402: Yoga for All Bodies with Jivana Heyman

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Lucas Rockwood

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🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

I once had a yoga student with a prosthetic leg. I didn’t realize until I attempted to push her heel to the floor in Downward Dog. I assumed that she wanted to simply blend into class and that’s why she hadn’t told me (or anyone at reception) before joining class.

I was right. She just wanted to practice, and she did great.

I’ve since had students with birth defects, different length legs, missing limbs, traumatic brain injuries, and scoliosis among other things. Historically, yoga studios are not known for their diversity - but that’s changing fast. Bigger bodied, older, and more diverse students are gaining interest in yoga each year.

On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a teacher who focuses specifically on addressing the needs of a more diverse (in every way) yoga community.

Listen & Learn:

Why practice (not posing) is the key
How to navigate the challenges of a mixed level, mixed ability class
Yoga teacher vs. therapist - what’s the difference?
The future of yoga for all body types

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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Jivana Heyman is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga. He’s the co-owner of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center. His passion is making Yoga accessible to everyone. He has led over 40 Yoga teacher training programs and created the Accessible Yoga Training program in 2007. Jivana taught Accessible Yoga at the United Nations in Geneva for their International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 2015.

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0:00.0	As a career yoga teacher and studio owner, one of the bigger challenges that we have is trying to make yoga more accessible to more people, more accessible financially, more accessible in terms of hours and class offerings
0:16.0	more accessible in terms of different body types in different stages of life
0:20.0	and this is a big challenge right it's Friday night and you've got a class at 7 PM.
0:24.1	How do you make a class that's appropriate for a 22 year old college student, but also appropriate for a 73 year old retiree
0:31.8	and also appropriate for someone who's struggling with cancer or
0:35.3	another chronic illness? The answer is you can't. You have to create separate classes and
0:40.5	separate approaches but at the same time we want to create an inclusive community.
0:44.4	These are really complex questions, but in a community-based practice like yoga, it's an important
0:48.6	question.
0:49.6	It's something I've worked on a lot, and I'd like to learn more about my guest on this week's show has really dedicated his career to making yoga
0:55.6	accessible. In fact he calls it accessible yoga. If you're new here this is the Lucas Rockwood
1:00.8	show on this podcast I go out to the world of health and
1:03.1	wellness and I find people who are medical doctors or yoga teachers or
1:07.2	researchers or nutritional experts I try to bring their best work to you here to
1:12.4	inspire you to educate you and myself so that we can all
1:15.1	live better lives. If you like the show leave me a rating and review on iTunes it's the
1:20.0	best way to support me. If you have a question, if you'd like to be featured on the show or if you
1:23.8	just want to connect, find me on Instagram. It's just Lucas Rockwood. I answer all of my messages
1:28.4	personally. Thanks so much for Yoga for all bodies, all abilities, and I am joined here with
1:43.3	Giovanni Heman.
1:44.3	Giovanni is a founder of and the director of Accessible Yoga.
1:47.6	He's a co-owner of Santa Barbara Yoga Center.
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