Classes
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Ojas Yoga Center welcomes students of all ages, and regardless of experience or fitness levels. All of our classes are "All Levels" meaning our experienced instructors can offer modifications to simplify or variations to challenge. To read more about the various class styles, click here.
* Prenatal Yoga starts Thursday, April 28th
Thursdays 11-12:15 ongoing w/ Amanda Nube
Relax, Strengthen, Renew for you and your baby.
Prenatal classes are safe for all stages of pregnancy and all levels of yoga practice. Yoga provides an opportunity to cultivate mindful awareness that provides a deep reservoir and resource for pregnancy, birthing, and parenting. Through a practice that incorporates strengthening as well as restorative poses, students are able to build strength, cultivate flexibility, deepen their capacity for relaxation, gain relief from common discomforts of pregnancy, prepare for laboring and birthing, as well as create community with one another.
Amanda teaches prenatal and therapeutic yoga classes, as well as offering prenatal massage, childbirth preparation, labor support, and postpartum healing. She is a certified acupressure massage therapist and completed her yoga teacher training with Noah Maze and Sianna Sherman in 2007. Since then, she has also completed a restorative yoga teacher training with Judith Lasater and an Anusara Prenatal Yoga teacher training with Jessica Jennings. Her classes are designed to serve students of any level of experience or ability. She is committed to helping build and empower each students’ practice, while inspiring a heartfelt, joyful, and creative yoga experience.
$12 for first class
$120 for 10-class prenatal pass (first $12 applied toward this)
otherwise, $18 for drop-ins after first class
* Yoga & Meditation Mini-retreat w/ Gretchen Wobrock, Sat. April 16th
Yoga & Meditation Mini-retreat w/ Gretchen Wobrock
Saturday, April 16th 1:30-4:30 pm.
In this workshop we explore yoga as stillness in movement. We see how every asana becomes an opportunity for deeper levels of awareness. By slowing down and fully experiencing our physical, mental and emotional body we begin to bring attention to what is happening in the moment. When we are able to be with that experience, we begin to awaken to higher levels of emotional stability, mental clarity and physical well being on and off the mat. Come andexplore your own potential for growth and transformation.
Gretchen Wobrock is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist. Trained at Kripalu, the largest yoga school in the US, she began to understand the profound connection between body, breath and spirit. Her deep yet entle vinyassa flows in her yoga classes allow students to delve into the mysteries of their unique mind/body connection, exploring the many facets of healing and transformation.
As a Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist she has witnessed the profound transformation in individuals, who, through self inquiry, explore and discover a more authentic connection to themselves and the world around them. Gretchen is currently a student in the Diamond Heart School, and has had over a decade of meditation training, primarily with teachers
in the Vipassana tradition. Her website is: http://yogawithgretchen.com/
Fee: $50 online or at the door
Click here to register/reserve your space
*Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse w/ Jill Leslie. Sunday, April 3rd.
Our diet and our digestive system is the key to our vitality and well being. Incorporating a 3 -7 days to cleanse during the spring gives the body, mind and senses a rest from constant challenges and the chance to eliminate toxins before they accumulate and create imbalance. Come try and feel great!
Event fee: $65.00 ~ Optional Take home - Cleanse Pack: $55.00
Click here to register online.
*Event: Happy Spine Workshop
Have chronic back pain? 
Want to improve your posture?
Need core strength?
Looking for more flexibility?
The disciplines of physical therapy and yoga both teach proper alignment of the spine as the basis of healthy movement, injury prevention and recovery. Join Physical Therapist, Liz Gillem & Yoga Therapist, Nicole Becker for this experiential anatomy & therapeutic yoga class.
In this 3 hour class you will learn and practice:
- Anatomy of the Spine – proper alignment in seated, standing, and reclining postures
- Proper breathing to relax deep patterns of tension
- Passive & active mobilizations to increase range of motion
- Strengthening exercises to stabilize core muscles
This is a gentle & therapeutic workshop suitable for all people regardless of previous experience, or physical limitation.
Cost: $50 – at the door, or click here to register online
*Event: Laughter Circle w/ James Brady Sun.3/27
Laughter has been proven to lower blood pressure, reduce stress homrones, and boost immune function. Come laugh your way to wellness with professional laugher and group leader, James Brady.
