FREE ACCESSIBLE YOGA WORKSHOPS
with Jivana Heyman

In the lead up to our most recent course (Oct-Nov 2024 cohort), Jivana Heyman offered a series of FREE educational sessions to offer yoga instructors a taste of the skills and depth they’ll learn in our 40-hour Accessible Yoga Training Online.

You can now access the replays of these informative workshops to learn more about his approach and insights to Accessible Yoga, and receive take-home tips that you can apply to your teaching right away!

Workshop #1 (1 hour)

The Language of Teaching Accessible Yoga
with Jivana Heyman

REPLAY NOW AVAILABLE

Recorded live August 29, 2024

So you’ve attended yoga teacher training and read stacks of yoga books, but the next critical step in making your teaching accessible involves communication.

Awareness of our language, cueing, and word choice is essential when teaching, and can help students feel welcome and seen. In many ways, effective communication is the key to making your classes accessible. Yet it’s not always easy!

In this 60-minute FREE workshop, Accessible Yoga founder Jivana Heyman will address:

• Reflecting on the tone and phrasing of your teaching instruction
• Considering invitation language and how to make it effective while cultivating safety
• How language can help you reach individuals within a group class
• Demonstration as a language of teaching
• Attending to a variety of communication challenges that arise in real time

Jivana ends with a short info session about our Accessible Yoga Training Online (interest list for Spring 2025 cohort currently open).

Workshop #2 (1 hour)

Turn Inward & Connect:
Adapting Forward Bends
with Jivana Heyman

REPLAY NOW AVAILABLE

Recorded live September 23, 2024

The beauty of forward bends is that they help us to turn inward, connect with yourself, and potentially feel calmer. However, while they may seem like a simple shape within postures, there’s more to forward bends than you may think.

In many cases, two different movements are taking place within the hip and spine. If you are teaching older adults or other populations with pre-existing conditions, you will need to understand the mechanics of the postures and how to adapt them safely and effectively. 

In this FREE 60-minute workshop, Accessible Yoga founder Jivana Heyman will cover: 

• Reflecting on hip flexion and spinal flexion within asana
• Safe forward bending in populations with pre-existing conditions, including back issues
• Adapting common forward bends in a chair or on the mat

He will also offer a practice with a focus on forward bends.

Jivana ends with a short info session about our Accessible Yoga Training Online (interest list for Spring 2025 cohort currently open).