News
Class Cancelled – Tues. 11-12:15 Gentle w/Susan
The Tuesday Gentle/Restorative class from 11-12:15 with Susan ended May 17th.
If you are looking for gentle classes, please try:
Mondays 12:30-1:30 – Gentle Yoga & Meditation with Charu
Wednesdays 9:30-11 – Qigong with Sanghi
Wednesdays 6-7:30 p.m. – Restoratives with Nicole
There are many other classes on our schedule that may be gentle enough for you. If you need help deciding, please leave a message for our Yoga Concierge at the front desk – 510-525-1369
OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND – Sat./Sun. 4/30-5/1 Free classes & Raffle
Ojas is celebrating it’s 6-month anniversary & the grand opening of 3 beautiful “wellness” rooms – which will be home to massage therapists, Ayurvedic specialists, and other holistic health care providers.
Join us Sat. & Sun. April 30th & May 1st from 1:00-5:00 each day for free classes, chair massage, and raffle prizes!
Open House schedule:
Saturday
1-1:45 – Jill Intro to Ayurveda
2-2:45 – Hatha Flow w/Tia Ukpe
3-3:45 – Yoga & Chanting w/ Shakthi
4-4:45 – Hatha Yoga w/ Leah Kenaga
5:00 – 5:30 Hatha Yoga w/ Carla Koopal
Sunday
1-1:30 – Qigong w/ Sanghi Choi
1:30 -2:00 – Mindfulness Meditation w/ Daniel Doane
2-2:45 – Hatha Yoga w/ Rhoda Rossman
3-3:45 – Feldenkrais w/Jennifer
4-4:45 – Intro to Aromatherapy w/ Nicole
5:00 - Raffle
* 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
*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
*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
*Thank you, 2010
A deep bow to 2010. The year I started Ojas Yoga Center. Here is a tidbit from a post I wrote in August about my intentions for the studio. May this intention continue to grow deep roots and flourish in the coming year…
My overall intention is Service (Seva). Service to the stressed. Service to the places that need nourishment and connection. Service to meaning and purpose in our busy lives. Service to community building for myself (gathering a team of educated, dedicated, mature teachers/practitioners who can dig what I’m going for) and my community.
May everyone who comes to Ojas Yoga Center feel welcomed, nourished, loved and at peace. May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
- Nicole
*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