Intro to Adaptive Yoga

Service Description

In its most traditional expression, yoga is meant to be a practice that is accessible for all. As it is said, if you can breathe, you can do yoga. The practice of yoga is much more than the physical postures that are typically associated with contemporary yoga, however every posture can be adapted to suit the needs of a wide range of physical abilities. Yoga is much more than a mental health practice, but there are ways to adapt the mindful awareness components of yoga to better meet the needs of nuerodivergence, intellectual disabilities and mental health conditions. The foundations of yoga bring us home to elements of our lived experience that are invisible- our breath and the subtle body- making it a practice that is well-suited to explore the often invisible nature of disability and chronic illness. If you have felt curious about yoga and mindfulness, but have felt that there aren't spaces that make these practices accessible for you, this class is a great opportunity to explore that curiosity in a safe and intentionally inclusive space. Yoga instructor and studio owner, Alli Crowell, lives with a chronic invisible disability and is a certified Accessible Yoga teacher and ongoing mentee of Rodrigo Souza, founder of Allihopa Yoga and mentor of the Accessible Yoga School- an organization centered in equity and accessibility in yoga instruction. This class is offered lovingly on a pay-what-you-can equity pricing scale. Please select a level of payment that is most comfortable for you.