session #5
Society is experiencing an ever-growing mental health epidemic and crisis of connection with ourselves, one another, and the Divine. Policing, coercion, control, and erasure of spiritual meaning in crisis can perpetuate isolation, shame, self-harm, and suicide.
Healing demands discipline, self-reflection, deep listening, creativity, and equipoise. Yoga centers can be safer spaces while Yoga teachers are on the front lines, guiding a worldwide demographic on a mental health journey. To do this, Yoga teachers need support.
In this session we will address and explore how to reduce the harm perpetuated by mental health systems with the wisdom and practical application of classical Yoga philosophy, ayurveda, and compassionate lay-counseling.
The efficacy of peer support, peer respite, and advocacy is evidence-based, complementing professional therapy, counseling, and treatment. Like Yoga, peer support can be an anti-capitalist intervention that builds solid, grassroots community care.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the current international mental health crisis and evidence of the power of peer support and peer-run respite advocacy.
- Demonstrate the importance of spirituality and “meaning making” as central to autonomy during emotional crises.
- Invite Yogic wisdom for self-healing and as medicine while remaining practical, realistic, and safe, applying Yoga as holistic mental health intervention.
- Name resources, practices, and strategies to protect the agency of people navigating the mental health system, alchemizing crises into community building, justice, illumination,, and freedom.
- Hear and share real-life examples of recovery as a result, in part, of practicing Yoga.
- Become a part of the Mad Yoga Network. Centering the wisdom of psychiatric survivorship, the Mad Yoga Network is an emerging peer-run cooperative of Yoga practitioners, Yoga teachers and Yoga therapists nurturing mutually supportive relationships, acceptance, and action. We share: experiences of neurodiversity, "madness," healing, and hope; resources for harm-reduction; and a devotion to Yoga while navigating mental health.
Experience 30 minutes of relaxation-based centering, restorative yoga and calming meditation and a short, facilitated peer-support session as time permits.
> Learn more about Session #6
Have you or your students ever fallen into a period of spiritual contraction?
Even the most advanced practitioners experience periods of contractions. However, they are part of the journey of coming home to self. A spiritual contraction occurs when our energy becomes temporarily disconnected from our awareness. During a contraction we might experience a profound shift in our mental health, and feel overwhelmed, isolated, victimized, depressed, or anxious. When contracted, we may self-delude or attempt to delude others, engage in old patterning, act out of ignorance, or behave in ways that are outside of our integrity.
The human experience is complex and multifaceted. The word pedagogy refers to the methodologies and theories we apply to how we transmit a particular teaching to a practitioner as a teacher. Tantric pedagogies invite us to explore the multitudes of ways we can reach our students to support their mental health and well-being regardless of the state of expansion or contraction they find themselves in.
In this workshop, Kendra will explore elements of storytelling and Tantric philosophies from the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam to unpack why we fall into contracted mental states. Together we will explore yogic practices that can help support and affirm our students (and ourselves) as we move towards self-knowledge, interconnectedness, and ultimately, holistic well-being.
Session 7
Decolonizing Mental Health: Expansive Perspectives of Neurodiversity
with Ekta Hattangady
Session 8
From Eugenics to Theories of Mind: How to Understand the Bigger Picture of Neurodivergence and Be Better Allies Together
with Theo Wildcroft
+ bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman
> Learn more about Session #7
During this session, Ekta will define decolonized mental health and delve into perspectives from around the world on neurodiversity. The aim of this workshop is to help attendees reflect on the ideas they have internalized about neurodiversity and how it impacts their teaching. Ideas will be pitched for leading participants who are neurodivergent as well as for teachers who identify as such.
Ekta will offer two specific approaches that will support attendees to grow in confidence of their leading and facilitation skills. The workshop will include meditation, reflection / contemplation, and discussion. Ekta will use audio / video and role plays to accommodate different learning styles.
> Learn more about Session #8
In this workshop, we'll use theory and practice, experimentation, and lived experience to start to explore the bigger picture of neurodivergence—the history of diagnosis, the politics of standardized care, some of the latest and most exciting science into neurodivergent thriving, and how we can all be better advocates and allies for a world that values and supports neurodiversity, with all its gifts and challenges.
This session will include a little accessible and optional movement and play, a little info-dumping, and a little conversation.
Please be prepared to have your preconceptions lovingly challenged, your opinions on neurodivergence gently radicalized, and your practice and pedagogy enhanced. Whether you are neurotypical, self-diagnosed, peer-diagnosed, or formally diagnosed, you are welcome in this space.
Bonus series summary: Jivana will spend the last hour of the series with a review of all the sessions and general takeaways from each presenter. The goal of this session is to support our learning together in community. He’ll welcome input regarding what we’ve learned on this journey together.
This workshop series is an effort to have a conversation in the yoga world about neurodiversity and mental health, with an intention to uplift a variety of voices and lived experiences. We recognize that the topic of neurdiversity and mental health includes a huge spectrum of experiences, and that we won’t be able to address them all. Our hope is that this series is just the beginning.
