Mountain Yoga Oakland

New formats, new times, new topics in this falls classes! Take a look — and we'll look forward to seeing you in class. It's September — it's back to yoga time!

REGISTER FOR CLASS: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

What does it mean to be in the autumn of your life? Find out this Fall when we celebrate life's third season, the time of the Forest Dweller. Workshops, events, and gatherings devoted to living well as we live long!

View the complete schedule: https://www.m-yoga.org/the-forest-dwellers.html

Do we ever feel grown — really? Read director Ann Dyer Cervantes musings on growing old without growing up. Maybe you can relate...

INSPIRATION BLOG Old, But Not Yet Grown.

48 HR FLASH SALE on Baxter Bell's new Yoga for Healthy Aging Fall Workshop Series!

Dr. Baxter Bell brings together the best of modern science and traditional yoga in four brand new fall workshops to help us live well as we live long.

Co-author of Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Well-being, Baxter shares ground-breaking new research about aging to help rid us of old assumptions that hinder our health, while offering new approaches to yoga to add years to our life and life to our years!

This quartet of Yoga for Healthy Aging workshops, covering physical, cognitive, emotional and social well-being in middle-age and beyond, makes a comprehensive series.

Register for 3 or more Y4HL workshops in the next 48 hours and save 10%

REGISTRATION + DETAILS: https://www.m-yoga.org/yoga-4-healthy-aging.html

Ann returns to class this Thurday after her month hiatus!

Join Ann for 9:30am Hatha 1-3 or 11:30am Gentle Yoga, both offered in person or via zoom.

Advanced registrration required: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Tonight! Outdoor Yoga with Kennan Rossi. Meet us on the roof at Montclair Garage (free parking!). Bring your mat and your summer spirit!

Outdoor Yoga
with Kennan Rossi
Friday, 6PM
Montclair Garage

Advanced registration required:
https://www.m-yoga.org/outdoor-yoga.html

Ropes + Restorative with Devra is BACK.
Tomorrow night 6PM In-person only.
Advanced registration required:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

One of our favorite classes!

Mountain Yoga student Rita Hurault living her yoga.

Live that Summer feeling doing Outdoor Yoga tonight with Dari Love Sylvia! Mixed level practice atop the Montclair Garage. Free parking on the top level. Register in advance on our website.

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Sciatica? If you have lower back or pelvic pain that seems to run down the leg you could have sciatica, a condition where the sciatic nerve becomes irritated and causes pain. So many of us do, brought on by sitting. Good news, though — there's something you can do to bring (often permanent) relief. In tomorrow's Gentle Yoga class I am going to address sciatica, including giving you a 5 pose sequence you can do on your own to address it once and for all. Join me in person or via zoom.

Gentle Yoga
11:30-12:45AM
In-Person at Mountain Yoga Oakland
or via zoom
REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

If you're new to the studio, get the New Student Special — 3 Classes in 3 Weeks for $30. A real deal.

Outdoor Yoga this Friday with Baxter Bell!

Our Summer Rooftop Series has started, each week featuring a different member of our staff. Join us atop the Montclair Garage for uplifting in-person yoga inspired by the playfulness of summer.

365 degree scenic views. A flat clean surface covered in astroturf​. Light-hearted, mixed level classes with our friendly community. Free parking. Everyone welcome!

Advanced registration required: https://www.m-yoga.org/outdoor-yoga.html

Once in awhile — and to be honest, it's a pretty great while — I come into contact with someone who "gets" what yoga is all about on a deep cellular level, who through years of personal pratice and enquiry has developed and digested the learnings of this amazing practice in a profoundly honest, personal way that I can feel just by being in their company.

Nicole Nicole Anami Becker is one of these people.

No sooner did I get to know NIcole than I started wondering how I might be able to share her brilliance with our Mountain Yoga Oakland community. This Saturday's workshop on the devotional origins of surya namaskar — or sun salutation — is the result.

Don't let the word "sun salutations" scare you. This is a workshop that Nicole has been teaching for over 25 years in which we put the madness of Power Yoga's sweaty 108 rounds aside to return to the practices' original intent: to connect with the light of the sun as a means to cultivate our own vitality and inner light. Slow meditative movement, mantra, visualization and yogic lessons centered on the reverance of the sun. A perfect introduction to the summer.

