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It includes various forms of what has been called <b>Chair Yoga</b>, and has also been described as <b>adaptive yoga</b>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a>, originally a <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditational</a> spiritual practice in India, was transformed in the 20th century into an exercise practice. It was then <a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">marketed</a> across the Western world with the image of a young, slim, fit female body, possibly suggesting that it was not suitable for other groups of people. Since 1979, efforts have been made by multiple yoga teachers to make yoga more accessible to people unable to participate in traditional yoga classes through <a href="/wiki/Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="Aging">aging</a>, injury, or <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disability</a>. There is evidence that yoga offers small to moderate benefits on a range of measures in an older adult population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Context">Context</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Context"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg/220px-Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg/330px-Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg/440px-Mr-yoga-one-legged-king-pigeon-1-_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="661" /></a><figcaption>Modern <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a> has been <a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">marketed</a> using images of young, fit female bodies, here in <a href="/wiki/Eka_Pada_Rajakapotasana" title="Eka Pada Rajakapotasana">Eka Pada Rajakapotasana</a>. These may imply that yoga is not suitable for bodies in other states.<sup id="cite_ref-Wittich_McCartney_2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wittich_McCartney_2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy_2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">Yoga as exercise</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a> is an ancient <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditational</a> spiritual practice from India. Its goal, the isolation of the self or <i><a href="/wiki/Kaivalya" title="Kaivalya">kaivalya</a></i>, was replaced by the modern goals of good health, reduced stress, and physical flexibility.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 20th century, it was transformed through Western influences and a process of innovation in India to become <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">an exercise practice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jain_2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jain_2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the 1960s, modern yoga was transformed further by three global changes: Westerners were able to travel to India, and Indians were able to migrate to the West; people in the West became disillusioned with organised <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, and started to look for alternatives; and yoga became an uncontroversial form of exercise suitable for <a href="/wiki/Consumerism" title="Consumerism">mass consumption</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The image of <a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">yoga marketed</a> in the Western world is of a young, slim, fit <a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_women" title="Yoga for women">female</a> body, implying full health and physical ability.<sup id="cite_ref-Wittich_McCartney_2020_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wittich_McCartney_2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Webb_Vinoski_Warren-Findlow_Padro_2017_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webb_Vinoski_Warren-Findlow_Padro_2017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rosalie Murphy, writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>, comments that the image wrongly suggests that yoga is suitable for wealthy, white women from the upper classes of society, and possibly less suitable for other groups of people.<sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy_2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Easy Does It Yoga", created by Alice Christensen of the American Yoga Association in 1979, uses exercises <a href="/wiki/Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">with a variety of props</a>: in chairs, on the floor, or on beds, and in later editions also in swimming pools.<sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_1979_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen_1979-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Christensen_1999_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christensen_1999-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Chair Yoga" was created by the yoga teacher Lakshmi Voelker (given her first name by <a href="/wiki/Muktananda" title="Muktananda">Muktananda</a>, the founder of <a href="/wiki/Siddha_Yoga" title="Siddha Yoga">Siddha Yoga</a>) in 1982, on seeing that one of her pupils, aged only in her thirties, was unable to do floor poses because of <a href="/wiki/Arthritis" title="Arthritis">arthritis</a>. Accordingly, she developed an approach which could be practised sitting on a chair, or standing using a chair for support.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YI_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YI-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2000, articles in <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Journal" title="Yoga Journal">Yoga Journal</a></i> have made increasing mention of disability, but by 2019 the accompanying images did not reflect this, and the mentions were mainly of early-stage limitations of mobility.