Yoga Workshops in Oakland | Mountain Yoga for Adults 55+

Yoga Workshops

Mountain Yoga offers yoga workshops in Oakland for active adults 55+ who want to deepen their knowledge, grow their capacities, and live well as they live long.

CARING FOR OTHERS,
WHILE CARING FOR YOURSELF
Book Signing + Workshop
with Roy Remer
SUN, JUNE 27 2-5PM
In-person or via Zoom
$70 early reg • $85 week of

Join us for a special book signing + workshop with our beloved meditation teacher, Roy Remer. Roy brings decades of hospice work into a compassionate, practical approach to caring—for others and for yourself.

Through reflection, conversation, and simple practices, you’ll explore how to meet the emotional demands of caregiving with greater ease—tending to your own overwhelm, grief, and self-care along the way. You’ll leave with tools to support a more sustainable, connected way of caring.

Whether you are currently caring for a loved one, anticipating that role, or simply wanting to deepen your capacity for presence and compassion, this afternoon offers clear, easy-to-use guidance.

Roy Remer is the CEO of the Zen Hospice Project and a beloved meditation teacher at Mountain Yoga. His work in end-of-life care informs a deeply compassionate, practical approach to caregiving and mindful presence.

THE JOY OF DANCE
for yogis + yoginis
with Robin Nasatir
SAT, JULY 18 2-4PM
In-person ONLY
$55 early reg • $65 week of

We were all born to dance. Find your innate joy of dance with popular Shawl Anderson dance instructor Robin Nasatir in her first workshop at Mountain Yoga to discover the different ways dance opens the body, that yoga may not.

So many of our Mountain Yoga students are fans of Robin's teaching, we thought it would be fun for her to come to our studio. In this workshop Robin will show you how dance builds strength, agility and joy in ways that compliment your yoga. There will be time and space for questions, letting go of inhibitions, and rediscovering the simple pleasure of dance while connecting with others.

Whether you’re brand new to dance or more experienced, you’ll enjoy Robin's simple, easy-to-learn sequences that feel both accessible and exhilarating.

Robin Nasatir is a Berkeley-based dance teacher and longtime performer known for her welcoming, down-to-earth style. Named “Best Dance Instructor” by the East Bay Express in 2025, she is passionate about helping older adults discover strength, confidence, and joy through dance.

THE BEST OF BAXTER
Spring Workshop Series
with Baxter Bell, M.D.
In-person or via Zoom, includes 14-day recording
$55 early • $65 week of

In this exciting new spring afternoon workshop series Dr. Baxter Bell brings together three of his most popular and impactful workshops, each updated with fresh insights from current research. Take one, take all three.

Baxter Bell, MD, is a certified yoga therapist, medical acupuncturist, and co-author of Yoga for Healthy Aging. His work focuses on helping students build strength, balance, and resilience through thoughtful, accessible yoga practices.

Steady Yourself in Shaky Times:
The Nervous System
COMPLETED! APRIL 18 | 2-4PM
In moments like these—when troubling news and global tensions keep many of us on edge—the nervous system can be in a state of high alert. Shoulders tighten, the stomach knots, the mind races, sleep becomes difficult. Learn simple yoga practices that help maintain a healthy nervous system for better sleep, greater calm, increased steadiness for long-term health.

Stay Supple, Move Freely:
The Fascial System
MAY 16 | 2-4PM
Over time the body can begin to feel stiff, creaky, or less elastic. Much of this change involves the fascia—the body’s connective tissue network that connects everything inside us. Discover the powerful role fascia plays in ease and range of movement. Learn yoga practices that keep the fascial system supple and hydrated—supporting greater freedom, ease, and longevity in movement.

The 10,000 Step Myth: The Movement System
JUNE 20 | 2-4PM
Walking is great for health, but the popular goal of 10,000 steps a day doesn’t tell the whole story. Research increasingly shows that healthy aging depends on a wider range of movement skills. Baxter sheds light on the body’s movement system and his original Yoga for Healthy Aging Four Movement Skills, sharing yoga practices that support strength, balance, and long-term vitality.

RAISE THE VIBE:
Monthly Restorative Soundbath
Ann Dyer Cervantes +
monthly musical guests
In-person or via Zoom
new pricing! $25 early • $35 week of

Once a month on Friday evening we dim the lights and unwind with restorative yoga taught by Ann Dyer Cervantes, followed by an immersive sound bath performed by a different Bay Area guest musician each month. This is no ordinary soundbath!

Sounding Silence
with Edward Shocker
MAY 15 6-7:15PM
Musician/composer Edward Schocker creates astonishing soundscapes using found materials, the Japanese shō, and Eastern sensibilities. A longtime collaborator with Deep Listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros and member of the Northern California Gagaku Orchestra, Edward's music alleviates our cares as it shifts our consciousness.

Virtuoso Gong Soundscape
Karen Stackpole
JUNE 19 6-7:15PM
Virtuoso/Percussionist Karen Stackpole is renowned for her powerful and hypnotic gong performances, described as gorgeous, drony, and transcendental. Using innovative techniques Karen creates shimmering fields of sound that will have you unsure of where the sound ends and you begin.

A Sonic Conversation
Suki O'Kane + Ann Dyer Cervantes
JULY 24 6-7:15PM
Oakland percussionist and interdisciplinary artist Suki O'Kane joins vocalist/musician Ann Dyer Cervantes for an immersive evening of restorative yoga and acoustic sound. Musical collaborators and friends, Suki and Ann will engage in entirely improvised, close musical conversation through voice, percussion, bowls, cymbals, and Suki’s extraordinary concert bass drum. Not your typical soundbath — a shimmering, intimate, and deeply transportive dialogue.

LIVING WITH ESTRANGEMENT
A Better Way Forward
with Kathy Sinsheimer + Ann Dyer Cervantes
SAT, AUGUST 1 2-5PM
In-person or via Zoom
$70 early reg • $85 week of

From the voice behind the popular Substack Dear Estranged, this workshop offers a compassionate space to navigate the reality of estrangement—when contact with a loved one is little or none. Kathy Sinsheimer brings clarity and care to this often unspoken experience, providing insights to support all involved.

We begin by focusing on you—your feelings, questions, and hopes—creating space to step out of the relationship for a moment. From there, we explore the dynamics of estrangement: how it lives in relationships, and in the body. Through reflection, conversation, and gentle yoga led by Ann, you’ll begin to soften the “closed spaces” where disconnection can take hold. We then gently turn toward the relationship itself, opening to new perspectives and possibilities.

You’ll leave with greater tools, understanding, and openness for a steadier, more compassionate way of holding what is. Whether recent or long-standing, you are not alone.

Kathy Sinsheimer, MFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of the Substack Dear Estranged. She specializes in helping people navigate the complexity of family rifts and relationship loss with a direct, compassionate approach.

Ann Dyer Cervantes is the director of Mountain Yoga, yoga educator and somatics practitioner.

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