Yoga
Whether your practice is brand new or decades long, grab your mat and step into our private, climate controlled, 1,200 square foot studio with roll up doors and stunning views of Taylor Mountain.
Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco Workshop
The Under One Sky series explores how we can use fear as an ally & build self-respect through our poses. This series is designed to remove blockages & free up tight spots, focusing on the neck, shoulders and hipsThe backbend classes create rigorous heart openings that help us to nurture our strength and courage. Under One Sky re-ignites our passion & purpose in life & is laden with riveting musical ceremonies, valuable insights & profound storytelling. Learn how to walk gently upon the Earth & live in Harmony with all beings, especially yourself. Now is the time to Harvest your inner wisdom & take your place as an exquisite thread in the tapestry of all creation.
CLASS 1 “Under One Sky (Includes hand balances)
CLASS 2 “The Other Side of Fear” (Includes backbends)
CLASS 3 “Touch the Earth” (Includes Inversions)
CLASS 4 “Embodying Spirit” (Includes hand balances)
Session Dates:
Friday, June 9: 6 – 8:30pm
Saturday, June 10: 9:30am – 12pm
Saturday, June 10: 2 – 4:30pm
Sunday, June 11: 9:30am-12pm
Yoga Teacher Trainings
200 HR TEACHER TRAINING
This unique 200hr. Teacher Training offers a dynamic learning experience in which new and current teachers benefit from close work together. The four modules (50hrs. each) cover the foundation of poses and fundamentals of Vinyasa, how to sequence a Vinyasa class safely, transitions and dynamic sequencing, finding an authentic and powerful voice for cuing with intention.
Session Dates:
May: 5 – 7 & 12 – 14
June: 2 – 4 & 16 – 18
July 7 – 9 & 14 – 16
August 4 – 6 & 11 – 13
Session Times:
Friday 10am-6:30pm
Saturday 8am-5pm
Sunday 8am-5pm
Cost:
200hr. Teacher Training: $3,000
50hr. Workshops: $800 each
Yoga Classes
Soul Flow
Soulful Vinyasa is a heart-led, all-levels flow practice that explores meditation, breath work, and yoga postures in a loving way. This well-rounded practice will improve strength, balance, and flexibility.
Duration: 1 hour
Primal Playground
A playful workout exploring movement on hands and feet incorporating breath and sound. From handstands to frog jumps, bear crawls to rolling stones, improve your agility and flexibility through dynamic motion and play.
Duration: 1 hour
Gentle & Restorative
An invitation to deep relaxation, this practice will blend gentle yoga with restorative yoga. We will visit a full range of motion in the spine and enjoy stretches with modifications offered for all ranges of flexibility.
Duration: 1 hour
Restorative & Sound Therapy
Open and lengthen tight muscles, while nourishing your nervous system with the soothing power of sound therapy. Restorative yoga uses props to support the body while sound therapy deepens the physiology of relaxation.
Duration: 1.25 hours
Yoga Instructors
FRANCISCA REYES-ACOSTA
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Francisca Reyes-Acosta is an avid yoga and Reiki practitioner. Since her yoga teacher training in 2013 until mid-2020, she ran a mobile yoga and Reiki business, Common Thread Yoga, where she offered private, group, corporate yoga, and community healing hikes in the Palm Springs area. Originally trained in Hatha yoga, she is forever a student and has gone on to study, practice and teach Restorative, Chair, Gentle, Prenatal, Vinyasa, Power, Bhakti, and Kids/ Family yoga.
DANIELLE KELLEHER
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Danielle Kelleher has been training and teaching for more than 20 years. She has taken trainings from Baron Baptiste, practiced many years with Ashtanga and Bikram Yoga, but the trainings she found most influential are in Forrest Yoga. Her style of teaching is direct and intuitive. She creates an atmosphere of play and comfort in the yoga space. Students are encouraged to move at the pace and level of their bodies in every given moment. The atmosphere she creates is for learning and healing.
SARAH JENNESS
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Sarah Jenness has been teaching yoga since 2007. With a background in classical dance, Sarah is a NASM-CES personal trainer, an Iyengar trained yoga teacher, and a sound therapist for Providence Health. She leads sound therapy sessions around Sonoma County and teaches Pilates reformer and yoga at her home studio in Sebastopol.
NINA JARNUM
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Nina Jarnum is a Danish born, California based yoga teacher with more than 750 hrs of education (ERYT200, RYT500, YACEP) and 17 years of practice under her belt. Nina has trained in the Hatha tradition with Shane Davies, Smart Flow with Annie Carpenter and is a qualified Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist with FRC. Nina’s approach to asana is based on bio-mechanical intelligence with a focus on giving my students healthy, usable bodies.
STEVEN NARASIMHA
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Steven Narasimha has been studying & practicing yoga for the last 13 years. In that time he has taught many classes & workshops in California & India. His classes incorporate music, dance, yoga, play, meditation, education, & more. He is certified as a teacher of primary series from Ashtanga Yoga Center 2010. When not teaching yoga, Steven is raising two amazing children, seeing private clients for massage, and organizing empowerment circles for men and dads.
SHANNAN DONOVAN
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Shannan Donovan has been studying and teaching yoga for over 30 years; 19 of them as owner of Thrive Yoga Studio in Sebastopol, CA. Weaving together her deep appreciation for the sacred geometry in each asana with lighthearted language, curated playlists and a nuanced understanding of the bio-spiritual ecosystem, Shannan teaches students how to use Vinyasa practice as an invitation to unwind predictive patterning and move toward a more organic expression of the spontaneous self.
STEVE TERRY
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Steve Terry is an experienced movement professional with a passion for helping others achieve their full potential. Steve is a certified yoga instructor with over 5 years of experience. He is skilled in a wide range of class styles and levels, including vinyasa, yin, and restorative yoga, and has a deep understanding of body mechanics and technique for handstands and arm balances. His classes are designed to be fun, challenging, full of community, and safe for all levels.
AMANDA NEWMAN
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Amanda has been training in Yoga for almost four decades. Her teaching is inspired by an early immersion in Iyengar Yoga, with a focus on alignment and precision. Amanda sees Yoga as an important part of her immersion in health and healing, which includes nutrition and functional medicine (in which she has a masters degree), and traditional Asian medicine (she is a graduate of The New England School of Acupuncture).
DR ADRIAN
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Dr Adrian loves to empower people to explore their bodies, decompress their spines and move better. Foundation Training is an avenue to prehab, rehab or get a great work out! Since 2014, Dr Adrian has taught many students, professionals, and patients to discover the true power within their bodies and explore the freedom of movement. Dr Adrian practices chiropractic at Acorn Chiropractic Club, here, in Santa Rosa.
LORRAINE PEREZ
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Lorraine Perez has been a practitioner of yoga for over 20 years beginning her practice as a way to recover from cancer treatments in 1999. She has studied with many teachers including Amy Ippoliti and Sarah Powers and taught Vinyasa, Hatha, Chair yoga, Yoga for teens and Yin yoga. She has found her niche in teaching Yin Yoga where she invites students to explore their inner landscapes through long held supported postures, curated playlists, breath and verbal guidance.
Yoga FAQ & Policies
Studio Etiquette & Late Policy
- Check in for class at the front desk when you come into the gym
- Arrive with enough time to be in place in the studio a few minutes before class begins
- Remove shoes prior to entering the studio
- Limit conversations when class is in session
- Wipe down mats and replace props and blankets before leaving
- Instructors have additional policies in their course descriptions
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations for yoga and fitness classes can be made through the RGPro Connect App or by contacting our front desk. If you can’t make a class, please cancel in advance to free up a spot for someone else.
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