Consider this a personal invitation. Make time this Saturday to spend an afternoon with a most inspiring teacher and these traditional teachings rarely taught in yoga studios today.

The Devotional Origins of Sun Salutation
with Nicole Beckman
Saturday, June 15 — 2:00-4:30PM
at Mountain Yoga or via zoom
REGISTER:https://www.m-yoga.org/workshops--events.html

A dance. A relationship. A conversation. Everything goes better in relationship. Your body is your ally, not your adversary. Rather than dominating the body, see if you can woo it.

Outdoor Rooftop Yoga starts ToNIGHT!!

“When this old world starts getting me down
and people are just too much for me to face,
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
and all my cares just drift right into space.”
- Carole King

There’s just something about summer and rooftops that makes everything feel better. Add yoga and community to the equation to really lighten your perspective.

Join studio director Ann Dyer Cervantes up on the roof at the Montclair Garage this Friday for the launch of our Friday Outdoor Yoga Season. Uplifting, mixed-level yoga inspired by the playfulness of summer. A different guest teacher, and a different summer-inspired treat, each week. A song. A treat. A mudra. A summersault. 365 degree scenic views and our friendly community.

Ann invites you to join her in a toast to the new season after class with an al fresco summer refreshment at nearby Crogan’s.

OUTDOOR YOGA
Ann Dyer Cervantes
Fridays 6-7:15pm
REGISTER:https://www.m-yoga.org/outdoor-yoga.html

Calling all aching, sore, tight, injured or recovering-from-surgery shoulders! By special request (and exceptional need) I will be doing a shoulder recovery class this evening. Join me in-person on on zoom for neck and shoulder relief!

Hatha 1-3
with Ann Dyer Cervantes
5:15-6:30PM
In-person at 4 Yosemite Ave
or via zoom

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Come for yoga, stay for connection.

Did you know Mountain Yoga was voted 2023 Editor’s Pick Best Community Building Yoga Studio by Diablo Magazine?

Book a class, meet your community.

FIND OUR SCHEDULE:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

It's Memorial Day — all classes in session!

11:30 Hybrid with Baxter
3:30 Zoom with Perry
5:15 Hybrid with Ann

See you in class...

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Could practicing mudras be the secret to joy?

Learn these ancient hand gestures (and a whole lot more!) in a class with Baxter Bell, like the Dharma Pravartana Mudra that balances the five elements seen here!

Hatha 1-3 w/ Dr. Baxter Bell
Mondays + Wednesdays
11:30 - 12:45PM
In Person + Via Zoom

-and-

Fridays
9:30-10:45AM
Via Zoom

BOOK A CLASS:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

This fall I will be leading a retreat on the island of Mallorca, just off the coast of Spain. A bit of heaven on earth I have always dreamed of visiting. A place I think you might enjoy experiencing, too.

And, oh... my friend lives there.

As a professional world traveler, my friend Andrea could live virtually anywhere, but she chose Mallorca. In fact, she loves her home probably more than anyone I've ever met — and she wants to share it with us. We will take over a beautifully renovated traditional stone farmhouse as our home away from home where we will do yoga twice daily, relax by the pool, and eat farm fresh food. Andrea will take us on outings to her favorite haunts, historic hillside villages and little known beaches. There will be organic wine tasting and lunch under olive trees. Afternoon sailing on the Balearic Sea and a night of flamenco in the evening. And room for the unexpected.

This retreat is already more than half full of fun-loving yogis and yoginis. Sure to sell out. Secure your spot by May 30 + save $300!

DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://www.internationalyoga.com/retreats/mallorca-with-ann-dyer-cervantes

"The biggest misconception about surya namaskar, or sun salutation, is that it was designed to be a workout," explains Nicole Becker. "It is a Nature prayer. To the sun coming up, to the light within."

Surya Namasakar is Sanskrit for "bow to the divine light of the sun," and originated in the Vedic period as a practice of reverence to the sun as a symbol of consciousness. "From its esoteric origins," writes Bihar Yoga's Swami Satyananda Saraswati, "Surya Namaskar developed into a practice of twelve postures which weave together to generate prana (subtle energy), aiming towards the purification and rejuvenation of the practitioner."

