yoga
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…
OYO Sequence Series: Signature Vinyasa
OYO Signature Vinyasa As we are focusing on Pranayama this month, we figure it’s time to take it back to our roots. In this sequence, Bodhi the Office Yogi is demonstrating our signature OYO Sun Salutation A. This provides the perfect opportunity to construct a…
OYO Sequence Series: Power Pose
We’ve all been there. You have minutes before that dreaded meeting, awkward conversation, or big presentation. You feel the anxiety building, and you might even start to sweat. Do not fear! The Office Yoga® Team is here! This OYO Flow…
Last Month of Office Yoga® at Stern Grove Festival!
Have you checked out Office Yoga® at Stern Grove Music Festival this year? Haven’t found the time? Loved it so much the first time, you’ve gotta go back for more? Well, there are only 3 SUNDAYS left in the series,…
Sneak Peak from Martin Scott at Stern Grove
Martin Scott at Stern Grove this Sunday! Office Yoga® is thrilled to have Martin Scott guest teach this Sunday, July 29 at Stern Grove Festival. Martin has been a reputable yoga instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25…
OYO Sequence Series: Better Than Coffee!
What could be better than coffee, you ask? We know, we know. Coffee = lifeline. However! We guarantee after you try this sequence out, you’ll be team #betterthancoffee for all of 2018. Join us in our Office Yoga® Sequence Series with: Better than Coffee. Don’t worry……
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Niyamas
Yoga Sutra 2.32“shaucha santosha tapah svadhyaya ishvarapranidhana niyamah” Last month we explored the first limb of the The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Yamas. This month, we move on to the five Niyamas. The Niyamas are the practices of self-training, and deal with our personal, inner…
OYO Sequence Series: Mental Focus & Balance
Ever feel tired and unable to focus? Especially around 2-3P? Yep. Us too. That’s why we created this awesome sequence for Mental Focus and Balance. It’s the perfect alternative to that afternoon cup of coffee. Not only does it help…
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Yamas
Yoga Sutra 2.30 “ahimsa satya asteya brahmacharya aparigraha yama” As we posted last month, The Eight Limbs of Yoga are the building blocks of the practice. They can be seen as steps, or different avenues, that lead to the ultimate goal: happiness. This month…
oyo Sequence Series: Low Back Lovin’
We know what it feels like to sit in a desk all day long – believe us, the Office Yoga® Team does their fair share of computer work (Welcome to the 21st Century, yogis!). So, we wanted to make sure…
Yoga at Stern Grove w/ Martin
I’m Martin & I love yoga. I teach Vinyasa Yoga and every class based on Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity, verse 1.33 of The Yoga Sutras. This keeps me open and grounded so that the teaching comes through clearly. My classes are…
Yoga at Stern Grove w/ Maryam
Maryam is the CEO and owner of Office Yoga®. When she’s not running the business, she in other people’s offices teaching a well balanced yoga class with pranayama and meditation. Her athletic background keeps her classes functional and skillful. She…
Yoga at Stern Grove w/ Charlotte
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 her mind that…
Yoga at Stern Grove w/ Betsy Peterson
Betsy loves yoga, and loves sharing the practice with people all over the Bay Area and beyond. She thinks that yoga is mostly about just showing up to try – about its practice over perfection. She likes to encourage people…
Yoga at Stern Grove w/ Chelseah
Chelseah Healey went to her first yoga class with the expectation that it would a gentle class of light stretching, however, by the end of that class she was sweaty, out of breath, and surprised at how challenging she’d found…