Content Warning: These conversations may include discussions of trauma, abuse, ableism, self-harm, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and suicide. We encourage attendees to prioritize their own wellbeing and mental health when engaging these sessions.
ON-DEMAND SERIES OVERVIEW
Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga:
Cultivating Welcoming Practices & Communities
is a 17-hour online workshop series - now available for on-demand enrollment!
On-Demand enrollment includes 1 year of access to the Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga workshop replays (8 sessions) led by Candice Baldwin, Becky Aten, Isazela "Zel" Amanzi, Alexia Walker, Brooke West, Kendra Coupland, Theo Wildcroft and Ekta Hattangady, plus a bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman, all recorded live & online in July-August 2024.
*Each session is 2 hours duration, except the final series summary with Jivana Heyman, 1 which is 1 hour
Session 1
"De-Ableize" Your Yoga Practice & Teaching: Yoga for Neurodiverse Folx
with Candice Baldwin
> Learn more about Session #1
Colonialism and white body supremacy perpetuates a view of mental health that can be harmful to people in need of support. They do this by distorting society’s understanding of what mental wellness looks and feels like. Research into neurodiversity (clusters of cognitive variations) is also rooted in a patriarchal worldview, which enforces a gap in understanding experiences like autism.
This distorted perspective influences mainstream yoga classes and wellness spaces, making them unsafe for neurodiverse (ND) folks, particularly people who are also Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC). What is comfortable for neurotypical bodies, can be oppressive or harmful to bodies who do not share that lived experience.
In this workshop we will explore resources and tools to go deeper and broaden your understanding of neurodiversity. We will explore how to "de-ableize" your yoga practice, your worldview and the space you hold for students, clients and community.
This will be a somatically based collaborative learning environment. There will be slides, and time to practice movement and mindfulness in ways that may feel more comfortable for those commonly diagnosed or who self-identify with autism, ADD/HD, sensory processing disorder, bipolar, depression, anxiety, etc. Space will be offered for connection and discussion.
Session 2
Embracing Neurodivergent Joy through Yoga
with Becky Aten
> Learn more about Session #2
Neurodiversity is natural. It shows up in the distinctive ways we express our experiences, including how we sense, think, learn, remember, communicate, move, feel, and love. All nervous systems are different; there is no “one right way” to be a human being. However, when we have a very different way of feeling, thinking, and interacting with the world, it can be a profoundly isolating experience.
Neurodivergent folks may carry labels related to autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, trauma, psychosis, madness, mental illness, and other neurocognitive conditions. Although disability is part of our reality, neurodivergence doesn’t need to be fixed—rather, we need to be accepted and supported so that we too can experience the joy of being alive.
In a society that isn’t designed with neurodiversity in mind, the practice of yoga can provide an opportunity to celebrate the differences that make us unique, and to openly and authentically express joy within neurodivergent bodies. All brains and bodies deserve to be accepted, understood, cared for, and valued, and when we offer the teachings of yoga in a neuro-inclusive way, all of us can experience the joy of connection and collective healing.
During this workshop you can expect:
- Info-dumps from the heart about yoga and neurodiversity, including history of the neurodiversity movement, how neurodivergent folks experience yoga differently, and why a neurodiversity-affirming approach to yoga matters.
- A peek into Neurodivergent culture, with a focus on our expressions of joy.
- Yoga and mindfulness practices for embracing differences and cultivating experiences of joy, including options for movement on a mat or in a chair.
- Opportunities to question, reflect, journal, and share.
- Flexible ways to participate and communicate. Stimming is invited and encouraged!
Session 3
Neurodivergence, Mental Health and the Kleshas
with Isazela "Zel" Amanzi
> Learn more about Session #3
Most ancient traditions make space for neurodivergence without using modern language. How can we identify this inherent accessibility and spaciousness within our practices when most modern yoga spaces ironically use asana to amplify the kleshas (obstacles) and keep us stuck in cycles of systemic ignorance and cultural misappropriation?
By centering neurodivergence in yoga accessibility, we can rethink and reframe mental, emotional, and spiritual liberation outside of the modern mental health systems and constructs that make us believe that natural human variation is dangerous and undesirable.
This workshop on Neurodivergence, Mental Health and the Kleshas will honor yoga as a practice rooted in liberation philosophy. We’ll highlight where our personal and teaching practices can learn from and honor neurodivergence as a window into individual and collective healing as well as a door out of unnecessary collective suffering.
Session 4
Trauma and Neurodivergence: Bridging Understanding and Practice
with Alexia Walker
> Learn more about Session #4
In this workshop we'll explore the intersections between trauma and neurodivergence and how these similarities—among other social and economic barriers—can lead to difficulty with receiving a neurodivergent diagnosis. We’ll also discuss the scope of practice of yoga teachers, learn the importance of accommodations, and how they can benefit students across diverse backgrounds.
We’ll participate in a sample practice where we identify common cues that may be inadvertently exclusive of neurodivergent students and gain insights into adaptations for leading more inclusive classes.
Session 5
Mad Yoga and A Call To Action: Mental Health, Spiritual Awakening and Peer Support During Global Crisis
with Brooke West
> Learn more about Session #5
Society is experiencing an ever-growing mental health epidemic and crisis of connection with ourselves, one another, and the Divine. Policing, coercion, control, and erasure of spiritual meaning in crisis can perpetuate isolation, shame, self-harm, and suicide.
Healing demands discipline, self-reflection, deep listening, creativity, and equipoise. Yoga centers can be safer spaces while Yoga teachers are on the front lines, guiding a worldwide demographic on a mental health journey. To do this, Yoga teachers need support.
In this session we will address and explore how to reduce the harm perpetuated by mental health systems with the wisdom and practical application of classical Yoga philosophy, ayurveda, and compassionate lay-counseling.
The efficacy of peer support, peer respite, and advocacy is evidence-based, complementing professional therapy, counseling, and treatment. Like Yoga, peer support can be an anti-capitalist intervention that builds solid, grassroots community care.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the current international mental health crisis and evidence of the power of peer support and peer-run respite advocacy.
- Demonstrate the importance of spirituality and “meaning making” as central to autonomy during emotional crises.
- Invite Yogic wisdom for self-healing and as medicine while remaining practical, realistic, and safe, applying Yoga as holistic mental health intervention.
- Name resources, practices, and strategies to protect the agency of people navigating the mental health system, alchemizing crises into community building, justice, illumination,, and freedom.
- Hear and share real-life examples of recovery as a result, in part, of practicing Yoga.
- Become a part of the Mad Yoga Network. Centering the wisdom of psychiatric survivorship, the Mad Yoga Network is an emerging peer-run cooperative of Yoga practitioners, Yoga teachers and Yoga therapists nurturing mutually supportive relationships, acceptance, and action. We share: experiences of neurodiversity, "madness," healing, and hope; resources for harm-reduction; and a devotion to Yoga while navigating mental health.
Experience 30 minutes of relaxation-based centering, restorative yoga and calming meditation and a short, facilitated peer-support session as time permits.
Session 6
Tantric Pedagogies: Teachings from the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam to Support in Times of Contraction
with Kendra Coupland
> Learn more about Session #6
Have you or your students ever fallen into a period of spiritual contraction?
Even the most advanced practitioners experience periods of contractions. However, they are part of the journey of coming home to self. A spiritual contraction occurs when our energy becomes temporarily disconnected from our awareness. During a contraction we might experience a profound shift in our mental health, and feel overwhelmed, isolated, victimized, depressed, or anxious. When contracted, we may self-delude or attempt to delude others, engage in old patterning, act out of ignorance, or behave in ways that are outside of our integrity.
The human experience is complex and multifaceted. The word pedagogy refers to the methodologies and theories we apply to how we transmit a particular teaching to a practitioner as a teacher. Tantric pedagogies invite us to explore the multitudes of ways we can reach our students to support their mental health and well-being regardless of the state of expansion or contraction they find themselves in.
In this workshop, Kendra will explore elements of storytelling and Tantric philosophies from the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam to unpack why we fall into contracted mental states. Together we will explore yogic practices that can help support and affirm our students (and ourselves) as we move towards self-knowledge, interconnectedness, and ultimately, holistic well-being.
Session 7
Decolonizing Mental Health: Expansive Perspectives of Neurodiversity
with Ekta Hattangady
> Learn more about Session #7
During this session, Ekta will define decolonized mental health and delve into perspectives from around the world on neurodiversity. The aim of this workshop is to help attendees reflect on the ideas they have internalized about neurodiversity and how it impacts their teaching. Ideas will be pitched for leading participants who are neurodivergent as well as for teachers who identify as such.
Ekta will offer two specific approaches that will support attendees to grow in confidence of their leading and facilitation skills. The workshop will include meditation, reflection / contemplation, and discussion. Ekta will use audio / video and role plays to accommodate different learning styles.
Session 8
From Eugenics to Theories of Mind: How to Understand the Bigger Picture of Neurodivergence and Be Better Allies Together
with Theo Wildcroft
+ bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman
> Learn more about Session #8
In this workshop, we'll use theory and practice, experimentation, and lived experience to start to explore the bigger picture of neurodivergence—the history of diagnosis, the politics of standardized care, some of the latest and most exciting science into neurodivergent thriving, and how we can all be better advocates and allies for a world that values and supports neurodiversity, with all its gifts and challenges.
This session will include a little accessible and optional movement and play, a little info-dumping, and a little conversation.
Please be prepared to have your preconceptions lovingly challenged, your opinions on neurodivergence gently radicalized, and your practice and pedagogy enhanced. Whether you are neurotypical, self-diagnosed, peer-diagnosed, or formally diagnosed, you are welcome in this space.
Bonus series summary: Jivana will spend the final hour of the series with a review of all the sessions and general takeaways from each presenter. The goal of this session is to support our learning together in community. He’ll welcome input regarding what we’ve learned on this journey together.
This workshop series is an effort to have a conversation in the yoga world about neurodiversity and mental health, with an intention to uplift a variety of voices and lived experiences. We recognize that the topic of neurdiversity and mental health includes a huge spectrum of experiences, and that we won’t be able to address them all. Our hope is that this series is just the beginning.
Content Warning: These conversations may include discussions of trauma, abuse, ableism, self-harm, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and suicide. We encourage attendees to prioritize their own wellbeing and mental health when engaging these sessions.
“So much of the mainstream understanding and supposed treatment of neurodivergence, particularly autism, is based on the idea that we can train human beings to act 'normal'. This is not healing, this is indoctrination.” – Theo Wildcroft
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Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga:
Cultivating Welcoming Practices & Communities
online workshop series (on-demand)
Tuition for this 8-part online, self-paced (on-demand) workshop series, with bonus series summary, is $339-$439 USD sliding scale
We also offer partial scholarships.
Tiered Pricing Explained:
- Community Rate (supported by your peers)
- Sustainer Rate (covers your enrollment)
- Supporter Rate (covers your enrollment + supports your peers)
If you are able to enroll at the Supporter or Sustainer Rate, your contributions support the ability to offer a lower rate to community members experiencing financial difficulties.
If you would like to clarify which pricing tier is most appropriate for you, please refer to this helpful graphic by Alexis J Cunningfolk:
The Green Bottle: Where You Fall On The Sliding Scale
Intention of Equity Pricing Structure:
Please take a moment to consider the intention of our scholarship program and equity pricing structure, which was created in order to amplify training access for those who hold marginalized identities and those experiencing significant financial hardship.
If neither of those qualifications apply to you, we ask you to please consider other payment options, including using the tiered equity pricing structure and payment plans, or supporting others in our community who have decreased access to financial resources by enrolling as a Sustainer or Supporter, if this is accessible to you.
ON-DEMAND ENROLLMENT
Single upfront payment.
Includes 1 year of access to the captioned replays of the 17-hour Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga online workshop series, recorded live & online in July-August 2024, and associated resources.
(8 x 2 hour workshops + bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman)
Community Rate
(On-Demand)
$339 USD
Sustainer Rate
(On-Demand)
$389 USD
Supporter Rate
(On-Demand)
$439 USD
PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
If our tiered pricing options are financially inaccessible, please click here to access our partial scholarship application form.
Series Facilitators
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CANDICE BALDWIN
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BECKY ATEN
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ISAZELA "ZEL" AMANZI
> Learn more about Candice
Candice’s natural curiosity about their own healing from injuries and trauma lead her to 20+ year yoga practice. This enthusiasm to learn and serve others on their healing journey lead them to pursue their life as a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and educator, while their African ancestry, queerness and autism has made them passionate about calling in the BIPOC, queer and neurodiverse communities.
Candice (any/all pronouns) is a 500 RYT, 200hr Himalayan Kriya Yoga teacher, Swing Yoga teacher, and was certified as a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) in 2019.
Candice’s approach in yoga therapy and education is building a practice and educational environment around the needs of the people they serve, working with blind and partially sighted peoples, neurodivergence folx, 50+ population and people living with injuries, trauma, and chronic illness; delivered through the lens of decolonization.
Connect with Candice:
www.vidyatherapeuticyoga.ca
@VidyaTherapeuticYoga
> Learn more about Becky
Becky Aten (they/she) is an openly neuroqueer yoga practitioner, human resources professional, neurodiversity advocate, and a community space-holder and bridge-builder for the Neurodivergent community. Through their Yoga for Neurodiversity project, Becky is on a mission to help fellow neurodivergent folks to feel seen, valued, and safe to embrace their differences through the practice of yoga.
Becky is passionate about cultivating welcoming, affirming, and neuro-inclusive environments that honor each individual’s experiences and intersecting identities.
Becky lives in Racine, Wisconsin— the ancestral lands of the Peoria, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk peoples, among others. They enjoy having a bit of a rebellious spirit, exploring forested hiking trails, petting moss (and dogs), getting nerdy with science and sci-fi, and playing tabletop games.
Connect with Becky:
www.yogaforneurodiversity.com
@Yoga_For_Neurodiversity
> Learn more about Zel
Isazela "Zel" Amanzi (They/He), M.S.Ed, CYT is a Blacqueer, neuroqueer, agender transbeing, sacred energy educator, facilitator, speaker, and writer.
With formal and community training in social justice education, child development, western Reiki, and tantric yoga, he centers his practices and teachings on the intersections of disability justice, neurodiversity, ancestral connection, energy work, somatic inquiry, personal transformation & counter-colonial community-building at the margins.
Zel is also a poet, a gardener, and an analog enthusiast. They are a co-founder of Trans Futures Collective and meditation and sound practitioner with Cuties LA.
You can join their public classes, or hire him for private sessions and consulting.
Connect with Zel:
www.transgressivemedicine.co
@TransgressiveMedicine
zelamanzi.substack.com
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ALEXIA WALKER
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BROOKE WEST
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KENDRA COUPLAND
> Learn more about Alexia
Alexia Walker (she/her) is a trauma-informed yoga instructor dedicated to creating inclusive and neuroaffirming spaces.
With a deep commitment to advocacy and education, her work inspires conversations that challenge conventional beliefs about adaptability, safety, and inclusion for both teachers and students of yoga.
Connect with Alexia:
www.speaklovetoher.com
@SpeakLoveToHer
> Learn more about Brooke
Brooke West BSc, C-IAYT (they/she), has been teaching trauma-sensitive restorative yoga and meditation in the Kriya Yoga tradition since 2005. Brooke favors rest- and relaxation-based practices, ayurveda, mysticism, psychology and 12 Step recovery principles to promote introspective healing for herself and for her students impacted by diagnoses and spiritual awakening processes.
Brooke is a mental health consumer and psychiatric survivor. They provide yoga therapy and mentorship both online and in person.
Brooke is the creator of the Mad Yoga Network, offering peer support to and from yoga practitioners who have had mental health and spiritual emergence experiences. Water lover, comedy fan, florist, and astrologer, Brooke supports cross-movement solidarity and conjures practical magic on the Washoe shores of Da Ow Aga, colonized as Lake Tahoe, California. Brooke is grateful for the privilege of dreaming-in a new, peaceful world with access to Yoga, Spirit, Water and Light.
Connect with Brooke:
www.BrookeWestYoga.com
@BrookeWestYoga
BrookeWestYoga.Substack.com
www.MadYogaNetwork.com
> Learn more about Kendra
Kendra Coupland (she/her) is a Yoga Grandmaster, who was initiated into the yogic tradition by Swami Vidyanand in 2017 while residing in Tamil Nadu, India. As a queer, neurodivergent yoga teacher, survivor of sexual violence, and person of mixed Afro-Caribbean and Romani-Hungarian heritage, Kendra brings a compassionate, trauma-informed, and intersectional framework to her practice.
Her body of work includes creating programming for survivors of sexual violence at UBC and Capilano University; she is the founder of Spiritual Wellness for Black Bodies and the Dark Before the Dawn retreat for Black community healing; and she teaches a free trauma-informed, drop-in yoga class three times a week for the general public at The Gathering Place Community Centre.
Her aim is to create safer spaces for folks who experience marginalization and systemic violence to practice self-liberation within the yogic community.
Connect with Kendra:
www.kendracoupland.com
@kendracoupland
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THEO WILDCROFT
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EKTA HATTANGADY
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JIVANA HEYMAN
> Learn more about Theo
Theo Wildcroft (she/her), PhD is a teacher, trainer, writer and scholar working for a more sustainable relationship between our many selves, the communities that hold us, and the world that nourishes us.
Her research considers the democratization of yoga post-lineage, and meaning-making in grassroots communities of practice. She is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK, former Coordinator of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies, editor of the BASR Bulletin, and the author of Post-Lineage Yoga (From Guru to #MeToo), and co-editor of recently released The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics, and Power.
She also happens to be AuDHD and a fierce advocate for disability awareness and radical accessibility.
Connect with Theo:
www.theowildcroft.com
@theodorawildcroft
> Learn more about Ekta
Ekta (they/she) is a social worker, private practice psychotherapist, mindfulness trainer, and coach. They have 16+ years of experience of working in the non-profit space in clinical and program roles across India, the US and Canada.
Ekta is passionate about liberation - from worldly systems, internal barriers, and other oppressive components that keep us captive. Born and raised in India in a Hindu-Jain family, Ekta is on a journey to reclaim their ancestral practices while dismantling oppressive systems like casteism, white supremacy, and capitalism. They began their journey with yoga and ayurveda as a way of life as taught by their mother. They practiced Vipassana for several years and are currently studying Tibetan Tantra and pursuing Buddhist chaplaincy.
Ekta identifies as neurodivergent and approaches their well-being and professional practice from a depathologizing lens.
Connect with Ekta:
unitymindfulness.com
@journeywithcompassion
> Learn more about Jivana
Jivana Heyman (he/him), C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga, an organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings and supporting yoga teachers. He’s the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body; Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion; and The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body.
Over the past 30 years of teaching yoga, Jivana has focused on welcoming all people to practice and celebrating our individuality and our differences. His work has focused on dismantling ableism in the yoga world, as well as emphasizing the intersection of yoga and social justice. His books, classes, and trainings support yoga teachers and yoga therapists in finding ways to bring creativity and collaboration into their teaching while still respecting the ancient yoga tradition.
Connect with Jivana:
www.jivanaheyman.com
@jivanaheyman
facebook.com/jivanaheyman
Series Facilitators
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CANDICE BALDWIN
> Learn more about Candice
Candice’s natural curiosity about their own healing from injuries and trauma lead her to 20+ year yoga practice. This enthusiasm to learn and serve others on their healing journey lead them to pursue their life as a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and educator, while their African ancestry, queerness and autism has made them passionate about calling in the BIPOC, queer and neurodiverse communities.
