063. Community & Innovation in Yoga - Podcast Season 2 Recap & What’s Next

In this Season 2 finale, Amber and Jivana discuss:

• Their lives and current challenges


• How our activism and practice is showing up for us in this moment


• Amber’s bike reels on instagram


• Themes from Season 2:


• Community Care/Sharing Power/Community Collaboration




• Shift from top down teaching to community led


• Jivana’s remixes on instagram


• The current contemporary yoga world is complex, shifting to local


• Not getting caught up in a binary of “advanced” vs gentle


• How Accessible Yoga is often misused to make us fit in rather than to celebrate our differences and individuality


• Encouraging students to find individuality in community


• Marginalized folks are some of our greatest innovators


• Your difference is your superpower




• Safety and inclusion in yoga


• Be sure to visit past episodes with our amazing guests like: Matthew Sanford, Nischala Devi, Michelle Cassandra Johnson, Octavia Raheem, Jacoby Ballard, Marlysa Sullivan, Reggie Hubbard

What Accessible Yoga Association is up to:

• New online Accessible Yoga Community, ambassadors get first access (join here)


• Accessible Yoga Community Studio - online studio where people can study with teacher leaders from the AY community, dedicated AY content


• Conference coming up, Moving from Me to We, October 14-16


• Pre-conference intensive on Increasing Accessibility - Matthew Sanford, Natalie Tabilo, Ryan McGraw, Donna Noble, and Jivana


• Upcoming monthly themes: August: Yoga & Environmental Justice, September: Yoga & Cancer


• Amber’s term as President of AYA’s board of directors is up, Anjali Rao stepping up as our new president