She seeks to specialize in trauma-focused and adaptive yoga, to provide accessible yoga to special populations. Today, yoga is about listening to her body, mind, and bringing the yogic spirit off of the mat.Īmber completed her 200-hour yoga certification with My Vinyasa Practice online, and is currently working to complete her 500-hour certification. While working to complete an online yoga challenge Amber met with various teachers across the country that motivated her to make yoga more than a practice-and find meaning in providing this passion and gift back to her community.Īmber’s opinion of the yoga practice has changed it is not just about what can be gained physically. With encouragement from family, several chair yoga classes, occupational and physical therapy, and lots of practice-she returned to yoga. Amber first discovered yoga with a goal was to find a relaxing, motivating workout that entertained both mind and body.Īmber’s sudden burn injury left her feeling like she might never do yoga again. Don’t get me wrong, these classes serve a purpose for those seeking high-intensity. If you’ve ever attended a Core Power Yoga class, you know what I’m talking about. With 18 years of classically trained dance experience, she enjoyed some of the similar benefits of deep stretch, focus, and muscle toning. Accessible yoga has become a buzz word in recent years, but what does it really mean In the United States, yoga has become more of an exercise class in recent years. Accessible yoga means providing a safe space (whether on a mat, in a chair/bed) to take time for your self-care.Īmber took her first yoga class 3 years ago seeking an alternative to her regular workout routine. While the practice may look different for many, the benefits can still be the same. Providing accessible yoga means that no matter the ability (mental or physical), size, age, location, class, background, or race of an individual-yoga can be practiced. What does accessible online yoga mean to Amber? From overcoming these challenges, Amber vowed to make it her mission to provide yoga to meet an individual’s specific needs with modifications, stylings, and energy that caters to them. During recovery, Amber experienced challenges finding yoga that catered to her specific needs and fit into her individual lifestyle. Her goal is to help each individual find what works for them.Īfter a traumatic burn injury, Amber Wilcox discovered that many online yoga classes were not always focused on individuals-and further, severely underserved those that did not fit into traditional yogi stereotypes.
As a yoga professional, she is passionate about providing Vinyasa yoga with various modifications and options to her clients. Yoga Amber believes in providing accessible, affordable online yoga classes to all bodied individuals. For more information please visit Yoga Instruction For All Individuals of All Abilities Jivana's strengths are sharing esoteric and complex teachings in a readily accessible way, and applying the ancient teachings of yoga to our day-to-day lives. This daring, visionary book revolutionizes yoga practice-and makes it truly accessible to everyone, in every body, at any age, and in any state of health. The Conference takes place in Santa Barbara and next year there will also be a Conference in New York City. He created the Accessible Yoga Conference to bring together adaptive yoga teachers from all over the world. He has led over forty Yoga teacher training programs over the past 16 years, and created the Accessible Yoga Teacher Training program in 2007, which he now leads around the world. Jivana has taught with the Dean Ornish Heart Program through the University of California San Francisco, California Pacific Medical Center's Institute of Health and Healing, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
His passion is making Yoga accessible to everyone. With over twenty years of training and teaching in the Integral Yoga tradition, Jivana has specialized in teaching yoga to people with disabilities with an emphasis on sharing yoga philosophy.
Jivana Heyman is founder of Accessible Yoga, co-owner of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center, manager of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, California, and an Integral Yoga Minister.
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