Candice (any/all pronouns) is a 500 RYT, 200hr Himalayan Kriya Yoga teacher, Swing Yoga teacher, and was certified as a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) in 2019.
Candice’s approach in yoga therapy and education is building a practice and educational environment around the needs of the people they serve, working with blind and partially sighted peoples, neurodivergence folx, 50+ population and people living with injuries, trauma, and chronic illness; delivered through the lens of decolonization.
Connect with Candice:
www.vidyatherapeuticyoga.ca
@VidyaTherapeuticYoga
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BECKY ATEN
> Learn more about Becky
Becky Aten (they/she) is an openly neuroqueer yoga practitioner, human resources professional, neurodiversity advocate, and a community space-holder and bridge-builder for the Neurodivergent community. Through their Yoga for Neurodiversity project, Becky is on a mission to help fellow neurodivergent folks to feel seen, valued, and safe to embrace their differences through the practice of yoga.
Becky is passionate about cultivating welcoming, affirming, and neuro-inclusive environments that honor each individual’s experiences and intersecting identities.
Becky lives in Racine, Wisconsin— the ancestral lands of the Peoria, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk peoples, among others. They enjoy having a bit of a rebellious spirit, exploring forested hiking trails, petting moss (and dogs), getting nerdy with science and sci-fi, and playing tabletop games.
Connect with Becky:
www.yogaforneurodiversity.com
@Yoga_For_Neurodiversity
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ISAZELA "ZEL" AMANZI
> Learn more about Zel
Isazela "Zel" Amanzi (They/He), M.S.Ed, CYT is a Blacqueer, neuroqueer, agender transbeing, sacred energy educator, facilitator, speaker, and writer.
With formal and community training in social justice education, child development, western Reiki, and tantric yoga, he centers his practices and teachings on the intersections of disability justice, neurodiversity, ancestral connection, energy work, somatic inquiry, personal transformation & counter-colonial community-building at the margins.
Zel is also a poet, a gardener, and an analog enthusiast. They are a co-founder of Trans Futures Collective and meditation and sound practitioner with Cuties LA.
You can join their public classes, or hire him for private sessions and consulting.
Connect with Zel:
www.transgressivemedicine.co
@TransgressiveMedicine
zelamanzi.substack.com
![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2157522454/settings_images/b03a1e1-477-2d-ca77-807c1d8d50e6_Alexia_-_Neurodiversity_Series.png)
ALEXIA WALKER
> Learn more about Alexia
Alexia Walker (she/her) is a trauma-informed yoga instructor dedicated to creating inclusive and neuroaffirming spaces.
With a deep commitment to advocacy and education, her work inspires conversations that challenge conventional beliefs about adaptability, safety, and inclusion for both teachers and students of yoga.
Connect with Alexia:
www.speaklovetoher.com
@SpeakLoveToHer
![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2157522454/settings_images/ef8f3da-71a5-e3d1-088-7ecd36cc28ef_Brooke_-_Neurodiversity_Series.png)
BROOKE WEST
> Learn more about Brooke
Brooke West BSc, C-IAYT (they/she), has been teaching trauma-sensitive restorative yoga and meditation in the Kriya Yoga tradition since 2005. Brooke favors rest- and relaxation-based practices, ayurveda, mysticism, psychology and 12 Step recovery principles to promote introspective healing for herself and for her students impacted by diagnoses and spiritual awakening processes.
Brooke is a mental health consumer and psychiatric survivor. They provide yoga therapy and mentorship both online and in person.
Brooke is the creator of the Mad Yoga Network, offering peer support to and from yoga practitioners who have had mental health and spiritual emergence experiences. Water lover, comedy fan, florist, and astrologer, Brooke supports cross-movement solidarity and conjures practical magic on the Washoe shores of Da Ow Aga, colonized as Lake Tahoe, California. Brooke is grateful for the privilege of dreaming-in a new, peaceful world with access to Yoga, Spirit, Water and Light.
Connect with Brooke:
www.BrookeWestYoga.com
@BrookeWestYoga
BrookeWestYoga.Substack.com
www.MadYogaNetwork.com
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KENDRA COUPLAND
> Learn more about Kendra
Kendra Coupland (she/her) is a Yoga Grandmaster, who was initiated into the yogic tradition by Swami Vidyanand in 2017 while residing in Tamil Nadu, India. As a queer, neurodivergent yoga teacher, survivor of sexual violence, and person of mixed Afro-Caribbean and Romani-Hungarian heritage, Kendra brings a compassionate, trauma-informed, and intersectional framework to her practice.
Her body of work includes creating programming for survivors of sexual violence at UBC and Capilano University; she is the founder of Spiritual Wellness for Black Bodies and the Dark Before the Dawn retreat for Black community healing; and she teaches a free trauma-informed, drop-in yoga class three times a week for the general public at The Gathering Place Community Centre.
