INSPIRATION PODCAST

MOUNTAIN YOGA PODCAST
IN CONVERSATION W/ MYOGA MEMBER KENNAN ROSSI

Our monthly podcast is hosted by the incisive, conversational and oh-so- charming Mountain Yoga member Kennan Rossi. Enjoy conversations between Kennan and our teachers, students and other sources of inspiration — then share your own comments below!

STAY TUNED, COMING SOON!
DEC 2023 WHY RETREAT?
A group discussion recorded on location from Ann Dyer Cervantes' annual retreat at the Haramara Retreat Center.

NOV 2023 PERRY CHATTLER

"I teach what I know,
and I teach what I do."
~perry chattler

Perry Chattler is known for his humor, compassion and therapeutic orientation toward his own yoga practice and in his teaching others. On Nov 11 Perry will be teaching a special Benefit for Veterans Yoga Project. Perry teaches Yoga for 50+ on Mondays + Tuesdays at 3:30PM via zoom

OCT 2023 AMELIA PUDOFF

"to me it's almost like a spiritual practice being in awe of our bodies and what we are capable of... " ~amelia pudoff

Amelia loves working with the body, and sees anatomy and kinesiology as a path toward the more the subtle aspects of yoga.
Amelia teaches afterwork yoga 6PM Thursdays in-person + via zoom.

SEP 2023 MARGI YOUNG

"As a dancer, I was always more happy at the yoga studio."
~margi young

Margi is one of those people who lights up every room. A yogini who walks the walk, talks the talk and brings a bit of sparkle with her.

Margi teacher Ropes + Restorative Tuesdays at 6pm in-person.

AUG 2023 JESSICA SAMUELS

"Part of having a mind is to struggle with one's mind."
~jessica samuels

Jessica helped forge our stalwart meditation community during the pandemic when students turned to a.m. meditation for comfort and solace. A brilliant mind and a gentle soul, Jessica shares her perspective on the benefits and challenges of meditation in our modern lives.

Jessica teaches Mindful Meditation Tue/Thu and Pranayama + Meditation on Fridays. All 8am by zoom.

JULY 2023 SARA KENWARD

"This is a symbiotic relationship I’m really glad to have in my life." ~sara kenward

Sara holds all the answers to your questions. As the studio's longtime manager and as a teacher with some of the studio's most loyal students, Sara knows what's happening in the classroom and behind the scenes.

Sara teaches "Yoga for Every Body " Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

JUNE 2023 DARI LOVE SYLVIA

"I feel I was born to be
a yogi, in many ways " ~dari love sylvia

Dari, the newest member of Mountain Yoga's stellar staff, has been prominent figure on the East Bay Yoga scene for more than 20 years, as a teacher at Namaste Yoga, and later as owner of Loka Yoga. Learn more about Dari's take on teaching yoga, the usefulness of yoga philosophy, and how sweaters can be like sculpture in this upbeat conversation with host Kennan Rossi.
Dari teaches Sunday Mindful Flow and Tue/Fri Gentle Yoga classes.

MAY 2023 MYOGA MEMBERS TEACHER TRAINING GRADS

"… there’s a deepening of relationship that is happening." ~ ~ ~ kennan rossi

Six of the twenty recent graduates of Nest Yoga's inaugural teacher training program are Mountain Yoga members. They recently got together at director Ann Dyer Cervantes' home to celebrate their accomplishments and share what going deeper meant to each of them. Listen in!

APRIL 2023 LESLIE HOWARD, teacher

"I'm not embarrassed to talk about it. I think we should all need talk about it, and it's an important thing to talk about." ~ leslie howard

Leslie Howard is an Oakland-based yoga teacher, specializing in all things pelvic. She leads workshops and trainings worldwide, has written a book about the female pelvis, Pelvic Liberation, and is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal magazine. She has designed two very successful studies for UCSF on yoga to alleviate incontinence and pelvic pain. www.lesliehowardyoga.com

MARCH 2023 JULIE McDONALD + CANDY APPLEGATE

"I just love when I go to zoom classes and see people I know personally, especially when I get to see my baby sister... the energy is so yogic.”
~ candy applegate

Like most sisters, Julie McDonald and Candy Applegate are a lot alike — and couldn't be more different! Julie lives in Oakland and Candy in Hawaii, yet the two sisters come together most every week via zoom in Mountain Yoga classes. Enjoy this charming chat filled with love and humor about two amazing yoginis.

FEBRUARY 2023 GAIL WALLACE + MARY ARMENTROUT

"Why don't we just set up the situation so people can feel this?”
~ mary armentrout

This month's podcast is a particularly lively one, as guests Gail Wallace and Mary Armentrout banter with tremendous insight, warm humor and clear fondness and admiration for one another on how bringing yoga and Feldenkrais together benefits of their lives and those of their students.

JANUARY 2023 BETT BOLLHOEFER

“Yoga saved my life. That's not hyperbole. That really is real.”
~ bett bollhoefer

Mountain Yoga teacher Bett Bollhoefer went from a full-time tech profession to following in her mother's footsteps to become a yoga teacher. Passionate about her yoga and her teaching, Bett has been practicing daily yoga for over 600 days and recently released her self-published book coming out of that experience, "Daily Yoga: Creating a Practice for Life." Bett is the leader our New Year Yoga Challenge.

DECEMBER 2022 BETHANY HOBBS + MINDI MARCUS

“To find in the dark what matters most to our soul, to our community, and to our times.”
~ mindi marcus

Enjoy this fun and funny, profound and touching, surprisingly intimate conversation between two Mountain Yoga teachers who just happen to be the closest of friends.

NOV 2022 RICHARD ROSEN

"The development of a Witness. I think that's a very important part of practical life, a practicing life."
~ richard rosen

Richard Rosen began his practice of yoga in 1980 at the Yoga Room, in Berkeley, CA, went on to open Piedmont Yoga in 1987 with his good friend Rodney Yee and has authored six books, his most current, Richard teaches workshops on yoga philosophy and monthly pranayama classes at Mountain Yoga.

OCT 2022 DR. BAXTER BELL

"I'd love to the see the benefits of our yoga practice support more social outreach and action...yoga can be a great way to light a fire and give us the energy to move in that direction." ~ baxter bell

Dr. Baxter Bell has taught at Mountain Yoga for almost two decades. His background in Western medicine and yoga therapeutics ensures a safe and healing yoga experience, always entertaining as it is informative. He is co-author of the book Yoga for Healthy Aging. www.baxterbell.com .

SEPT 2022 ANN DYER CERVANTES

"Together we are creating a wholesome space that helps us be our best selves and live our best lives." ~ ann dyer cervantes

Ann Dyer Cervantes is the owner/director of Mountain Yoga. and a teacher on its staff. In inaugural Mountain Yoga podcast Ann talks about the studio's 20th anniversary — where its been and where its going.

Kennan Rossi has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 25 years. He loves making music and photographs, writing poetry, and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada. After more than 30 years working in technology, he is currently Director of a global technical communications team at Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation®).