Accessible Yoga Mentorship Program
with Jivana Heyman, Rodrigo Souza & guests
Get the support you need to spread the message that yoga is for everyone.
Join a community of yoga teachers dedicated to increasing access to yoga for people who have been marginalized or underserved.
About our Mentorship Program
Our Mentorship Program offers yoga teachers and yoga therapists ongoing support, education, and inspiration. This program honors both self care and service—teaching you to create inclusive, accessible classes while building the restorative practices that will sustain your own teaching journey. It’s also an opportunity to come together with yoga teachers around the world to share experiences, form meaningful relationships, and build community with others who are dedicated to making yoga equitable and accessible.
Each month, join Jivana Heyman, founder of Accessible Yoga, for one-hour mentoring calls that blend personal practice with professional development, offering practical techniques for equitable teaching alongside guidance for your own wellbeing.
Accessible Yoga Mentor, Rodrigo Souza, leads the second monthly mentoring call, welcoming guest facilitators every other month who are leaders in the field. These sessions balance collective practice with individual support and community engagement.
If you can't join live, sessions will be recorded and you can watch them at your own pace.
You'll also access a dedicated virtual Community where you can chat with Rodrigo, Jivana, and hundreds of other teachers around the world.
Mentorship Program Benefits
- Two monthly live Zoom calls with Rodrigo Souza and Jivana Heyman, providing guided practices, peer-to-peer support, sample practices, further education, and guest facilitators.
- Library of On-Demand recorded classes
- 2 Year recorded archive of previous classes & workshops
- Access to special discounts
- $50 off an Accessible Yoga training, course, or series (one per year after three months of paid membership).
Join our Accessible Yoga Mentorship Program today!
(Check our upcoming live mentorship call dates and guests below)
Live Mentoring Call Schedule
(recordings included!)
Second Wednesday of the month with Jivana Heyman
9am-10am PT / 12pm-1pm ET / 5pm-6pm GMT (UK)
Each session will include a guided practice (such as chair yoga, pranayama, or meditation) alongside teaching methodology and techniques. The focus will be on supporting yoga teachers in making their self care practice sustainable and their offerings more accessible and inclusive.
Fourth Wednesday of the month with Rodrigo & Guest Presenters
9am-11am PT / 12pm-2pm ET / 5pm-7pm GMT (UK)
The two-hour mentoring calls will include a guided practice, followed by a discussion related to teaching Accessible Yoga and presentations from guest facilitators – experts in the field of yoga. There will be time for individual support, discussion, and community building.
Upcoming Mentorship Guest Presenters
Anjali Rao
Up next: Wednesday February 25th, 2026
9am-10am PT / 12pm-1pm ET / 5pm-6pm GMT (UK)
Anjali Rao (sher/her) brings an intersectional and decolonial feminist lens to the study of philosophy and yoga history integrating storytelling, art and poetry. Emphasizing an embodied approach, her work interrogates the link between religions, politics and yoga.
Anjali is on the faculty of multiple yoga teacher training programs. She is the host of The Love of Yoga podcast bridging scholarship, activism and yoga. She has served as the President of the Board of Directors of Accessible Yoga Association, a non profit dedicated to ensuring accessibility and equity in yoga spaces to people of all backgrounds.
Anjali is currently pursuing a PhD in Philosophy and Religion in California Institute of Integral Studies.
Her book, Yoga As Embodied Resistance: A Feminist Lens in Caste, Gender And Sacred Resilience in Yoga History, was published by North Atlantic Books in 2025.
Connect with Anjali via: www.yoganjali.me | @yoganjali
Check out the Replays
Sign up for our Accessible Yoga Mentorship Program today to access the replays of our conversations with the following special guests:
Accessible Sliding Scale Equity Pricing
Get all of these benefits from $14 USD / month!
No minimum term for monthly subscription
Pricing Options:
- Community Rate:
- $14 USD / month
- $154 USD / year (1 month free!)
- Sustainer Rate:
- $29 USD / month
- $319 USD / year (1 month free!)
- Supporter Rate:
- $44 USD / month
- $484 USD / year (1 month free!)
Tiered Pricing Explained:
- Community Rate (supported by your peers)
- Sustainer Rate (covers your membership)
- Supporter Rate (covers your membership + 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
About Your Mentors
Jivana Heyman
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
Rodrigo Souza
Rodrigo Souza (he/him) is an Adaptive & Accessible Yoga teacher with experience in teaching yoga to folks who have undergone Trauma & Disability. Rodrigo endured a devastating spinal cord injury after a fall accident which left him paralyzed from the chest down. The experience of living with chronic pain and trauma has taught him the importance of taking charge of his recovery to optimise long-term well-being. Despite the challenges, he has found purpose in becoming a Yoga teacher and sharing his knowledge with others.
Through his Allihopa Accessible & Adaptive Virtual Yoga Studio, he has created a safe and welcoming space for people with diverse abilities from all over the world to practice yoga and find healing. He also teaches for several Non-profits, community centres and newly injured folks in an Active Rehabilitation Center in Sweden.
Rodrigo's focus is creating a supportive community for those who have experienced trauma, loss & and disability through Adaptive & Accessible Yoga.
Connect with Rodrigo:
www.allihopayoga.com | @allihopayoga | facebook.com/AllihopaYoga
