Friday April 12th, 2024

12pm-1pm PT

Orientation

How to navigate the online portion of the course, as well as community agreements for our time together. We’ll also review the course requirements, and introduce ourselves.

1pm-2pm PT

Introduction to Accessible Yoga

An overview of the training content and basic concepts of accessibility and equity in yoga. Also, covers different approaches to adapting practices. We'll explore how to keep the yoga in Accessible Yoga, by exploring the essence of yoga.

2pm-2:30pm PT

Break

2:30pm-3:30pm PT

Integrated Accessible Yoga Chair/Mat Class

Jivana Heyman

Sample integrated (chair/mat) asana practice class that begins in a chair and offers students a choice of staying in the chair or moving to the mat. This is a workshop that is designed to demonstrate how to teach multiple levels of students at the same time.

3:30pm-4:30pm PT

Making Breathing Practices Accessible

In this workshop, Jivana will begin by discussing the anatomy & physiology of breathing, as well as the fundamentals of the most common yoga breathing practices and how to make them accessible. We'll consider contraindications as well as benefits to these practices. This will include practice teaching in breakout rooms.

4:30pm-5pm PT

Break

5pm-6pm PT

Accessible Asana Workshop

We'll discuss the main purpose and benefits of the practice and how to adapt them in creative and collaborative ways, how to start class, and what an intake process might be like, which we call the check-in. We'll also discuss centering practices, which get to the heart of yoga, as well as warm-ups focusing on major joints. We'll spend time discussing the importance of offering strengthening practices in Accessible Yoga, and explore creative ways to share them. We’ll also explore how to adapt Sun Salutation at the wall.

Saturday April 13th, 2024

12pm-12:30pm PT

Practice Teaching

We’ll break into smaller groups to teach chair sun salutation to each other.

12:30pm-1:45pm PT

Accessible Asana Workshop

This Asana Workshop will focus on Standing Balancing Poses, Backward and Forward Bends in a chair, standing, or on a mat. We'll consider how to use creativity based on a thorough understanding of the purpose of the practice.

1:45pm-2:15pm PT

Break

2:15pm-3:15pm PT

Accessible Asana Workshop

Asana Workshop on how to adapt inversions and twists in a chair, standing, or on a mat. We'll consider how to use creativity based on a thorough understanding of the purpose of the practice.

3:15pm-4pm PT

Making Meditation Accessible

This session will focus on how to practice and teach meditation in a yoga context, with an emphasis on the role of meditation in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We'll also discuss ways to make the practice accessible, safe, and enjoyable, with attention to trauma-informed teaching. 

4pm-4:30pm PT

Break

4:30pm-5:15pm PT

Integrated Chair / Mat Teaching

How to teach students on the mat and in the chair in the same class, focusing directly on the skills needed to master teaching multiple levels at the same time. 

5:15pm-6pm PT

Integrated Chair / Mat Teaching Group Practice

Practice teaching integrated chair / mat classes in small groups.

Sunday April 14th, 2024

12pm-1:30pm PT

Bed Yoga

Jivana will give an introduction to bed yoga and lead a bed yoga practice session. This session explores ways to adapt traditional asanas in bed, and how we can use creativity to explore ways to access some of the same benefits of the poses in a bed. We'll also consider the role of touch in yoga and tools for teaching one-on-one sessions. 

1:30pm-2pm PT

Break

2pm-3:30pm PT

Accessible Asana Workshop

This Asana Workshop will focus on adapting Savasana, Yoga Nidra, and how to end class. It will also be a time to follow up on poses we haven’t yet covered and to answer any asana or teaching questions that have come up. 

3:30pm-4pm PT

Service & Support

A session on networking, community building, and how to start Accessible Yoga classes in your community. This is an opportunity to explore the intersection of yoga service and business.

4pm-4:30pm PT

Break

4:30pm-5:45pm PT

Designing Classes for Special Populations - Final Project

This will be a discussion of the key elements needed to design and teach classes for special populations and in special locations. Then participants will have a chance to work in small groups and create class outlines for special populations and share them with the rest of the class. 

5:45pm-6pm PT

Closing Circle

Final thoughts and inspiration from our time together.

