Jivana Heyman

Training teachers in accessibility helps make yoga inclusive for everyone.

I learned that there’s more than one way to make yoga accessible.

In this 30-minute chair yoga practice, we're encouraged to turn inward to find compassion for ourselves—and others. Plus: Get 30% off Jivana Heyman's new book, Yoga Revolution.

Don't get up! You can practice this prop-supported sequence while lying down.

Free your side body and back—and find calm—with this accessible exercise from Jivana Heyman.

Connect movement and breath in this creative (and accessible) yoga sequence.

When you’re feeling scattered, turn your attention inward and find your center.

There's a better way to find answers to your most essential and existential questions—trusting your own inner teacher.

The Santa Barbara–based yoga teacher and founder and director of Accessible Yoga shares his favorite poem for shavasana.

As the discussion over yoga’s place in politics and public life continues to be debated, Yoga Journal is committed to providing a platform for thoughtful conversations that grapple with how—or if—yoga practice includes space for activism. This is the first in a series of essays by yogis who have considered the matter and have an important perspective to share.

Try this accessible chair yoga sequence designed to reduce joint strain and boost your concentration, mobility, and strength.

Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga, explains how it's important to adapt a pose to the person instead of the other way around.

Plus, why it’s a critical step in making the practice accessible and welcoming

Even if you have chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, or autoimmune diseases like Lyme or rheumatoid arthritis and have to spend part (or most) of the day in bed, you can still reap the benefits of Sun Salutations.

You can still receive the physical and mental benefits of beloved Sun Salutation from a chair. If standing is painful, difficult, or impossible, try this variation of Sun Salutation to feel more you more grounded, balanced, and at home in your body. Bonus: you can do it at your desk for a rejuvenating midday break.

Yoga is for every body and every level. If traditional Sun Salutation is not available to you, try this variation using a wall as support.

I always felt that yoga offered more than a great stretch or workout. It gave me a way to connect with others and myself at the same time.  You can find a bit of that feeling in this sequence.