Nicole Becker has been teaching the traditional approach to sun salutations as practiced in the Bihar school of Yoga for over twenty years. "This modern obsession with 108 sun salutations... my question is can we do ONE with full attention?" Nicole smiles. "In this approach, we move slowly in order to feel deeply." Each of the traditional 12 postures is tied to a mantra and visualization that express facets of light — radiance, nourishment, pervasiveness, illumination, brilliance — to inspire our connection to the light within us.

Welcome the arrival of summer with a celebration of the sun with Nicole the afternoon of June 15. Details at https://www.m-yoga.org/workshops--events.html

"Kennan always delivers on his desire for us to leave class feeling better than when we arrived," MYoga student Mary Miller wrote us recently. Reviews are in... our members are loving Kennan Rossi's Thursday night class!

Some of you know Kennan as Mountain Yoga's charming monthly podcast host. Now enjoy his new weekly class that brings together his many talents, kind heart, and decades of yoga and movement study into a well-rounded, fun practice.

Each class ends with Kennan offering a sweet chant in that rich, familiar voice we've all grown to love!

Hatha 1-3
with Kennan Rossi
Thursdays 5:15PM
via zoom

Register for class: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Strengthen your funny bone through yoga!

A study from the University of Maryland Medical Center shows that laughter and humor can protect against heart attacks. Come get a good chuckle and a good practice at Mountain Yoga.

BOOK A CLASS:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Returning to teaching in-person my Monday evenings, now that Spring is here with it's longer days and brighter evenings. Come for class, go for a taco afterwards across the street at Dona!

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Seeking calm? Find it in yoga.

The National Institute of Health confirms yoga supports:

-a greater sense of well-being
-increased feelings of relaxation
-more self-confidence
-lower irritability
-an optimistic outlook on life

Do Yoga. Feel Better. Classes 7 days a week, in person and online.

REGISTER FOR CLASS:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

We had a great yoga retreat in Morocco last month, and wanted to share some photos with you! More in our Morocco Photo Album at https://www.m-yoga.org/2024-morocco-photo-album.html

Next up: Mallorca Yoga Retreat in September and Ann's annual Mexico Retreat come December. Details at: https://www.m-yoga.org/retreats.html

We’ve got your back!

“Not only can yoga make you more flexible and reduce stress, it can also make your body strong,” writes the New York Times.

Build strength, power, and muscle mass with the skillful support of our caring teachers.

BOOK A CLASS:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Are you struggling? Needing some TLC? Perhaps you are suffering trauma. Trauma can result from a multitude of sources including an accident, surgery, illness, death of a loved one, divorce, history of violence or neglect, to name but a few. If you think you might be suffering from trauma-based challenges, our new Trauma-informed Yoga Class may be just what you need.

This new class will be skillfully and sensitively taught by Sabrina Chaumette, a LCSW who works in the trauma department of Kaiser. There will be an emphasis on safety, support and personal agency in classes that focus on:

• Yoga to help regulate the nervous system.
• Improving our relationship to our body, emotions and yoga community
• Learning to trust our body’s wisdom.
• Learning how to recover from a disregulated state.
• Increasing capacity for every day social engagement

The new class starts this Tuesday and will be held via zoom for privacy, comfort and convenience. Learn more about Sabrina and her exciting new class on this month's Mountain Yoga podcast (https://www.m-yoga.org/inspiration-podcast.html)

Consider joining us this Tuesday — and please forward to friends and family who you think may benefit, as well!

TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA
Sabrina Chaumette, LCSW
Tuesdays 6:30PM
via Zoom

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Are you suffering from trauma related challenges? Meet Sabrina Chaumette our new trauma-informed yoga teacher.

Sabrina is a LCSW and teaches Yoga for Trauma at Kaiser Oakland. Starting Apil 2 Sabrina will be offering her class to our Mountain Yoga members who may be suffering from trauma.

“I am excited by how yoga can be part of someone’s healing.” - Sabrina

Trauma-Informed Yoga
w Sabrina Chaumette, LCSW
Tuesdays | 6:30pm
via zoom

REGISTER FOR SABRINA’S CLASS:
https://www.m-yoga.org/classes.html

Rooftop in Marrakesh.