The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga

Jivana Heyman is one of the leading voices in accessible yoga, and this podcast serves as a companion to his book of the same name. With 36 episodes and a 5.0 rating, the show is intentionally focused on one thing: making yoga teachable to every body. Each episode features an interview with an expert yoga teacher on a specific topic, from teaching pranayama and meditation to working with wheelchair users and understanding trauma-sensitive approaches. The guest list is impressive. Kino MacGregor discusses the teacher-as-student dynamic, Tracee Stanley talks about teaching meditation, and Jason Crandell covers making asana accessible. What makes the show valuable is that these are not vague conversations about inclusion. The guests share specific modifications, language choices, and structural changes that teachers can implement immediately. Jivana brings a service-oriented perspective rooted in social justice, and the conversations explore equity in yoga without getting preachy about it. The show released its most recent batch of episodes in mid-2024, so it is not currently producing new content, but the archive functions as a focused curriculum on accessible teaching. For any yoga teacher who has ever had a student walk into class with a body or situation they were not trained for, which is basically every teacher, this is required listening.