Celebrate Disability Pride Month and join our online seated adaptive and accessible yoga class. This event is Adaptive which means it will allow you to adapt all the movements to your own wonderful and unique body, and Accessible because it’s open to the entire community — disabled and non-disabled folks alike. Disability both diminishes and magnifies, and we will wholeheartedly celebrate the diversity of the human experience. You’ll be invited to inhabit your body gently and kindly through breath, movement, music, awareness, and meditation—a genuinely nourishing, intimate, embodied experience with your Self.
Props: If you do not use a wheelchair to travel the World, we kindly ask you to show up with a sturdy chair and a few props.
About the Author
Rodrigo Souza (he/him) is an Adaptive and Accessible Yoga Teacher who is passionate about helping people who have undergone trauma and disability.
Rodrigo himself has faced significant challenges, having suffered a severe spinal cord injury due to a fall accident, which left him completely paralyzed from the chest down.
However, he didn't let his condition define him, and instead, he decided to take charge of his recovery and optimize his long-term well-being.
Through his Allihopa Accessible & Adaptive Virtual Yoga Studio, Rodrigo has created a safe and welcoming space for people worldwide with diverse abilities to practice yoga and find healing. He also teaches for several nonprofits, community centers, and newly injured folks in an active rehabilitation center in Sweden.
He also leads a monthly ambassador mentorship program for Accessible Yoga teachers, emphasizing creating a robust and supportive community for those seeking to bring yoga to marginalized groups. The program is designed to infuse their yoga careers with purpose and meaning by serving the underserved with love and compassion.
To learn more about Rodrigo, check out his website at www.allihopayoga.com or follow him on social media at @allihopayoga.
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