5 December 2021: TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD THROUGH COMMUNITY PRACTICE

Schedule
12:00pm – 12:15pm EST
Welcome and Opening Circle – Rose Cratsley and Maya Breuer
12:15pm – 1:15pm EST
Session 1 – By Jivana Heyman
1:15pm – 2:15pm EST
Session 2 – By Sherri Doucette
2:15pm – 2:30pm EST – BREAK
2:30pm – 2:45pm EST
Interim Spirit Session– By Samia Karimi
2:45pm – 3:45pm EST
Session 3 – By Meena Srinivasan
3:45pm – 4:00pm EST
Closing and Gratitude – Rose Cratsley and Maya Breuer
Our Presenters
Jivana Heyman
(He/Him/His)
Jivana Heyman, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the founder and director of the Accessible Yoga Association, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings. Accessible Yoga offers conferences, community forums, and a popular ambassador program. He’s the co-founder of the Accessible Yoga Training School, and the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body, as well as the forthcoming book, Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion. More info at jivanaheyman.com.
Meena Srinivasan
(She/Her/Hers)
Meena Srinivasan is an educational leader, writer, and innovator with deep expertise in the fields of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness in Education.
Sherri Doucette
(She/Her/Hers)
Sherri Doucette, a Texas-based yoga teacher, founded Litehouse Wellness, a nonprofit, purposed to bridge the wellness accessibility gap for Black men using contemplative practices and preventative health education.
Samia Karimi
(She/Her/Hers)
Samia Karimi is a dance artist, teaching artist, and choreographer who immigrated to the U.S. from Afghanistan at the age of five. Her curiosity to reconnect with her culture brought her to the Bay Area where she has been training and performing with Ballet Afsaneh & Nava Dance Collective. Samia envisions a world where dance is celebrated as an art form everywhere and hopes to teach dance in Afghanistan one day.
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