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Prenatal Yoga Yoga for a calm and healthy pregnancy. Yoga Garden SF offers the most comprehensive and convenient schedule of classes for expecting and new mothers, taught by highly qualified staff trained in our own methods and program.  A regular practice at Yoga Garden of San Francisco will bring the benefits of yoga to every aspect…

Take It To A Higher Level Yoga Garden is more than a yoga studio. We are a yoga school. Yoga Garden San Francisco offers several 200 Hour yoga teacher training programs each year. We are Yoga Alliance certified, so your certification is internationally recognized. Our 28 Day Intensive Program is popular with International Students who…

Come help us celebrate the next exciting chapter in our twelve year history.  We're throwing a party to celebrate the addition of our third studio, the launch of our Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program, to give a big thanks to all the teachers, staff, and students in our community AND just to have some fun, music,…

Grow with us. Take a Workshop. Yoga Garden is more than just a yoga studio. We are a yoga school. We go beyond offering a daily practice, and specialize in teaching the subject of yoga to serious students with curious minds. Every teacher has years of practice and training, and we use the highest standards…

Yoga first draws us inward, so that we are not purely reactive organisms, responding to our base desires and fears and the fluctuations of our environment. Through this, we cultivate a capacity to see ourselves in relationship with mankind, nature, and the cosmos. The holidays are upon us again. These (formerly) holy days that we…

The roots of Iyengar Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga lead back to the legendary teacher, Stri T. Krishnamacharya, brother-in-law and guru to B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois. Iyengar yoga is named after the living yogi, B.K.S. Iyengar. Iyengar began life with many challenges yet…

The roots of Iyengar Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga lead back to the legendary teacher, Stri T. Krishnamacharya, brother-in-law and guru to B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois. Vinyasa Krama Yoga is an ancient system of physical, psychological, and spiritual development. The word Vinyasa…

Yoga is a 5000 year old discipline that has numerous benefits for both your physical health and especially your mind. In fact, most yoga teachers are very aware that they are helping you to use the activity of the body to still and focus the mind. I started yoga about two years ago at the…

by Molly Glennen Meet Your Teacher is a series of interviews of YGSF teachers by students. If you are interested in contributing to this series, please contact David. Marisa practicing Bharadvajasana 1 during her eight month of pregnanacy. "Yoga isn't a panacea; it isn't a quick fix. It is like the…

I began yoga when I was 19 years old. At the time I was a spoiled boy who enjoyed hanging out with friends and engaging in mindless activities. My first class I remember as being one of the most profound experiences I ever had. I felt muscles in my…