<sup id="cite_ref-Thomas_Warren-Findlow_Webb_2019_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thomas_Warren-Findlow_Webb_2019-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The different varieties of Chair Yoga are now considered to be forms of accessible yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_2021_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include the approaches of yoga teachers interested in making yoga more accessible, such as Howard Kent's 1985 <i>Yoga for the Disabled</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKent1985_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKent1985-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Susan Ward's 2002 <i>Yoga for the Young at Heart</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWard2002_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWard2002-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jivana Heyman, who had started to teach yoga to people with disabilities in 1995, developed a <a href="/wiki/Yoga_teacher_training" title="Yoga teacher training">yoga teacher training</a> program for his students in 2007, calling it "Accessible Yoga".<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_2021_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wagner_2016_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wagner_2016-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other forms or descriptions of accessible yoga include adaptive yoga,<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_Frates_2018_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith_Frates_2018-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> intended for <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_therapy" title="Yoga as therapy">use as therapy</a> in conditions such as <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hanc_2021_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hanc_2021-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2010, other yoga teachers have written books about making yoga accessible to everyone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohnfeld2012_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohnfeld2012-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELee2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELee2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTED'ArrigoNi2021_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTED'ArrigoNi2021-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Accessible yoga poses are adaptations of ordinary yoga <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a>. For example, the Cat/Cow pair, alternating between <a href="/wiki/Bidalasana" title="Bidalasana">Bidalasana and Bitilasana</a>, is normally performed kneeling on the floor, with the back horizontal. Its accessible variant is performed sitting on the front edge of a chair, with the back vertical.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGee2017Warm-ups_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGee2017Warm-ups-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Standing poses such as <a href="/wiki/Virabhadrasana_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Virabhadrasana II">Virabhadrasana II</a> (Warrior II), <a href="/wiki/Parshvakonasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Parshvakonasana">Parshvakonasana</a> (Side Angle) and Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior) can be performed straddling a chair.<sup id="cite_ref-Harper_Gonzalez_2019_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper_Gonzalez_2019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gonzalez_2018_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gonzalez_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suitability">Suitability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Suitability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1.Ausstrecken.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1.Ausstrecken.png/220px-1.Ausstrecken.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1.Ausstrecken.png/330px-1.Ausstrecken.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1.Ausstrecken.png/440px-1.Ausstrecken.png 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="344" /></a><figcaption>A seated version of <a href="/wiki/Urdhva_Vrikshasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdhva Vrikshasana">Urdhva Vrikshasana</a>, an upwards stretch</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_therapy" title="Yoga as therapy">Yoga as therapy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_pregnancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga in pregnancy">Yoga in pregnancy</a></div> <p>Accessible yoga with its adapted <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a> is designed to be suitable for students who are unable to participate in a traditional yoga class because of <a href="/wiki/Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="Aging">aging</a>, injury or <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disability</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGee2017Warm-ups_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGee2017Warm-ups-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The claimed benefits include deepened flexibility, increased range of motion, and increased body awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sessions may include yoga postures, <a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">yoga breathing techniques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>, and relaxation methods, with suitable supports.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A form of accessible yoga has been developed in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> for adults with learning disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Harwood_Hillman-Rees_pp._26–32_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harwood_Hillman-Rees_pp._26–32-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accessible yoga programs have further been proposed for pregnant young women, who have often been excluded from yoga-based interventions <a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_women#Pregnancy" title="Yoga for women">for pregnant adult women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Styles_Loftus_Nicolson_Harms_2019_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Styles_Loftus_Nicolson_Harms_2019-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The physician and yoga teacher Baxter Bell notes that yoga includes <a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">pranayama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> as well as asanas, so that some form of yoga is accessible to everyone. This, Bell writes, is glossed over in recommendations for people with disabilities and limitations when yoga is equated with asana practice.<sup id="cite_ref-Hart_pp._273–275_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart_pp._273–275-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effectiveness">Effectiveness</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Effectiveness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Science_of_yoga" title="Science of yoga">Science of yoga</a></div> <p>A 2019 <a href="/wiki/Systematic_review" title="Systematic review">systematic review</a> by Divya Sivaramakrishnan and colleagues evaluated yoga, including three studies of Chair Yoga, as an intervention for "physical function and <a href="/wiki/Health_related_quality_of_life" class="mw-redirect" title="Health related quality of life">health related quality of life</a> in an older adult population not recruited on the basis of any specific disease or condition". It found that yoga provided "small to moderate benefits in balance, lower body flexibility, lower limb strength, <a href="/wiki/Depression_(mood)" title="Depression (mood)">depression</a>, perceived mental health, perceived physical health, sleep quality, and vitality" compared to <a href="/wiki/Experimental_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Experimental control">inactive practices</a>. Yoga was also significantly better than other active practices for lower body strength and flexibility, and for depression.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivaramakrishnan_Fitzsimons2019_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivaramakrishnan_Fitzsimons2019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Wittich_McCartney_2020-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wittich_McCartney_2020_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wittich_McCartney_2020_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWittichMcCartney2020" class="citation journal cs1">Wittich, Agi; McCartney, Patrick (2020). "Changing Face of the Yoga Industry, Its Dharmic Roots and Its Message to Women: an Analysis of <i>Yoga Journal</i> Magazine Covers, 1975–2020". <i>Journal of Dharma Studies</i>. <b>3</b> (1): 31–44. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs42240-020-00071-1">10.1007/s42240-020-00071-1</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:216338897">216338897</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Dharma+Studies&rft.atitle=Changing+Face+of+the+Yoga+Industry%2C+Its+Dharmic+Roots+and+Its+Message+to+Women%3A+an+Analysis+of+Yoga+Journal+Magazine+Covers%2C+1975%E2%80%932020&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=31-44&rft.date=2020&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs42240-020-00071-1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A216338897%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Wittich&rft.aufirst=Agi&rft.au=McCartney%2C+Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Murphy_2014-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Murphy_2014_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Murphy_2014_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurphy2014" class="citation web cs1">Murphy, Rosalie (8 July 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/07/why-your-yoga-class-is-so-white/374002/">"Why Your Yoga Class Is So White"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"You can look at all those journals and you'll not see one woman of color," said Raja Michelle, herself a white woman, who founded the studio. "We associate yoga with being skinny, white, and even upper class."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Why+Your+Yoga+Class+Is+So+White&rft.pub=The+Atlantic&rft.date=2014-07-08&rft.aulast=Murphy&rft.aufirst=Rosalie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fnational%2Farchive%2F2014%2F07%2Fwhy-your-yoga-class-is-so-white%2F374002%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrauss2005" class="citation book cs1">Strauss, Sarah (2005). <a href="/wiki/Positioning_Yoga:_balancing_acts_across_cultures" class="mw-redirect" title="Positioning Yoga: balancing acts across cultures"><i>Positioning Yoga: balancing acts across cultures</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jivana+Heyman+Has+a+Revolutionary+Idea%3A+Make+Yoga+Accessible+to+Everyone&rft.pub=Yoga+Journal&rft.date=2021-12-14&rft.aulast=Kim&rft.aufirst=Dakota&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yogajournal.com%2Fteach%2Fteaching-methods%2Fjivana-heyman-accessible-yoga%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span> See also <a href="#CITEREFHeyman2019">Heyman 2019</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKent1985-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKent1985_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKent1985">Kent 1985</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWard2002-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWard2002_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWard2002">Ward 2002</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wagner_2016-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Wagner_2016_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWagner2016" class="citation journal cs1">Wagner, Priya Patrice (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://integralyogamagazine.org/widening-tent-accessible-yoga/">"Widening the Tent: Accessible Yoga"</a>. <i>Integral Yoga Magazine</i> (Fall 2016).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Integral+Yoga+Magazine&rft.atitle=Widening+the+Tent%3A+Accessible+Yoga&rft.issue=Fall+2016&rft.date=2016&rft.aulast=Wagner&rft.aufirst=Priya+Patrice&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fintegralyogamagazine.org%2Fwidening-tent-accessible-yoga%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smith_Frates_2018-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Smith_Frates_2018_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmithFrates2018" class="citation journal cs1">Smith, Sarah; Frates, Beth (17 May 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6993095">"A Physician's Guide to Recommending Yoga"</a>. <i>American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine</i>. <b>12</b> (4): 298–301. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1559827618772119">10.1177/1559827618772119</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6993095">6993095</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32063814">32063814</a>. <q>There also exist general "adaptive" or "accessible" yoga classes, which are suitable for persons with a broad range of disabilities.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Journal+of+Lifestyle+Medicine&rft.atitle=A+Physician%27s+Guide+to+Recommending+Yoga&rft.volume=12&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=298-301&rft.date=2018-05-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC6993095%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F32063814&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F1559827618772119&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Sarah&rft.au=Frates%2C+Beth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC6993095&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span> See also <a href="#CITEREFEisenberg2015">Eisenberg 2015</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hanc_2021-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hanc_2021_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanc2021" class="citation web cs1">Hanc, John (June 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/adaptive-yoga-helps-those-with-disabilities">"Adaptive Yoga Helps Those with Disabilities"</a>. <i>Brain & Life</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 November</span> 2020</span>. <q>This sequence from <i>Mindful Chair Yoga Deck</i> by Jennifer Cohen Harper and Mayuri Gonzales can be done from almost anywhere and is appropriate for kids and adults.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Engage+and+Energize+Your+Body+%28Even+on+Days+You%27re+Stuck+at+a+Desk%29&rft.pub=Yoga+Journal&rft.date=2019-12-08&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Jennifer+Cohen&rft.au=Gonzalez%2C+Mayuri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yogajournal.com%2Fpractice%2Fchair-yoga-for-kids-and-adults%23gid%3Dci0257be6f80002605%26pid%3Dchair8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gonzalez_2018-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Gonzalez_2018_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGonzalezHarper2018" class="citation book cs1">Gonzalez, Mayuri; Harper, Jennifer Cohen (2018). <i>Mindful Chair Yoga: 50+ practices for all ages card deck</i>. 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Emeryville, California: Rockridge Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-64876-686-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-64876-686-2"><bdi>978-1-64876-686-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1249751561">1249751561</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chair+Yoga%3A+Accessible+Sequences+to+Build+Strength%2C+Flexibility%2C+and+Inner+Calm&rft.place=Emeryville%2C+California&rft.pub=Rockridge+Press&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1249751561&rft.isbn=978-1-64876-686-2&rft.aulast=D%27Arrigo&rft.aufirst=Christina&rft.au=Ni%2C+Christy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEisenberg2015" class="citation book cs1">Eisenberg, Mindy (2015). <i>Adaptive Yoga Moves Any Body</i>. Orange Cat Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-692-43243-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-692-43243-3"><bdi>978-0-692-43243-3</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/960153375">960153375</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Adaptive+Yoga+Moves+Any+Body&rft.pub=Orange+Cat+Press&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F960153375&rft.isbn=978-0-692-43243-3&rft.aulast=Eisenberg&rft.aufirst=Mindy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeyman2019" class="citation book cs1">Heyman, Jivana (2019). <i>Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body</i>. Boulder, Colorado. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61180-712-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61180-712-7"><bdi>978-1-61180-712-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1084644757">1084644757</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Accessible+Yoga%3A+Poses+and+Practices+for+Every+Body&rft.place=Boulder%2C+Colorado&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1084644757&rft.isbn=978-1-61180-712-7&rft.aulast=Heyman&rft.aufirst=Jivana&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKent1985" class="citation book cs1">Kent, Howard (1985). <i>Yoga for the disabled: a practical self-help guide to a happier healthier life</i>. Wellingborough: <a href="/wiki/Thorsons" class="mw-redirect" title="Thorsons">Thorsons</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7225-0902-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7225-0902-2"><bdi>0-7225-0902-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/12504991">12504991</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yoga+for+the+disabled%3A+a+practical+self-help+guide+to+a+happier+healthier+life&rft.place=Wellingborough&rft.pub=Thorsons&rft.date=1985&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F12504991&rft.isbn=0-7225-0902-2&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Howard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee2015" class="citation book cs1">Lee, Kristine (2015). <i>Sit n Fit Chair Yoga: simple chair yoga</i>. Delray Beach, Florida: Sit N Fit Chair Yoga. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9908022-0-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9908022-0-4"><bdi>978-0-9908022-0-4</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/961922727">961922727</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sit+n+Fit+Chair+Yoga%3A+simple+chair+yoga&rft.place=Delray+Beach%2C+Florida&rft.pub=Sit+N+Fit+Chair+Yoga&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F961922727&rft.isbn=978-0-9908022-0-4&rft.aulast=Lee&rft.aufirst=Kristine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcGee2017" class="citation book cs1">McGee, Kristin (2017). <i>Chair Yoga: sit, stretch, and strengthen your way to a happier, healthier you</i>. London: Piatkus. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-349-41608-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-349-41608-3"><bdi>978-0-349-41608-3</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/974208268">974208268</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chair+Yoga%3A+sit%2C+stretch%2C+and+strengthen+your+way+to+a+happier%2C+healthier+you&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Piatkus&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F974208268&rft.isbn=978-0-349-41608-3&rft.aulast=McGee&rft.aufirst=Kristin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRohnfeld2012" class="citation book cs1">Rohnfeld, Edeltraud (2012). <i>Chair Yoga: seated exercises for health and wellbeing</i>. London and Philadelphia: <a href="/wiki/Singing_Dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Singing Dragon">Singing Dragon</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84819-078-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84819-078-8"><bdi>978-1-84819-078-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/823577725">823577725</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chair+Yoga%3A+seated+exercises+for+health+and+wellbeing&rft.place=London+and+Philadelphia&rft.pub=Singing+Dragon&rft.date=2012&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F823577725&rft.isbn=978-1-84819-078-8&rft.aulast=Rohnfeld&rft.aufirst=Edeltraud&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAccessible+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWard2002" class="citation book cs1">Ward, Susan Winter (2002). <i>Yoga for the Young at Heart: Accessible Yoga for Every Body</i>. 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">Asanas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asanas" title="List of asanas">List of asanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_asanas" title="Standing asanas">Standing asanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downward_Dog_Pose" title="Downward Dog Pose">Downward dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Lotus position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meditative_postures" title="Meditative postures">Meditation seats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Salutation" title="Sun Salutation">Sun Salutation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_pose" title="Tree pose">Tree pose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virabhadrasana" title="Virabhadrasana">Warrior</a></li> <li>Accompaniments 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Alliance</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_therapeutic_purposes" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga for therapeutic purposes">Therapy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">Yoga using props</a></li> <li>1979 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Accessible yoga</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Trauma-sensitive_yoga" title="Trauma-sensitive yoga">Trauma-sensitive yoga</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Restorative_Yoga" title="Restorative Yoga">Restorative Yoga</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Yoga_nidra" title="Yoga nidra">Yoga nidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Miller_(psychologist)" title="Richard Miller (psychologist)">International Association of Yoga Therapists • Richard Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Competitive_yoga" title="Competitive yoga">Competitive yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Day_of_Yoga" title="International Day of Yoga">International Day of Yoga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Journals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Asana_Journal" title="Asana Journal">Asana Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Journal" title="Yoga Journal">Yoga Journal</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">Props</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_brick" title="Yoga brick">Yoga brick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_mat" title="Yoga mat">Yoga mat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Farmer" title="Angela Farmer">Angela Farmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugger_Mugger_Yoga_Products" title="Hugger Mugger Yoga Products">Hugger Mugger</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_pants" title="Yoga pants">Yoga pants</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lululemon_Athletica" title="Lululemon Athletica">Lululemon</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/80px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/120px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/160px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="557" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_yoga" title="Early modern yoga">Early modern yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li>1896 <i><a href="/wiki/Raja_Yoga_(book)" title="Raja Yoga (book)">Raja Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bernard_(yogi)" title="Pierre Bernard (yogi)">Pierre Bernard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonic_Gymnastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonic Gymnastics">Harmonial gymnastics/yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Agniel" title="Marguerite Agniel">Marguerite Agniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Bagot_Stack" title="Mary Bagot Stack">Mary Bagot Stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevieve_Stebbins" title="Genevieve Stebbins">Genevieve Stebbins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_culture" title="Physical culture">Physical culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishnu_Charan_Ghosh" title="Bishnu Charan Ghosh">B. C. Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Iyer" title="K. V. Iyer">K. V. Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seetharaman_Sundaram" title="Seetharaman Sundaram">Seetharaman Sundaram</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Paramahansa Yogananda</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi" title="Autobiography of a Yogi">Autobiography of a Yogi</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aspects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hot_yoga" title="Hot yoga">Hot yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_of_yoga" title="Science of yoga">Science of yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">Sexual abuse by yoga gurus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Matthew Remski</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_and_cultural_appropriation" title="Yoga and cultural appropriation">Yoga and cultural appropriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">In advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_children" title="Yoga for children">For children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_women" title="Yoga for women">For women</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Iyengar" title="Geeta Iyengar">Geeta Iyengar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_tourism" title="Yoga tourism">Yoga tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_hybrids" title="List of yoga hybrids">Hybrids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1938 <a href="/wiki/Naked_yoga" title="Naked yoga">Naked yoga</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Mindful_Yoga" title="Mindful Yoga">Mindful Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Jude_Boccio" title="Frank Jude Boccio">Frank Jude Boccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Cushman" title="Anne Cushman">Anne Cushman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn" title="Jon Kabat-Zinn">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lee" title="Cyndi Lee">Cyndi Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Moffitt" title="Phillip Moffitt">Phillip Moffitt</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Acroyoga" title="Acroyoga">Acroyoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doga_(yoga)" title="Doga (yoga)">Doga</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Paddleboard_Yoga" title="Paddleboard Yoga">Paddleboard Yoga</a></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Aerial_yoga" title="Aerial yoga">Aerial yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_yoga" title="Beer yoga">Beer yoga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga in America">America</a> <ul><li>1961 <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hittleman" title="Richard Hittleman">Yoga for Health</a></i></li> <li>1970 <i><a href="/wiki/Lilias,_Yoga_and_You" title="Lilias, Yoga and You">Lilias, Yoga and You</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain" title="Yoga in Britain">Britain</a> <ul><li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Lyn_Marshall" title="Lyn Marshall">Lyn Marshall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_France" title="Yoga in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Germany" title="Yoga in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_yoga_in_India" title="Postural yoga in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Italy" title="Yoga in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Russia" title="Yoga in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Sweden" title="Yoga in Sweden">Sweden</a> <ul><li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Brathen" title="Rachel Brathen">Rachel Brathen</a></li></ul></li> <li>Switzerland <ul><li>1941 <a href="/wiki/Selvarajan_Yesudian" title="Selvarajan Yesudian">Selvarajan Yesudian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Norman_Sjoman" title="Norman Sjoman">Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace</a></i></li> <li>2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Alter" title="Joseph Alter">Yoga in Modern India</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_History_of_Modern_Yoga" title="A History of Modern Yoga">A History of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2005 <i><a href="/wiki/Positioning_Yoga" title="Positioning Yoga">Positioning Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2010 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Body" title="Yoga Body">Yoga Body</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subtle_Body" title="The Subtle Body">The Subtle Body</a></i></li> <li>2015 <i><a href="/wiki/Selling_Yoga" title="Selling Yoga">Selling Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2016 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Path_of_Modern_Yoga" title="The Path of Modern Yoga">The Path of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_of_Yoga" title="Roots of Yoga">Roots of Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2019 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain:_Stretching_Spirituality_and_Educating_Yogis" title="Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis">Yoga in Britain</a></i></li> <li>2020 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Yoga" title="The Story of Yoga">The Story of Yoga</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Guru_(2006_film)" title="Guru (2006 film)">Guru</a></i></li> <li>2009 <i><a href="/wiki/Enlighten_Up!" title="Enlighten Up!">Enlighten Up!</a></i></li> <li>2012 <i><a href="/wiki/Breath_of_the_Gods" title="Breath of the Gods">Breath of the Gods</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">Schools</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">Gurus</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1918 <a href="/wiki/The_Yoga_Institute" title="The Yoga Institute">The Yoga Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Yogendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shri Yogendra">Shri Yogendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansa_Yogendra" title="Hansa Yogendra">Hansa Yogendra</a></li></ul></li> <li>1924 <a href="/wiki/Kaivalyadhama_Health_and_Yoga_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center">Kaivalyadhama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Kuvalayananda" title="Swami Kuvalayananda">Swami Kuvalayananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1934 <a href="/wiki/Viniyoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Viniyoga">Viniyoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tirumalai_Krishnamacharya" title="Tirumalai