Yoga With Impact Ep 3 - Jivana Heyman Accessible Yoga
04/14/23 • 40 min
In Episode 3, The Yoga Impact Charity's Co-Founder Danielle Begg is joined by Jivana Heyman, Founder & Director of Accessible Yoga. Accessible Yoga is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings for people of all abilities and backgrounds
Topics covered in this episode include:
- Jivana's journey from AIDS activist to yoga teacher & founder of a non-profit
- The creation and evolution of the Accessible Yoga movement
- What is healing and the importance of community in healing
- How yoga teachers can make classes more accessible, including the power of imagined practice
- The importance of service as a component of Yoga practice
- How you can get involved in the Accessible Yoga movement
- Jivana's advice on how to create meaningful change in the world
You can read more about Accessible Yoga at:
https://accessibleyoga.org
Music Credit: Datta by Solon
http://www.solonmusic.com
Support the show (https://www.yogaimpactcharity.com/donate)
In Episode 3, The Yoga Impact Charity's Co-Founder Danielle Begg is joined by Jivana Heyman, Founder & Director of Accessible Yoga. Accessible Yoga is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings for people of all abilities and backgrounds
Topics covered in this episode include:
- Jivana's journey from AIDS activist to yoga teacher & founder of a non-profit
- The creation and evolution of the Accessible Yoga movement
- What is healing and the importance of community in healing
- How yoga teachers can make classes more accessible, including the power of imagined practice
- The importance of service as a component of Yoga practice
- How you can get involved in the Accessible Yoga movement
- Jivana's advice on how to create meaningful change in the world
You can read more about Accessible Yoga at:
https://accessibleyoga.org
Music Credit: Datta by Solon
http://www.solonmusic.com
Support the show (https://www.yogaimpactcharity.com/donate)
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Yoga With Impact Ep 4 - Minna Jarvenpaa Tools for Inner Peace
Welcome to Yoga With Impact - A podcast interviewing experts who are sharing Yoga and healing practices in diverse communities.
In Episode 4, The Yoga Impact Charity's Co-Founder Danielle Begg is joined by Minna Jarvenpaa, Founder of Tools for Inner Peace. Tools for Inner Peace gives refugees and trauma survivors tools from yoga to manage their own healing and wellbeing.
Topics covered in this episode include:
- Minna's journey as a peacekeeper working for the UN in Kosovo to becoming a Yogi and founding Tools for Inner Peace
- How Minna shares Yoga with people from a variety of cultures, religions and languages
- How Minna established refugee yoga classes in Lebanon
- The research that informs Minna's approach
- Ways to get involved in Tools for Inner Peace
- Minna's advice for making change in the world
You can learn more about Tools for Inner Peace including how to get involved at:
http://tools4innerpeace.org
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https://www.dunna.org/about-us/
Music Credit: Datta by Solon
http://www.solonmusic.com
Support the show (https://www.yogaimpactcharity.com/donate)
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