Yin Yoga

This class is taught by:

Roxanna Kopp Smith

Roxanna is a certified yoga & meditation teacher with over 2 decades of experience. She has been teaching prenatal, postnatal and preschool yoga in Contra Costa County for the past 4 years after leaving her yoga community in Boulder, CO. Roxanna taught prenatal privately and in small home groups before growing a loyal following at Indigo.

Roxanna loves to teach Yin yoga, encouraging students to quiet their mind and relax in to the postures. Each posture has a physical benefit to it as well as a calming effect on the nervous system and glandular system.

Roxanna has also been dancing and leading 5-Rhythm "Waves" for 15 years. She believes in the healing power of dance/movement and loves to share her joy with others. Her specialty is creating playlists and leading waves that leave others touched, moved, and inspired.

In her spare time, you can find Roxanna riding her bike, exploring the coast or spending time with her grown children.

“Practicing yoga brings me to stillness, to presence and awareness of my breath and body.”

Learn more about Roxanna: https://roxannakoppsmith.com/

Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)

Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland) is passionate about sharing yoga as a life practice through the method of Jivamukti. She has had the rare opportunity of living with her teachers at the Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Forest Sanctuary, immersed in rich direct transmission that is palpable through her heartfelt teaching.

Serving as a co-creator on the compassionate path to enlightenment, Vrinda Priti’s classes provide a journey for practitioners. Incorporating light on ancient yogic teachings fused with modern application, her classes are known for bringing heartfelt activism, seamless eclectic musicality, chanting, skillful hands-on assists, and a down-to-earth, spiritual yet humor-filled approach to yoga.

Her dynamic Vinyasa sequences draw from her integrative dance, somatic and holistic health background. Her aim in every class is for all involved to leave closer to who they truly are, more of a vibrant, kind, centered, and joyful version of themselves.

She is eternally grateful to her teachers Padma-ji Sharon Gannon and Shri David Life for their endless mentorship, generosity, teachings, wit, and love.

Sosie Sagherian

Sosie's classes are infused with humor, especially in the midst of the challenge. She prides herself on providing modifications as she encourages students to explore the edges of their boundaries without "going over the edge". Sosie keeps it real by presenting her authentic self and holding a healing and elevated space for each person in class.

Sosie Sagherian grew up and spent the majority of her life in the Boston area. She made her way to the Pacific NW with her husband and two sons in 2005, eventually landing in the Bay Area 2010.

Sosie holds a Bachelor of Architecture. Though she no longer practices architecture, her passion for building and creating is very much alive and thriving. You might know her from working the front desk and have seen Sosie's Stacks gemstone bracelets that she creates for us at Indigo. She has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 1995 and has been teaching weekly since 2007.

Yin Yoga targets the joints, fascia, and connective tissue in order to create more space in the body and a greater range of motion. Yin Yoga unites the Body, Mind, and Breath. Calming the breath allows the body to get quiet, when the body is still, the mind can relax, which calms the entire nervous system. Practicing Yin helps you feel more flexible, peaceful, and refreshed.

Unlike other types of yoga, Yin poses are held for longer periods, allowing the tender connective tissues to strengthen and lengthen. Yin yoga can be done by all types of people at all different levels of experience and flexibility because you rely on your own body’s wisdom to let you know how far to go.

All levels welcome.

Upcoming classes:

Tue May 13 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Thu May 15 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun May 18 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun May 18 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Tue May 20 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Thu May 22 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun May 25 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)

Sun May 25 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Tue May 27 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Thu May 29 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun Jun 01 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Sosie Sagherian

Sun Jun 01 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Tue Jun 03 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Thu Jun 05 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun Jun 08 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)

Sun Jun 08 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Tue Jun 10 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Thu Jun 12 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Sun Jun 15 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)

Sun Jun 15 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith