Mountain Yoga Oakland

Put your mask on first.

We've all heard this phrase, but often forget — or just can't figure out how to do it.

So many of members of our community are taking care of parents, grandkids, ailing spouses, grown children, dear friends, neighbors in need...but they forget to care for themselves.

Join Roy Remer — Executive Director of the Zen Hospice Group and mindful meditation teacher — for his new workshop on how to care for yourself while caring for others on June 27th.

Learn how to put your mask on first drawing on Roy's newly published book, "Zen Caregiving." Receive practical tools, compassionate support and thoughtful guidance that might change your life, as well as the lives of those you are caring for.

In-person or via zoom.
Tap link in profile to register.

Join Baxter Bell this Saturday for the third and final installment of The Best of Baxter Series and watch him bust The 10,000 Step Myth.

Walking is great for health, but the popular goal of 10,000 steps a day doesn’t tell the whole story. Research increasingly shows that healthy aging depends on a wider range of movement skills. Baxter sheds light on the body’s movement system and his original Yoga for Healthy Aging Four Movement Skills, sharing yoga practices that support strength, balance, and long-term vitality.

This Saturday, June 20 — 2-4PM
In-person or via zoom

To register, tap the link in our profile.

In-person spaces are filling fast for this Friday's soundbath! Register by end of day tomorrow to secure your spot for the early reg rate of $25!

Once a month on Friday evening we dim the lights and unwind with restorative yoga taught by Ann Dyer Cervantes, followed by an immersive sound bath performed by a different Bay Area guest musician each month — this Friday, the Gong Woman herself, Karen Stackpole.

A virtuoso/Percussionist Karen is renowned for her powerful and hypnotic gong performances — gorgeous, drony, and transcendental. Using innovative techniques Karen creates shimmering fields of sound that will have you unsure of where the sound ends and you begin.

Come join us — if you're into that sort of thing!

Register here: https://www.m-yoga.org/raise-the-vibe-soundbath-series.html

In-person or via zoom.

Home from Morocco and back to class this Sunday - come join me!

Hatha 1-3
Sunday 9am
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Some of our mountain yogis on retreat in Morocco. Sharing some of our photos from Tania where our journey begins. Now on our way to Fez, Morocco, most ancient imperial city. More to come, In Shallah!

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Day 3 of our Morocco Retreat starting in Tangier. Group lunch at.YSL’s former home, Villa Mabrouka.

Ann is in Morocco on retreat, and has left us a special pre-recorded 3-class series inspired by the shape and energy of Spring to enjoy while she is away. No additional registration fee, just sign up for Tuesday 9:30am class as usual on May 26, June 2 and 9 — and receive access to the recordings for the remainder of the Spring season!

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

Feeling a little on edge lately? You’re not alone.
Join us this Saturday for the first workshop in our Best of Baxter Spring Series with Baxter Bell, MD—co-author of Yoga for Healthy Aging.
Steady Yourself in Shaky Times: The Nervous System
Saturday, April 18 | 2–4pm
In-person or via Zoom (includes 14-day recording)
When the world feels unsettled, our nervous system feels it too—tight shoulders, restless sleep, a racing mind.
In this practical, supportive workshop, Baxter shares simple, effective yoga practices to help you:
• calm the mind
• improve sleep
• restore steadiness
• build long-term resilience
Thoughtful, accessible, and immediately useful.
“Top-notch teaching, teacher, takeaways.” — Gwen M.
Come spend a couple of hours feeling better—in your body, and in your life.
👉 Reserve your spot today.
In-person or via zoom
+ 14 days ecording.
Details and registration: https://www.m-yoga.org/workshops1.html

Restorative Soundbath this Friday 6pm with Ann Dyer Cervantes and Prasant Radhakrishna!

Our Raise the Vibe monthly soundbath series returns! Each session begins with a deeply restorative practice with Ann, then we settle into healing vibes offered by a different guest artist each month— extraordinary musicians devoted to music as medicine

APRIL 17 Prasant Radhakrishnan.
South Indian Saxophone Meditation

MAY 15 Edward Schocker:
Sounding Space + Silence

JUNE 19 Karen Stackpole
Virtuosic Gong Soundscape

JULY 24 Ann Dyer Cervantes
and Suki O'Kane

REGISTER: https://www.m-yoga.org/workshops1.html

t’s been almost a month since I took a break from teaching — excited to be getting back to class this Sunday!
It’s been an eye-opening few weeks (n more ways than one!) I’ve had the time and energy for more open-ended personal practice — and it’s been fascinating.
You might wonder how many “aha” moments there can still be after 50+ years of yoga. The truth is, they never stop coming, if we can slow down enough to notice them. And this little break gave me more opportunities for that.
There’s a lot of power — and a lot of insight — waiting for us when we can take the time to connect to the support that already exists.
Hope to see you in clas on Sunday!
Register: https://www.m-yoga.org/class-schedule.html