by Kit Caelsto | Jul 5, 2024 | Accessible Yoga Thoughts, Autistic Liberation, Trauma Informed Yoga, Yoga & Disability
As someone who is disabled both through the medical as well as the social model of disability, I’m aware that within the chronic illness community, and growing within the neurodivergent community, that yoga has a bad rap. Coming from a medical model of deficits,...
by Kit Caelsto | Aug 9, 2023 | Accessible Yoga Thoughts, Autism, Autistic Liberation, For Yoga Teachers
When I visit the databases at my college library looking for research on yoga and autism, what I find is study upon study about how yoga can help kids focus, do more in school, and yes, be cured of their autism. There’s nothing about adults, many of whom are...
by Kit Caelsto | Jul 12, 2023 | Accessible Language, Accessible Yoga Thoughts, Autistic Liberation
Accessible yoga has become a buzzword lately. People talk about making their yoga accessible, trauma-informed, inclusive, and I am glad to hear these concepts being discussed. However, when the discussion is still being had in groups that center the able-bodied...
by Kit Caelsto | May 24, 2023 | Autistic Liberation, Yoga Spirituality
An often quoted passage from the Bhagavad Gita states that yoga is the path to the self, through the self, and this is at the heart of yoga spirituality. When we look at Patanjali’s 8-Limbs of Yoga, some of stated his goal was the absolute separation of physical...