Includes pre-recorded lectures:

• What Is Accessible Yoga?
  with Jivana Heyman
• Making Yoga Accessible
  with Jivana Heyman
• Adapting Asana
  with Jivana Heyman
• Working with Seniors
  with Jivana Heyman
• Common Medical Conditions
  with Jivana Heyman

Includes pre-recorded practices:

• 2 x 1-Hour Integrated
  Chair / Mat Sample Practices
  with Jivana Heyman (demonstrated from the chair and the mat)
• 20-minute Integrated
  Chair / Mat Sample Practice
  with Jivana Heyman
• 1-Hour Wheelchair Yoga Sample Practice with Rodrigo Souza
• 30-Minute Wall Practice for Balance with Jivana Heyman

Includes pre-recorded lectures:

• What Even Is Yoga?
  with Anjali Rao
• The Four Paths of Yoga
  with Jivana Heyman
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 
  with Jivana Heyman
• The Bhagavad Gita
  with Jivana Heyman
• Yoga & Social Change
  with Anjali Rao

Includes pre-recorded lectures:

• Foundations of the Science of Yoga with Ann Swanson
• The Why (Connection between Science of Yoga and Accessibility & Safety in Yoga)
  with Ann Swanson
  
• Science-Backed Benefits of Yoga
  with Ann Swanson
  
• Research on Safety
  with Ann Swanson
  
• Teaching Safely
  with Ann Swanson
  

Includes pre-recorded lectures:

• Disability Culture & Communication
  with Dani Anderson
• Intro to Queer & Trans Considerations in Yoga
  with M Camellia
• Race & Equity in Yoga
  with kelley nicole palmer
• Wheelchair Yoga
  with Rodrigo Souza
• Trauma Conscious Yoga & Race-Based Traumatic Stress
  with Nityda Gessel
• Teaching Yoga for People with Larger Bodies with M Camellia
• Creating a Culture of Consent with M Camellia
• Neurodiversity & Yoga
  with M Camellia 
• Trauma-Informed Teaching & Incarcerated Populations
  with Amma Fandiño
• Considerations for Mental Health
  with Maria Kirsten †
• Conscious Marketing
  with Tristan Katz

Our new hybrid (in-person & online) delivery of our Accessible Yoga Training combines the benefits of our in-person training (which was our pre-2020 format for this course) with our new online delivery, which we began to offer in 2020. 

Trainees undertake a 3-day (15 hour) in-person training, led by one of our Accessible Yoga Trainers. This offers an opportunity to come together in community in person, and cover the most practical components of the training. The schedule for these 3 days will focus on adapting asana for the mat, chair, wall and bed, and how to lead integrated (chair & mat) classes.

Our upcoming in-person training will be led by Jivana Heyman in Santa Barbara, California, February 17-19, 2024.

Upon enrollment in this hybrid training, our trainees also receive access to our online portal, which includes 25 hours of additional learning via pre-recorded lecture and practice videos, reading, and homework, including our downloadable PDF course manual.

Topics covered in the pre-recorded videos include Introduction to Accessible Yoga, Yoga Philosophy, Science of Yoga, and a series of lectures with special guest presenters including Disability Culture & Communication, Wheelchair Yoga, Trauma Conscious Yoga & Race-Based Traumatic Stress, Teaching Yoga for People with Larger Bodies, and more.

Trainees will have a whole year of access to the online portal to work their way through the pre-recorded content, which can be commenced prior to the in-person training dates, but doesn't have to be completed in full before the live training begins.

After trainees have completed their in-person training, and all of the pre-recorded materials, they can complete a feedback survey about the course via our online portal, and request their certificate of completion for the course (40 hours).

All props are provided by our host studio (mats, chairs, bolsters, blocks, straps, blankets). 

We recommend bringing:

• a device or materials for note taking
• water and snacks / lunch (the training day is 12pm-6pm PT including 2 x 30 minute breaks) 

The course manual is provided as a digital download (PDF) within our online course portal. To be as environmentally conscious as possible, hard-copy printed manuals won't be provided. If it is more accessible for you to work from a hardcopy manual, you are welcome to print one copy for your personal use.

If you are enrolled in the course and choose to print your manual at a professional print shop and require written permission (as our manual is a copyrighted document)  please contact us and we can provide this.

Yes. The Santa Barbara Yoga Center is a wheelchair accessible venue, with accessible entrance and bathrooms.

All-day parking can be found on surrounding streets within a couple of blocks of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center. Please read signs carefully for time-limits when parking.

