Teach What You Love with Indu Arora

The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga · 2024-01-31

What is the purpose of a yoga practice? This simple, but powerful inquiry, can help take us to the essence of yoga. When we go beyond technique and approach yoga as a philosophy, we honor this ancient tradition and form a deeper understanding of our practice as a purposeful act.

Join Jivana and this episode’s guest, Indu Arora, as they delve into the delicate balance between tradition and innovation and inspire practitioners and teachers to approach yoga with sincerity and self-inquiry.

Topics Include:

Yoga as a philosophy beyond external techniquesInnovation and accessibility in yogaThe role of mentors and communityAddressing cultural appropriation, commodification, and capitalism in yogaThe subtle teachings of yogaHow yoga teachers can communicate the heart of yoga

Check out Jivana’s new book, The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga, and get more information about the book on his website.

Connect with Jivana:

www.jivanaheyman.com | @jivanaheyman | facebook.com/jivanaheyman

Indu Arora (she/her) is a Yoga and Ayurveda teacher, mentor, and author, based in the U.S.. Indu has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, yoga therapy, and ayurveda for the past two decades worldwide. She is inspired by and taught Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shiavism, and Sivananda Yoga lineages. She has studied in a traditional Guru-Shishya parampara setting. Her core philosophy is “Yoga is a work-in and not a work-out.” She is the author of Mudra: The Sacred Secret (2015), Yoga: Ancient Heritage, Tomorrow’s Vision (2005, 2019), and SOMA: 100 Heritage Recipes for Self-Care (e-book, 2020; updated hard copy, 2022).

Connect with Indu:

www.yogsadhna.com | @induaroraofficial | facebook.com/InduAroraOfficial

The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga

The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga Podcast

This is a limited podcast companion series to the book, The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga: Best Practices for Sharing Yoga with Every Body, by Jivana Heyman. In researching the book, Jivana spoke with fourteen expert yoga teachers about their area of expertise. This podcast is an opportunity to listen in on those conversations, where Jivana interviews these teachers about a specific topic related to how to make yoga teaching accessible and equitable for all students.They share gems of wisdom and practical tools that every yoga teacher and yoga therapist can benefit from.

In Season 1, Jivana Heyman hosted a series of conversations on the topics of yoga, social justice, service, equity, and how we can live the teachings right now. In his book, Yoga Revolution, Jivana has included 16 diverse contributors who are working in the field of yoga and social justice. Season 1 is an opportunity to take a deeper dive with this incredible group of yoga change-makers as we get inspired by their work and their practice.

To learn more about Jivana visit: JivanaHeyman.com. Connect with him on Instagram @JivanaHeyman

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