What to expect? – Particpants sit in a circle facing each other and begin by listening to a recording of professional laughers. Laughter is contagious and before you know it you are laughing at the laughing and then someone elses reaction might crack you up and you are laughing about that. Sometimes the group gets quiet and even that becomes funny. You might find yourself Rolling on the Floor Laughing :)
$12 at the door, or pre-register by credit card by clicking here
*Workshop ~ Lightness of Being: Yoga & Ayurveda for Weightloss & Radiant Health
How do you want to feel?
Do you want to feel healthy, energetic, alive, and happy?
For many people, losing weight is the first step on the journey toward radiant health.
The practices of Yoga & Ayurveda propose that each person has their own healthiest weight. These ancient practices activate self-healing capabilities, create a strong digestive & immune system, and compassionate mind.
This class will include:
- 75 min. Yoga practice to stimulate metabolism, cleanse organs, and restore the nervous system
- Practical Ayurvedic diet & lifestyle tools to balance your unique constitution
- How-to: 1-day Ayurvedic cleanse to heal your digestive system
- Mind-body practices develop a “lightness of being” no matter what our size.
Instructors:
Nicole Becker, Yoga Therapist & Director of Ojas Yoga Center
Jill Leslie, Ayuvedic specialist, Yoga Teacher, owner Kitchen Alchemy
Click here to go the event homepage and the registration links
*Holistic Approaches to Insomnia w/Nicole Becker
Holistic Approaches to Insomnia w/ Nicole Becker
Friday, Feb. 18th 6:30-9:00 p.m.
How can we deal with acute or even chronic insomnia without pills? The trick is to balance your nervous system. Holistic Yoga Therapist, Nicole Becker offers a unique set of ideas, practices, tools, and remedies for getting to sleep and staying asleep. Drawing from various healing modalites, Nicole will teach you the tricks to heal your nervous system and improve the quality of your sleep.
- Learn how your individual constitution affects your sleep
- Practice gentle movement & breathing techniques to activate the “relaxation response”
- Guidance on which herbs and essential oils can support deep rest
- Meditations for calming the mind and falling asleep or getting back to sleep
Open to all – come dressed in comfortable clothes for gentle movement and be prepared to go home for a great night’s sleep.
Cost: $25 – at the door or Click here to register online
Questions? Call 510-525-1369 or email Nicole directly at info@ojasyogacenter.com
*Jan. 30 Laughter Circle RESCHEDULED*
Due to unforseen changes in schedule, James Brady has rescheduled the Laughter Circle to Sunday, March 27th. He hopes to make this a monthly recurring event on the last Sundays of the month. Stay tuned for that update.
*Yoga of Sound w/ Peter Wolff – Sun. Jan. 23
Access the boundless joy of music and the power of your own voice. Based on the teachings of Nada Yoga, use the vibration of your own voice to shift your consciousness to your heart, quiet the mind, and access your self-healing abilities. The workshop will also include songs recorded for Peter’s upcoming sound healing album that features renowned singers Suzanne Sterling, Dave Stringer, and Donna De Lorey.
$30 at the door or click here to register online
*Kids & Teen Yoga Classes: New sessions begin January 10th
TEEN YOGA (ages 12-18)
Our first 6-week Teen Yoga for Girls series with Tia Ukpe was such a success that the girls asked for twice a week instead of just once, and they wanted a 90 minute class instead of just an hour.
Starting Jan. 11, Teen Yoga for Girls will be offered Tuesdays and/or Thursdays 4-5:30 p.m.
Girls can register for one or both days. This is a registration only class, no drop-ins or make-ups.
Click here to go to the Teen Yoga info/registration page
KIDS YOGA (grades 3-6)
YogaEd Instructor, former Elementary school teacher, and JFK faculty member, Susan Weiner will be leading a 6-week Kid’s Yoga series for 3-6th graders on Mondays from 4-5:00 p.m. starting Jan. 10th. This is a registration only class, no drop-ins or make-ups.
Click here to go to the Kid’s Yoga info/registration page