Her aim is to create safer spaces for folks who experience marginalization and systemic violence to practice self-liberation within the yogic community.
Connect with Kendra:
www.kendracoupland.com
@kendracoupland
![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2157522454/settings_images/c1561c0-f1a7-a48d-ae11-dd320ba5170_Theo_-_Neurodiversity_Series.png)
THEO WILDCROFT
> Learn more about Theo
Theo Wildcroft (she/her), PhD is a teacher, trainer, writer and scholar working for a more sustainable relationship between our many selves, the communities that hold us, and the world that nourishes us.
Her research considers the democratization of yoga post-lineage, and meaning-making in grassroots communities of practice. She is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, UK, former Coordinator of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies, editor of the BASR Bulletin, and the author of Post-Lineage Yoga (From Guru to #MeToo), and co-editor of recently released The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics, and Power.
She also happens to be AuDHD and a fierce advocate for disability awareness and radical accessibility.
Connect with Theo:
www.theowildcroft.com
@theodorawildcroft
![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2157522454/settings_images/8cf6560-0671-2480-cff-ed8861e80e6f_Ekta_-_Neurodiversity_Series.png)
EKTA HATTANGADY
> Learn more about Ekta
Ekta (they/she) is a social worker, private practice psychotherapist, mindfulness trainer, and coach. They have 16+ years of experience of working in the non-profit space in clinical and program roles across India, the US and Canada.
Ekta is passionate about liberation - from worldly systems, internal barriers, and other oppressive components that keep us captive. Born and raised in India in a Hindu-Jain family, Ekta is on a journey to reclaim their ancestral practices while dismantling oppressive systems like casteism, white supremacy, and capitalism. They began their journey with yoga and ayurveda as a way of life as taught by their mother. They practiced Vipassana for several years and are currently studying Tibetan Tantra and pursuing Buddhist chaplaincy.
Ekta identifies as neurodivergent and approaches their well-being and professional practice from a depathologizing lens.
Connect with Ekta:
unitymindfulness.com
@journeywithcompassion
![](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2157522454/settings_images/3dbab52-3087-adc-6003-af1bb06a8577_Jivana_-_Neurodiversity_Series.png)
JIVANA HEYMAN
> Learn more about Jivana
Jivana Heyman (he/him), C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga, an organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings and supporting yoga teachers. He’s the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body; Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion; and The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body.
Over the past 30 years of teaching yoga, Jivana has focused on welcoming all people to practice and celebrating our individuality and our differences. His work has focused on dismantling ableism in the yoga world, as well as emphasizing the intersection of yoga and social justice. His books, classes, and trainings support yoga teachers and yoga therapists in finding ways to bring creativity and collaboration into their teaching while still respecting the ancient yoga tradition.
Connect with Jivana:
www.jivanaheyman.com
@jivanaheyman
facebook.com/jivanaheyman
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who is this workshop series designed for?
This series is designed for yoga teachers and yoga therapists who want to make their yoga offerings accessible, welcoming and neuro-inclusive for neurodivergent folks (which may include themselves), as well as those who have mental health diagnoses. It will also be welcoming of and appropriate for yoga practitioners (and teachers) who identify as neurodivergent or have a mental health diagnosis, who are seeking accessible and neuro-inclusive practices, and community connections.
Whether you are neurotypical, or self-diagnosed, peer-diagnosed, or formally diagnosed as neurodivergent, you are welcome.
Do I need to be a certified yoga teacher, or have finished a 200-hour program, to take this workshop series?
No, there are no prerequisites and anyone can join us!
Content will include tips / tools for yoga teachers and yoga therapists who want to make their yoga offerings accessible and welcoming for neurodivergent folks (which may include themselves), as well as those who have mental health diagnoses. It is also appropriate for yoga practitioners (and teachers) who identify as neurodivergent or have a mental health diagnosis, who are seeking accessible and neuro-inclusive practices, and community connections.
Is this workshop series all online? How does it work?
Yes this on-demand workshop series is 100% online.
Here's how it works:
- When you register, you'll receive instant access to your online portal. You can log in to your portal using the email address and password you entered upon registration.
- Your online portal includes a welcome video and introductory details, session descriptions, and the captioned recordings of the online Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga workshop series, recorded live in July-August 2024. The series content includes the video replays 8 x 2-hour workshops and a 1-hour series summary with Jivana Heyman (17 hours of pre-recorded content total).
- Your on-demand enrollment includes access to the workshop recordings and associated resources for 1 year.
- Once you have reviewed all the content, you will self-certify that you've completed the workshop series. You'll then receive a PDF certificate of completion, which can be submitted for CEUs with Yoga Alliance.
How long is this workshop series?
On-Demand enrollment includes 1 year of access to captioned video replays of 8 x 2 hour workshops, led by Candice Baldwin, Becky Aten, Isazela "Zel" Amanzi, Alexia Walker, Brooke West, Kendra Coupland, Theo Wildcroft & Ekta Hattangady and a bonus 1 hour series summary with Jivana Heyman (17 hours of pre-recorded content total), which was recorded live & online in July-August 2024, and associated resources.
