INTERVIEW WITH JIVANA HEYMAN C-IAYT, E-RYT500

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Amy discusses with Jivana Heyman, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, who is the founder and director of the Accessible Yoga Association, an international non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to 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 w, as well as the forthcoming book, Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion (Shambhala, Nov. 2021).

Amy and Jivana talk about Yoga Revolution & Accessible Yoga, Jivana’s background in Yoga and Activism, the act of service without expecting credits/praises in return, and experiencing compassion and love towards other people.

They touch on the following:

• Jivana’s forthcoming book, Yoga Revolution
• Jivana’s Yoga background as an activist and how it informs his yoga teaching
• The importance of Community & Service from the heart and with compassion
• Jivana’s experience with parenting and being married as a yoga teacher
• Showing compassion to others, as we have difficult discussions
• How to keep your priorities and focus on what is really important in your life
• Experience is all that there is, and outcome might be irrelevant
• Jivana’s mother’s death and how it impacted him as a human
• Yoga & Social Justice
• Selfless Service
• Jivana’s personal practice

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Meet Jivana jivanaheyman.com

Books mentioned in the podcast

Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage and Compassion by Jivana Heyman

https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Revolution-Building-Practice-Compassion/dp/1611808782

Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body

https://www.amazon.com/Accessible-Yoga-Poses-Practices-Every/dp/1611807123