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By Katie Nissley

You finished your 200-hour training a few years ago and have been teaching ...

In January 2020, a friend introduced me via email to the late Ady Barkan, a well-known progressive activist who put his body on the line numerous times protesting for universal healthcare and increase...

by Jivana Heyman

I’ve been wondering if we’ll ever have justice for the victims in the Epstein files and whether any of these evil rich and powerful people will see repercussions for their deplora...

by Sangeeta Vallabhan

Trauma describes any number of adverse or bad experiences that fall into the realm of the human experience. There’s so much of it, especially these days, and people are seeki...

Earlier this year Accessible Yoga launched an incredible virtual workshop series, Neurodiversity, Mental Health & Yoga: Cultivating Welcoming Practices & Communities. This is such an important topic, ...

We sometimes forget that yoga is a spiritual practice that's mostly about working with the mind. When I share this with my students, it often surprises them to consider that yoga is a mental practice....

"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognise, accept, and celebrate those differences." —Audre Lorde  

When I came out of the closet in 1984, I had no idea there ...

by Jivana Heyman

I’m always curious about the ways that the term “accessible yoga” is understood and translated by the yoga community. What I’ve noticed recently is that some yoga teachers talk about...

by Jivana Heyman

Most people think that adapting yoga is a very contemporary thing to do, and sometimes I hear concerns that something is lost when we adapt the practice. But it is possible to find e...

by Jivana Heyman

As yoga teachers, we need to help our students find safe and effective ways to practice whether it’s online or in person. One of the most helpful ways of doing this is to offer many ...