Krishnamacharya">Tirumalai Krishnamacharya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Makaranda" title="Yoga Makaranda">Yoga Makaranda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._V._Desikachar" title="T. K. V. Desikachar">T. K. V. Desikachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._G._Mohan" title="A. G. Mohan">A. G. Mohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Devi" title="Indra Devi">Indra Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivatsa_Ramaswami" title="Srivatsa Ramaswami">Srivatsa Ramaswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanda_Scaravelli" title="Vanda Scaravelli">Vanda Scaravelli</a></li></ul></li> <li>c. 1948 <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_vinyasa_yoga" title="Ashtanga vinyasa yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Pattabhi_Jois" title="K. Pattabhi Jois">K. Pattabhi Jois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_style" title="Mysore style">Mysore style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Miller_(yoga_teacher)" title="Tim Miller (yoga teacher)">Tim Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kino_MacGregor" title="Kino MacGregor">Kino MacGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Schultz" title="Larry Schultz">Larry Schultz</a></li></ul></li> <li>1959 <a href="/wiki/Sivananda_yoga" title="Sivananda yoga">Sivananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda Saraswati</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" title="Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1963 <a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satyananda_Saraswati" title="Satyananda Saraswati">Satyananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1965 <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Yoga" title="Ananda Yoga">Ananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kriyananda" title="Kriyananda">Kriyananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Integral_Yoga_(Satchidananda)" title="Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satchidananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Satchidananda Saraswati">Satchidananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Kripalu_Center" title="Kripalu Center">Kripalu Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Desai" title="Amrit Desai">Amrit Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cope" title="Stephen Cope">Stephen Cope</a></li></ul></li> <li>1971 <a href="/wiki/Himalayan_Institute_of_Yoga_Science_and_Philosophy" title="Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy">Himalayan Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama" title="Swami Rama">Swami Rama</a></li></ul></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Yoga" title="Bikram Yoga">Bikram Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Choudhury" title="Bikram Choudhury">Bikram Choudhury</a></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Iyengar_Yoga" title="Iyengar Yoga">Iyengar Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_on_Yoga" title="Light on Yoga">Light on Yoga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_the_Iyengar_Way" title="Yoga the Iyengar Way">Yoga the Iyengar Way</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Dharma_Mittra" title="Dharma Mittra">Dharma Mittra</a></li> <li>c. 1975 <a href="/wiki/Yin_Yoga" title="Yin Yoga">Yin Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paulie_Zink" title="Paulie Zink">Paulie Zink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grilley" title="Paul Grilley">Paul Grilley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Powers" title="Sarah Powers">Sarah Powers</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Yoga" title="Forrest Yoga">Forrest Yoga</a></li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/Jivamukti_Yoga" title="Jivamukti Yoga">Jivamukti Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Gannon" title="Sharon Gannon">Sharon Gannon</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Power_Yoga" title="Power Yoga">Power Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beryl_Bender_Birch" title="Beryl Bender Birch">Beryl Bender Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Kest" title="Bryan Kest">Bryan Kest</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Anusara_School_of_Hatha_Yoga" title="Anusara School of Hatha Yoga">Anusara Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Friend_(yogi)" title="John Friend (yogi)">John Friend</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Core_Strength_Vinyasa_Yoga" title="Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga">Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga (Sadie Nardini)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga" title="Modern yoga">Modern yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-lineage_yoga" title="Post-lineage yoga">Post-lineage yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Asanas" title="Template:Asanas">Asanas (template)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">List of yoga schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Yoga_scholars" title="Template:Yoga scholars">Yoga scholars (template)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Yoga_teachers" title="Category:Yoga teachers">Yoga teachers (category)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Modern_Yoginis" title="Template:Modern Yoginis">Modern Yoginis (template)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&oldid=1175002892">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accessible_yoga&oldid=1175002892</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Yoga_styles" title="Category:Yoga styles">Yoga styles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Yoga_as_therapy" title="Category:Yoga as therapy">Yoga as therapy</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Good_articles" title="Category:Good articles">Good articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">CS1 maint: location missing publisher</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 12 September 2023, at 04:09<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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