Jivana Heyman

JIVANA HEYMAN, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of the Accessible Yoga Association, an international non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings. Accessible Yoga offers conferences, community forums, a podcast, and a popular ambassador program. He’s the co-founder of the Accessible Yoga Training School and the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body. His website is jivanaheyman.com.

"With sincere compassion, progressive wisdom, and intelligent instruction, Jivana explores why it is necessary for all bodies—regardless of shape, size, gender, sexuality, race, socioeconomic status, or abilities—to have access to yoga and the myriad benefits it provides. This book should be included in every teacher’s training course worldwide. I know I will include it in mine." —Seane Corn, author of Revolution of the Soul

"Accessible Yoga is nothing less than a gem for yoga practitioners of all abilities." —Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, author of Restore and Rebalance

"Accessible Yoga is a treasure trove of invaluable and practical information that will open many doors for people who might otherwise not have the courage to begin. What shines through in every word of this exceptional book is the clear mind, compassionate heart, and passionate advocacy of a teacher who is a living and breathing testament of what Yoga, capital Y, is all about." —Donna Farhi, author of Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit

"Jivana’s program in this well-written and comprehensive manual offers those with physical limitations, of whatever kind, access to the full range of benefits each and every student might expect from the practice of yoga. This is an invaluable resource for teachers no matter who their students are." —Richard Rosen, author of Original Yoga

"Jivana’s love for yoga and the people he advocates for shines through on every page." —Nina Zolotow, coauthor of Yoga for Healthy Aging

"Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body ought to be a required text in all 200-hour yoga teacher trainings. As public demand for yoga dramatically increases, teachers find themselves being asked to serve a wider audience of students than can be addressed in a foundational training. This text meets those teachers where they are, and clearly offers guidance and options to more appropriately bring yoga to those seeking its benefits. There's no pretense to making teachers health experts or therapists . . . just solid resources based on Heyman’s decades of experience and study." —Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, C-IAYT. Founder of SmartSafeYoga (www.smartsafeyoga.com)

"This user-friendly manual provides a welcome and valuable service in potentially opening the world of yoga up to an even wider population." —Publishers Weekly

"Heyman’s book is a look at poses, practices, and modifications intended to suit a wide range of bodies who deserve to practice yoga. Any yoga teacher worth their salt offering asana-based classes needs to be able to meet and work with any student walking through the door, and this book is a vital tool in helping reframe the ideas of what ‘correct’ or ‘ideal’ alignment and shapes are in practice." —Book Riot