Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: Breaking Down Barriers on Sep. 29, 4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. EDT. Let’s learn how to create a safe and inclusive environment. We’ll discuss dismantling oppression in the yoga community and how to support People of the Global Majority in our classes and other spaces. We are excited to…

Dear Friends in Yoga, Please join us on March 2, 12–1:30 p.m. PST / 3–4:30 p.m. EST, for a special event featuring Linda Villarosa discussing her book, “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America.” Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, the book shows the forces in American society that cause Black…

Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: Breaking Down Barriers, Feb. 10, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PST; 1–2:30 p.m. CST; 2–4:30 p.m. EST. Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat to practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and to our lineage. This connection supports and calls us…

The Yoga Equity Committee is delighted to present Making Iyengar Yoga More Welcoming and Inclusive with Ryan McGraw and Matthew Sanford. Ryan McGraw and Matthew Sanford share their firsthand experience with disabilities and being Iyengar Yoga students. They will offer insights for making yoga studios and classes more welcoming to students of all levels of…

Join us for our Yoga & Equity Symposium “Embracing Yoga’s Roots” on Nov. 12, 12 – 4 p.m. ET. Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat for practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and our lineage. It is this connection that supports and calls us…

Join The IYNAUS Yoga & Equity Committee for the Symposium: Forging Connections: Lessons from the Second Tuesday Race forum of Denver An interactive session with Harold Fields and Dena Samuels, PhD Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2:00 – 4:30 pm EST Yoga is often presented to beginners as physical postures. These physical postures are the gateway…

Join us for our first gathering about teaching Iyengar Yoga within the criminal/legal system: a facilitated conversation on Sunday, April 24, from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. We will feature the experiences of teachers already teaching in these settings, then open the discussion more widely to explore ways IYNAUS can help support and connect those…

The Yoga and Equity Regional Leaders Forum is a valuable resource for leaders and supporters to share information about DEIJ efforts within their regions, talk about experiences associated with developing and implementing DEIJ programs, and learn how the Yoga and Equity Committee can support those efforts.

Yoga & Equity Symposium:Embodied Action – Confronting Racism As An Inner Practice Presented by Eleonora Bartoli, Ph.D. and Jade Logan, Ph.D. Saturday, January 22, 2022, 2:30 pm EST. Yoga is often presented to beginners as physical postures. These physical postures are the gateway to the inward journey and begin the development of sensitivity and awareness…

Join us for a 1-hour meeting to reconnect and renew our efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice within and through Iyengar yoga. We’ll have a quick-paced, active set of conversations to bring us together and go forward with our efforts.