Upon enrollment you'll receive instant access to all of the series content, and can work your way through the workshop replays at your own pace, within your 1 year of access.
Do I need special equipment or software for this course?
Your online portal, where you will access the on-demand workshop series content is web-based, and can be accessed through any internet browser, via various devices (computer, phone, tablet etc).
To easily access your course via a mobile device, you can download the free Kajabi app.
Kajabi is the platform we use to host this course and create your online portal. Once you download the free Kajabi app, go ahead and sign in with the email you and password you selected upon registration in the course, and that's it!
With the Kajabi mobile app, you'll be able to access the course content right from your phone. The app also automatically saves your progress, even when you switch between sessions and devices (which is particularly helpful for accessing the on-demand course recordings, as you can mark each session as complete as you work your way through the content).
Each session includes a sample asana, gentle movement and/or meditation practice component. We invite those who are taking this on-demand workshop series to have any props / supports available to make the (completely optional) practices offered within the session recordings as comfortable and accessible to them as possible, which may include a chair, yoga mat, cushion, bolster, blankets, blocks, pillows, or any household items that offer similar support / comfort, and space to move freely.
Props for sensory comfort and stimming are also welcomed / encouraged, including cozy blankets, colorful fidget toys, cool rocks, furry friends, favorite scents etc.
You also may like to have a journal and writing utensils or a note-taking device nearby for reflections and/or to take notes.
Do the workshops include asana practice?
Yes, each session includes a sample practice, with a focus on neuro-inclusive approaches and practices, and consideration of other accessibility needs.
The practical component of each workshop varies from session to session, and may include gentle movement, mat and chair based options, restorative, somatic, meditative and / or contemplative practices.
We invite those who are taking this on-demand workshop series to have any props / supports available to make the (completely optional) practices offered within the session recordings as comfortable and accessible to them as possible, which may include a chair, yoga mat, cushion, bolster, blankets, blocks, pillows, or any household items that offer similar support / comfort, and space to move freely.
Props for sensory comfort and stimming are also welcomed / encouraged, including cozy blankets, colorful fidget toys, cool rocks, furry friends, favorite scents etc.
You also may like to have a journal and writing utensils or a note-taking device nearby for reflections and/or to take notes.
How long do I have access to the on-demand workshop recordings?
On-Demand enrollment includes access to the captioned workshop series recordings and associated resources, via our online portal, for 1 year.
Can I earn continuing education credit or contact hour CEUs for this training?
Yes. This on-demand workshop series is worth 17 Continuing Education hours. Eligible yoga teachers will earn CE credit through Yoga Alliance. Upon completion of the series content, you will receive a downloadable certificate you can submit for credit.
As this series is led by a group of presenters, Yoga Alliance CEU requests will need to be entered manually, rather than under one individual teacher as a YACEP. Details for lodging hours are provided for those who enroll and complete the series.
Can I share the videos or other resources with other teachers who aren't enrolled in this series?
The content shared through this workshop series is for your personal use. We ask that you don't share videos or resources included with anyone who hasn't enrolled.
Any free resources that the facilitators share with overlapping information, or links to connect with their work, we encourage you to share widely (or even better, encourage your friends and colleagues to enroll in this workshop series and/or engage with paid resources / offerings from our presenters to support the work they do).
Are payment plans available?
Payment plans aren't available for this on-demand online course, as all content is provided up-front, however we do offer tiered pricing and partial scholarships.
Are scholarships available for this workshop series?
If our sliding scale pricing options are financially inaccessible for you, we do have a limited number of partial scholarships available. Please fill out this partial scholarship application form to apply.
Can I enroll in one or more individual workshops, rather than the whole series?
We don't have an option to enroll for only some workshops in the series (logistically, the way the series is set up we are unable to separate access to individual sessions), however enrollment in the series includes 1 year of access to the recordings and resources, so if you are unable to attend all (or any) sessions live, you'll have access to work your way through the recordings at your own pace.
We are also passionate about uplifting a variety of voices and experiences, and promoting the value of learning from the different perspectives that a range of presenters with shared and also individual / unique lived experience and knowledge can offer.
If you are asking this question due from a financial accessibility perspective, we do our best to make our offerings accessible, including financially, and therefore, in the spirit of equity, don't want to provide less to those who have less access to financial resources. We invite you to consider our tiered pricing options, or partial scholarships, which are designed to make this offering more financially accessible, without restricting access to the content.
What if I need a refund?
Please note - enrollments in this on-demand online workshop series are non-refundable.
What if I need help?
Your success is our #1 priority. If you need help at any time you can contact us and we'll be in touch as soon as possible.
You can also find a lot of helpful information in our course & general enquiries FAQs - these, along with our specific series FAQs here, may be the quickest way to receive answers to your question/s, so we recommend checking them out.