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Laura Cohen
Laura Cohen, Bay Area OYO Instructor Laura Cohen is certified Office Yoga® instructor and an all around artist with over 20 years of dance training and performance experience. Her proclivity for anatomy lead her to receive her 200 RYT certification…
Cindy Raspiller
Certified OYO Instructor, Bay Area Cindy’s yoga classes focus on creativity of movement and calming of the mind. Believing that everybody can benefit from yoga, she strives to break complex movements and ideas down into their basic parts so student…
Brandi Zorzy
Brandi Zorzy, OYO Instructor San Francisco Brandi has been practicing yoga since 2008 and received her first certification in 2011, and continues to study with master teachers in San Francisco and New York City. Brandi is a practitioner of Neelakantha Meditation…
Maryam Sharifzadeh
Founder & CEO of Office Yoga® San Francisco I don’t consider being the first woman in history to swim around San Francisco Bay my biggest accomplishment. Nor was swimming across Lake Tahoe the biggest, nor being nominated Top 22 Conscious…
Charlotte Birkett
Certified OYO Instructor While practicing Yoga at retreats in the United Kingdom, Charlotte decided to add teaching Yoga to her body of work. Yoga for Charlotte hits all the juicy parts of her body and soul while painting pictures in…
Cleansing Breath
Is the air quality affecting your breathing? Are you getting headaches due to smoke from the California wildfires? Let’s hold off on the deep ujayi breaths until the air clears. In the meantime, try this Cleansing Breath exercise, learned from…
Off the Mat: Yamas
Earlier this year we visited how the Yamas were outlined in Sri Swami Satchidananda’s rendition of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We learned that the Yamas are the moral and ethical principles which guide us in living with others in order to live a fulfilled and happy life. They direct…
Kaitlynn Murphy
Please welcome Kaitlynn Murphy, certified OYO Instructor! Kaitlynn Murphy is a certified Office Yoga® and Vinyasa Yoga Instructor who’s lived in the Bay since 2015. Kaitlynn completed her first 200-hour RYT under Stephanie Snyder at Love Story Yoga and OYO Instructor Training in 2018. She is fueled by…
Meet Melissa
OYO Instructor, Melissa Phillips Office Yoga® Austin Please give a warm welcome to Melissa Phillips, our most recent Office Yoga® instructor in Austin, Texas! As a lover of movement, and a trained dancer, Melissa attended her first yoga class 15…
Posing for Posture
How to improve posture for overall health… We tend not to think of posture when we think of signs of good health, but in fact, posture is a key indicator of overall health. Maintaining good posture reinforces the important alignment…
OYO Class Formats
OYO Class Formats OYO Flow is our “studio style” class with mats and music. Enjoy a dynamic class that leaves you feeling clear and energized! OYO Sweatless is our 30-min, no sweat, no change “signature series” using the conference table and…
Stephanie Flanders Martin
Please welcome Stephanie Flanders Martin to the Office Yoga®™ family! Stephanie Flanders Martin is a certified Vinyasa Yoga and Office Yoga® Instructor living in Northern Colorado who has finally returned to her true passion: Health and Wellness. After spending 29+ years…
Office Yoga® & quip
Welcome quip to the Office Yoga® Family! We’re brushing up on our Big Apple neighborhoods because our newest client, quip, is bringing Office Yoga® to their headquarters in DUMBO, Brooklyn! Does your company have offices in New York City? Let’s…
Jennifer Maddox
Please welcome Jennifer Maddox to the Office Yoga®™ family! Jennifer Maddox is a certified Vinyasa Yoga and Office Yoga® Instructor living in the Greater Denver Area who previously spent 20+ years in Corporate America. Having worked in both Payroll and Human Resources capacities, Jennifer holds a…
Khala Brannigan
Please welcome Khala Brannigan to the Office Yoga®™ family! Khala Brannigan, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a certified Vinyasa Yoga and Office Yoga® Instructor living in the Bay Area. Khala completed her first 200-hour RYT in Rishekesh, India in…