Yin Yoga

This class is taught by:

Monika Pinter

Moni Pinter was born and raised in Hungary. After her life took a really hard turn, she found yoga. Her first yoga class was at Nandi under Jeremy Moran and she was moved by the methods of Jivamukti. She started to feel the benefit of practicing yoga internally and externally.

A few years later she completed a 300-hr teacher training with Sharon Gannon, David Life, Ruth Laurer-Manenti, and Jules Febre in India. She has taken a 300-hr. advanced training with Giselle Mari and Wendy Klein.

Compassion, Satsang, kindness, and spirituality are her true values. Before yoga, she had already started her journey of healthy living, and she completed a holistic nutritional degree at Bauman College in Santa Cruz.

Nutrition and yoga are her true passions.

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.

Caleb Neeper

Caleb's first taste of yoga came a little over a decade ago. Playing in a pick-up basketball game, he severely sprained his left knee. The initial goal was to rehabilitate the knee through yoga. Slowly, over a consistent period of time, his body began to heal. The knee strengthened, and he also began to experience some additional, unintended positive side-effects from practicing yoga - weight loss, a gain in overall physical strength, increased range of motion, flexibility, and a general boost in self-confidence and mood.

His initial therapeutic goal became secondary, as he started to realize the deep and profound affects that practicing yoga was and is currently having on his life. He began to understand more about himself, his relationships to others and his place in the world. With this new-found clarity, he decided to switch careers from selling wine to teaching yoga! He relocated from Sonoma County back to the Bay Area in pursuit of this career change. Caleb has completed 500 hours of teacher training through YogaWorks in Walnut Creek and SF, and has been mentored by Lakshmi Norwood.

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/

Vicki Durst

Vicki Durst has been teaching Hatha Yoga since 1974.

A graduate of San Diego State University with a BA in Physical Education, Dance and Art History, Vicki first studied Yoga at the University of Oregon while earning a Master’s Degree in Dance and Art History. In San Diego she trained and taught at the Yoga Institute and taught yoga and dance at San Diego City College. In Astoria Oregon, Vicki was a full-time Instructor at Clatsop Community College, where she served as the Director of Dance and Physical Education and was Coordinator of the Arts on Stage performing and visual arts program for 23 years. Over the years she continued to teach Yoga in Avalon, Catalina Island and Temecula, CA, before moving to Pleasant Hill and Indigo Yoga.

Vicki cultivated her meditation and breathing techniques while enjoying her other passion, scuba diving, which has been an integral part of her life. She has continued training in many Yoga styles including Iyengar, Anusara and Freedom Style and is a licensed Holistic Health Practitioner. Vicki uses the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar as the basis for her classes, which emphasizes strength, flexibility, endurance, proper alignment and breathing techniques to help the body achieve its true, balanced state. Vicki’s fluid, relaxed style reflects her background in dance, and is appealing to students of all ages and abilities.

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.

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:

Sun Sep 07 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Sep 09 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian

Thu Sep 11 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Monika Pinter

Sun Sep 14 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Sep 16 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian

Thu Sep 18 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Caleb Neeper

Sun Sep 21 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Roxanna Kopp Smith

Tue Sep 23 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Vicki Durst

Thu Sep 25 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Monika Pinter

Sun Sep 28 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Sep 30 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian

Thu Oct 02 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Lisa Pickup

Sun Oct 05 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Oct 07 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian

Thu Oct 09 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Monika Pinter

Sun Oct 12 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Oct 14 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian

Thu Oct 16 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm with Monika Pinter

Sun Oct 19 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm with Monika Pinter

Tue Oct 21 9:00 am - 10:15 am with Sosie Sagherian