Making Yoga Philosophy Accessible with Jivana Heyman Ep. 25

I know I always say this, but I am so excited to bring you this week's episode. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga; Poses & Practices For Every Body, Founder and Director of  The Accessible Yoga Organization - an international not-for-profit dedicated to bringing the teachings of yoga to communities that are under-represented in traditional yoga spaces.

Jivana also runs the Accessible Yoga Conference, and holds multiple accessible yoga teacher trainings around the world each year. A lot of Jivana’s work has focused around making asana accessible, but as he’s mentioned before, one of his deepest passions is actually making the essence of yoga, or yoga philosophy accessible. I was so excited to speak with Jivana about this.

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

• Yoga as service & Jivana’s recent leadership in the yoga community during covid-19
• How western celebrity culture has infiltrated the yoga world
• The way the general public perceives yoga due to how it’s been marketed vs. what yoga actually is
• How bringing critical thinking into our yoga studies and communities is essential
• How truth is often found in paradox
• How simply being honest with how we portray yoga could be a key to shifting what people think yoga is
• Jivana’s advice about studying the Yoga Sutras & Bhagavad Gita
• Jivana’s recommendations for translations of the Yoga Sutras 
• The story of two times when Jivana has failed in his work

FIND JIVANA

• Jivana’s Personal Instagram
• Accessible Yoga Instagram
• Jivana’s Personal Website
• Accessible Yoga Website

FIND CORA

• Cora’s Instagram
• Cora’s Newsletter
• The Teachers Club

For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/podcastepisodes/episode25

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