Accessible Yoga Association
Monthly Programs
Workshops | Asana Classes | Community Forums
Eligible for CEUs through Yoga Alliance & IAYT.
Replays will be made available for those who cannot attend live. Captions available.
Organized around a monthly theme, our monthly programs offer professional education for making yoga accessible to under-resourced and underserved communities as well as addressing other obstacles to accessibility. Our programs include a monthly Workshop, Asana Class, and Community Forum. We also offer podcasts, newsletters, social media posts, and blog posts related to our monthly themes.
Learn
The Workshop focuses on detailed educational information. Come prepared to learn an overview of the theme and learn practical application skills for working with the community or area of focus.
Practice
The Asana Class offers a sample class with safe and effective practices for the community or area we are focusing on.
Networking
The Community Forum offers an opportunity for professional networking in the area we are focused on. This includes a discussion of best practices, educational referrals, and networking with other yoga professionals.
September 2021: Cultural Appropriation & Yoga
Workshop
Embrace Yoga's Roots
with Susanna Barkataki
Friday, September 10th, 2021
1pm-2pm Pacific (Los Angeles)
4pm-5pm Eastern (New York)
(Replay available for registrants)
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In this workshop we cover the history of colonization and oppression, cultural issues, cultural appropriation, modern day segregation in yoga, allyship and accompliceship, and explore concrete tools for how to create inclusion and unity.
In this immersive workshop, for practitioners, teachers and students of yoga, Susanna Barkataki will guide participants on a rich cultural journey into the roots of yoga, breakdown trauma, colonization and oppression and invite participants into skill-building for inclusion and diversity.
In a blend of practice, meditation, reflection, lecture and discussion, this training will share authentic, embodied, powerful and inspirational tools for the heart and depth of yoga's roots.
Susanna Barkataki (she/her)
Tiered pricing to reflect your financial situation.
Discounted Bundle available to attend all three events (Workshop, Class, and Community Forum)
Asana Class
Boundless Yoga with Divya Balakrishnan
Wednesday September 22nd, 2021
2:30pm-3:30pm Pacific (Los Angeles)
5:30pm-6:30pm Eastern (New York)
(Replay available for registrants)
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As a technology, Yoga has infinite layers operating independently and in tandem to help the practitioner realize their ‘dharma’, or ultimate purpose. When we dare to go beyond the mechanical movements and surrender to Yoga as a state of being, we become boundless.
Join Divya in this class diving into the traditional Surya Namaskar sequence and uncovering the lesser known elements of mantra, storytelling and the zodiac.
Recommended props: Mat, any props that generally make you feel supported in your practice, water
Divya Balakrishnan (she/her)
Tiered pricing to reflect your financial situation.
Discounted Bundle available to attend all three events (Workshop, Class, and Community Forum)
Community Forum
Cultural Appropriation & Yoga
Featuring Sheena Sood, Simran Uppal & Aarti Inamdar
hosted by Anjali Rao
Tuesday September 28th, 2021
11am-12:30pm PDT (Los Angeles)
2pm-3:30pm EDT (New York)
7pm-8:30pm BST (London)
(Replay available for registrants)
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Join expert teachers Sheena Sood, Aarti Inamdar, Simran Uppal and host Anjali Rao, who will share their knowledge and experience of yoga as a daily living practice and cultural practice, beyond just the physical postures. Our presenters will discuss cultural appropriation and the resulting harm, as well as anti-caste, anti-sectarian, liberatory approaches to yoga practice from South Asia and beyond.
As part of this discussion, we will invite you to ask questions, share your own work and wisdom, and network with other yoga teachers and organizations whose work centers a decolonized approach to yoga.
Sheena Sood (she/her)
Simran Uppal (they/them)
Aarti Inamdar (she/her)
Tiered pricing to reflect your financial situation.
Discounted Bundle available to attend all three events (Workshop, Class, and Community Forum)
Equity Pricing, Ambassadors & Scholarships
We recognize that financial barriers to access are just as real as physical ones. As an organization committed to equity and promoting financial accessibility, we've created three pricing tiers for each of our scheduled community events. If you do not see a tier that reflects your financial situation, you're invited to apply for a scholarship. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Accessible Yoga Ambassadors are invited to attend all of our scheduled programming for FREE. If you would like to attend multiple Accessible Yoga Associate events in 2021, becoming an Ambassador offers you the best price. Sign up today to make your first monthly or annual sustaining contribution to Accessible Yoga (as low as $9/mo. or $108/yr.) and immediately gain access to the free registration link OR register for a single event (below).
Current Ambassadors should log in to their Ambassador dashboard to access their special registration link.
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