After completing the in-person training, pre-recorded content and homework tasks, and certifying that all graduation requirements have been completed, you can request your certification to become an Accessible Yoga Teacher. As an Accessible Yoga Teacher, you are entitled to:

• Market yourself as an Accessible Yoga Teacher
• Use the Accessible Yoga Teacher logo on your website and in your marketing materials
• Use the Accessible Yoga name in your class listings
• 3 months free membership in the Accessible Yoga Association's Ambassador program
• Ongoing membership in the Accessible Yoga Community Facebook Group where you can network and share best practices with other teachers

Additionally, you will receive a certificate of completion entitling you to 40 contact hour CEUs through Yoga Alliance or the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

No, there are no prerequisites and anyone can join us! However, if you have completed a 200-hour training prior to attending our trainings, you will become a Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher.

This 40-hour training alone is not enough to become a certified yoga teacher. If you are interested in teaching yoga but have not already completed a 200-hour teacher training, we recommend that you do so in addition to completing this course.

Our 200 hour Accessible Yoga Teacher Training was offered online for the first time  in 2023. This is a great option for those passionate about making their teaching accessible who have not yet taken a 200 hr training. Get details & join the interest list for the next 200 hr Accessible Yoga Teacher Training cohort here.

Part of the requirements for certification will be watching a series of pre-recorded videos. You can review these before the in-person training starts, or anytime before you request your certificate upon completion of the course.

There are no prerequisites and anyone can join us! However, if you have completed a 200-hour training prior to attending our trainings, you will become a Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher.

This 40-hour training alone is not enough to become a certified yoga teacher. If you are interested in teaching yoga but have not already completed a 200-hour teacher training, we recommend that you do so in addition to completing this course.

Our 200 hour Accessible Yoga Teacher Training was offered online for the first time  in 2023. This is a great option for those passionate about making their teaching accessible who have not yet taken a 200 hr training. Get details & join the interest list for the next 200 hr Accessible Yoga Teacher Training cohort here.

We offer a two-hour anatomy & physiology lecture (pre-recorded video). There is additional anatomy & physiology in the asana discussions regarding benefits and contraindications for many poses.

The A&P lecture is designed to create familiarity with common medical conditions and the main issues that occur in aging. This is a short training and is designed as an introduction to the area of Accessible Yoga. Teachers who plan to specialize in teaching specific populations should consider additional training.

This training is worth 40 contact hour CEUs. This includes 15 hours of in-person training and 25 hours of self-paced pre-recorded lectures and practices with accompanying resources, homework tasks and required reading. Trainees receive 1 year of access to review online materials and complete course requirements to request their certification.

Attendance at the full 3-day (15 hour) in-person component of the training is required to receive your certification. If the live training dates / times / location aren't suitable, we recommend checking out our completely online Accessible Yoga Training option, with live, online training via Zoom and additional pre-recorded content.

Yes. This training is worth 40 contact hour CEUs. Eligible yoga teachers will earn CEUs through Yoga Alliance. Yoga therapists will earn CEUs through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Upon completion of the course requirements, you will receive a downloadable certificate you can submit for credit.

Your student portal is web based and can be accessed through any internet browser, or via the Kajabi app on a smart phone / tablet.

You will have access to the online student portal for 1 year from your enrollment date to access and review the pre-recorded content and resources. You will be able to download your course manual (PDF) to keep forever. 

The videos from the pre-recorded component of the training and manual are for your personal use. We ask that you don't share them with anyone who hasn't enrolled in the course. Each of our trainers often share wonderful free resources with overlapping information, and we encourage you to share those widely, or encourage friends / colleagues to take an Accessible Yoga Training if they might be interested in this content.

For our hybrid-delivery Accessible Yoga Training we offer sliding scale equity pricing, payment plans and partial scholarships.

The course fee is $799 USD - $999 USD sliding scale.

Please click here for further details about our tiered pricing model and partial scholarships.

Yes, you may split your tuition into 3 monthly payments.

Payment plans are available for each pricing tier.

Payments are charged monthly based on the date of your initial enrollment. For example, if you sign up on February 25th, your remaining two payments will be deducted on March 25th and April 25th. If you need more flexible payment options, please contact us.

If our sliding scale pricing still isn't accessible to you, we do have a limited number of partial scholarships available. Please fill out this scholarship application to apply.

Our hybrid-delivery Accessible Yoga Training refund policy is as follows: 

• Request for cancellation of enrollment from the course within one month of the in-person training commencement date (or after access to the online course materials has been provided) will receive a 50% refund of the total course fee (if paid in full), or cancellation of pending payment plan installments equal to 50% of the total course fee.
• Refunds will not be granted once the in-person training component of the course has commenced.

If you have any questions about the course, or while completing this hybrid-delivery training, please contact us and we'll be in touch!