Books

Coming Summer 2023 from Shambhala Publications, my first solo title (available for pre-order now!)

Yoga Inversions: Your Guide to Going Upside Down

Whether you’re a handstand fanatic, brand-new to the upside down life, a teacher who wants to learn fun and accessible ways to offer inversions, a person for whom inversions are contraindicated who’s still looking for ways to experience their benefits, or anyone else who’s curious about exploring yoga inversions and busting some common myths about them, this book is for YOU! 

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Yoga Where You Are

Yoga Where You Are Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life (My book co-written with my close friend and collaborator, Dianne Bondy, with a foreword from the incredible Jes Baker and photographs from Andrea Killam (hands down, the world's best yoga photographer!)

Yoga Where You Are welcomes readers of all backgrounds, body sizes, and abilities into the practice of yoga. Dianne Bondy and Kat Heagberg offer everything you need to know to build a custom yoga practice that supports you exactly where you are--now and at every stage of your life's journey.

Yoga Where You Are discusses how yoga intersects with body image, introduces essential information on elements like breathwork and meditation, and celebrates yoga's diverse roots through an introductory chapter on its origins and history. Whether you're a beginner, a seasoned practitioner, or a yoga teacher, the step-by-step instructions for hundreds of customizable pose variations provide an essential resource you can turn to as your practice evolves. Bondy and Heagberg also present tips to find inspiration and creativity on the mat. With truly inclusive language, alignment options for real bodies, and photos of a range of practitioners, the book provides you with everything you need to customize and deepen your practice with clarity and confidence.

Read an excerpt.

“The future of yoga looks like this—people of all abilities sharing a practice that is designed to connect us to a deeper part of ourselves and to each other. Yoga has the power to transform our lives personally as well as collectively, but that can only happen when we share a practice that is designed to be welcoming for all. Dianne Bondy and Kat Heagberg have shown us how to do that in a masterful and yet simple way."

—Jivana Heyman, author of Accessible Yoga

Embodied Resilience Through Yoga

I curated and edited these powerful, poignant essays on behalf of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition with long-time colleagues and friends Kathryn Ashworth, Melanie Klein, and Tony Willis. It’s currently out of print, but you can still snag a copy on Amazon (it often pops up on Etsy and Ebay too!)

Featuring thirty personal essays about finding resilience through yoga, this inspiring book supports your journey to self-acceptance and empowerment. Susanna Barkataki, Zabie Yamasaki, Jan Adams, Michael Hayes, Amanda Huggins, Sarah Harry, Alli Simon, and many other renowned practitioners present extraordinary stories of overcoming addiction, working through trauma, and learning how to heal from grief.

Topics of loss and hardship are often swept aside in conversations about mindfulness and yoga, but this remarkable book offers profound wisdom on how your practice can help you carry on during challenging times. Explore unique perspectives on trauma related to gender, identity, and body image. Discover uplifting messages of recovery, awakening, and belonging. This anthology encourages you to reconnect with your body and transform it into a trusted ally that provides strength you didn't realize you had.

Includes a foreword by Hala Khouri, MA, cofounder of Off the Mat, Into the World.

“As we move into post Covid-19, these intersectional stories of courage and hope are powerful mitigation during a time of collective trauma. With each story told and heard, maps are exchanged to help us all navigate our own hero's and heroine's journey into belonging and embodied resilience."

―Micheline Pierrette Berry, somatic artist and founder of Liquid Asana

Praise for Yoga Where You Are

"This book offers instruction in a comprehensive yoga practice that is easy to read and easy to follow. It supports advanced and beginning practitioners alike. Two thumbs up!"

—Gail Parker, PhD, author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma

"At its core, this book emphasizes that yoga is adaptable and gives you options to make it mesh with you. It is also a call to action to yoga culture—it’s time to adapt and evolve. This book is a guide to make empowered choices about a practice that holds sacred keys to each individual’s unique human potential."

—Jill Miller, creator of Yoga Tune Up, author of The Roll Model

"In Yoga Where You Are, Dianne Bondy and Kat Heagberg offer indispensable knowledge for all yoga practitioners to personalize their practice and honor the body they’re in today. This book is a much-needed resource for yoga students in bigger bodies, stiff bodies, older bodies, and disabled bodies since many teachers don’t know how to work with us. Now we can take our practice back into our own hands. I can’t wait to share this excellent resource in my teacher trainings and with my students."

—Amber Karnes, founder of Body Positive Yoga

"I read this book with a giant smile on my face—yoga is for every body, and the guidance captured within these pages is the proof."

—Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga

"Yoga Where You Are is a beautiful and invaluable resource for students and teachers committed to finding intelligent ways to make yoga accessible and beneficial for humans of all shapes, sizes, and abilities."

—Rocky Heron

"Yoga Where You Are is a resource for all people to practice in a way that meets them where they are . . . and grow with them! It offers the opportunity to learn, explore, and practice with an emphasis on accessibility, creative variations, and a message deeply rooted in self-acceptance and a celebration of the worth and value of all bodies, all people. I highly recommend this as a foundational yoga book for anyone and everyone at any point on their yoga journey."

—Melanie Klein, cofounder of the Yoga & Body Image Coalition, editor of Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Yoga Renegades for Every Body

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