Yin Yoga


This class is taught by:

Roxanna Kopp Smith

Roxanna is a certified yoga & meditation teacher with over 20 years of experience. She is a passionate yoga practitioner and teacher, believing in the transformative power of yoga to nurture both body and mind. She loves creating a warm and welcoming space where everyone feels comfortable exploring their practice, regardless of their experience level.

Roxanna teaches Prenatal Yoga, Yin Yoga and leads the Dace Wave at Indigo.

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

Lisa Pickup

Lisa is a Bay area native, licensed esthetician and massage therapist.Having owned her own business, Well Being in Lafayette, for 15 years she began studying yoga over 12 years ago to develop her career in body work. Lisa graduated from YogaWorks teacher training program at the 500-hour level.
 
Her carefully crafted classes provide a pace, sequence, and modifications to support the physical and emotional needs of each student. She teaches with a light heart and playful approach.

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.

 

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.

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 Jul 15 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Thu Jul 17 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Sun Jul 20 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Lisa Pickup
  • Sun Jul 20 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Tue Jul 22 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Thu Jul 24 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Sun Jul 27 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Sosie Sagherian
  • Sun Jul 27 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Tue Jul 29 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Thu Jul 31 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Sun Aug 03 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)
  • Sun Aug 03 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Tue Aug 05 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Thu Aug 07 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Sun Aug 10 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Vrinda Priti (Carly Boland)
  • Sun Aug 10 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Tue Aug 12 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Thu Aug 14 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith
  • Sun Aug 17 11:00 am - 12:30 pm with Lisa Pickup
  • Sun Aug 17 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith