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The Sonia Sumar Method

Yoga for every ability, and training for the people who care.

"Love is always the answer."

Training, classes, and mentoring for people who want to bring yoga to children and adults with disabilities, additional needs, and different ways of moving, learning, and communicating.

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WHAT WE DO

A practical, loving method for real bodies and real lives.

Yoga for All Abilities grew from Sonia Sumar's work with her daughter Roberta and has developed over nearly 50 years of teaching children and adults with additional needs.

The method supports the whole person through breath, movement, sound, relaxation, attention, relationship, and respect for each student's own rhythm.

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WHERE TO GO NEXT

Choose the door that fits your question.

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A simple guide to the main paths through the site.

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Train

Training Path

Understand certificates, CPDs, Hatha training, credit hours, and the 500H pathway.

Practice

Classes and Events

Join weekly live online classes or register for current events.

Support

Private Lessons

Explore private lessons and mentoring support.

UPCOMING

Live classes and current registrations

Weekly online classes and 2026 programs

Find Hatha Yoga with Renata, Special Yoga with Sonia, CPDs, certification programs, and other current events.

OUR TEACHING TEAM

Learn from people who live this work.

Our Teaching Team includes teacher trainers approved to train adults, and licensed practitioners certified to offer sessions directly to children and students with additional needs.

“Sonia Sumar was the first person to teach me to believe in my child. She taught me that the love I felt for him would surely help us to build a brighter future together. I now see the birth of Henrique and the death of my older son, Elber, as the beginning of a new phase in my life.

With Sonia's help, I have learned to give up my bitterness about the past. I have also learned to view the passing events of my life, tragic as well as joyous, with a measure of equal vision.”

Maria de Lourdes Ramos de Souza, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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