Diablo Rock Gym will be holding two new Yoga classes in the next few weeks. The first, on Saturday, October 24th, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM, will be with Angie. She will be teaching Yoga for the lower back.

Voted “Best Yoga Teacher of the East Bay” by Diablo Magazine in 2007, Angie has taught classes, clinics and workshops in the area for nearly eight years. Her training includes dual certification in Yogaworks method and Mark Horner’s Hatha Yoga teacher training program, and an additional 700- hour Structural Yoga Therapy certificate with blessings to practice this unique form of therapy from its founder, Mukunda Stiles. Angie is one of the staff teachers at Yogaworks and Renaissance Club Sport. She also offers private, individualized instruction.

The class is free for members and $24 for non members. Please sign up at the front desk or call 925-602-1000



The second Yoga class will be a beginner's series with Sarah Pascual. The four classes will be held on Mondays in November(2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd) from 7:00 - 8:15 pm. Please register in advance with the front desk. The $20 charge for members includes all 4 classes.

Labels: Diablo Rock Gym, Yoga Classes, Yoga for Beginners

On Saturday August 29, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Angie Norwood, M.Ed. will be providing a free Yoga clinic. Voted “Best Yoga Teacher of the East Bay” by Diablo Magazine in 2007, Angie works as one of the staff members at Yogaworks and Renaissance Club
Sport. With over eight years of experience teaching clinics and classes, as well as dual certification in Yogaworks method and Mark Horner’s Hatha Yoga teacher training program, and an additional 700- hour Structural Yoga Therapy certificate with blessings to practice this unique form of therapy from its founder, Mukunda Stiles, Angie can provide awesome instruction.



Discover more power in your core, strength in your legs, flexibility in your hips and fluidity in your movements. This 2-hour clinic is designed with the climber in mind, but can benefit anyone who wants to increase strength and flexibility. The clinic will include a brief discussion of how increasing flexibility can increase strength, a solid practice sequence, and a portion dedicated to opening the upper back, chest and shoulders. The clinic will conclude with a guided relaxation exercise, with time for questions and answers. Please take advantage of the expertise of one of the East Bay’s finest yoga instructors!

Labels: Angie Norwood, Hatha Yoga, Yoga Classes

One more little note about a great event taking place this Sunday, May 3rd, at our Mission Cliffs location. We're hosting a Yin Yoga Workshop, Sunday, from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Here is a bit more on what's going on, and why you shouldn't miss it:

"Yin Yoga workshop at Mission Cliffs

...this Sunday Start this month feeling relaxed. Join Kate Schox for a Yin Yoga workshop on Sunday, May 3rd from 5pm - 6:30pm. Enjoy a practice of opening up dense connective tissue using long-held relaxed floor postures. This is an all levels class, beginners welcomed. FREE member event and offered on a first-come/first-served basis."

Hopefully we'll see you there!

Labels: Events, mission cliffs, Sunday, Yoga Classes, Yoga Workshop

Here's a quick heads up about an awesome free member event that is taking place this Sunday, April 19th from 2-4pm at our Mission Cliffs location. If you're in or around the area, we highly suggest dropping in for this clinic, you can learn a lot and I'm pretty sure everyone will benefit from it greatly.

So, this Sunday, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm we will be having a Climbing and Yoga Injury Clinic that will help you learn exactly how to avoid common climbing and yoga related injuries. Check out the official info about the event:

Focus on Lower Back, Hip and Knee Injuries

CLIMBING & YOGA INJURY CLINIC. Learn to prevent, identify and treat common climbing and yoga-related injuries in this FREE clinic on SUNDAY APRIL 19th from 2-4 PM. This clinic will focus on lower back, hip and knee injuries, but other injuries can be addressed as well, time permitting. Physical therapist David Borgeson will discuss the pathology and treatment of injuries affecting participants. Learn how climbing and yoga can both cause and cure injuries.

David Borgeson is an orthopedic physical therapist at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Center for Sports Medicine - Corte Madera Clinic. An avid climber of 30 years and yoga practitioner, David has developed expertise in evaluating and treating injuries commonly seen in rock climbers and yoga enthusiasts. He has taught classes on climbing technique and injury prevention for Touchstone for the past 10 years, and incorporates yoga into his physical therapy practice.

Bottom line, if you're in the area, stop in and check it out. Injuries are annoying no matter when, where or why you get them, so the more you can learn to avoid them, the better off you'll be. Your body will thank you, and when you're able to spend more days doing the things you love, and less days recovering, you'll thank us.

Labels: climbing, Clinic, event, Injury Prevention, mission cliffs, Yoga, Yoga Classes

Bob Dylan said it best when he mentioned that the times, they are a changin'. For Berkeley Ironworks and the Yoga Room floor, that is a very, very good thing. Those at Berkeley Ironworks were quick to say that the old floor had a lot of character. They were also quick to say that that was a very, very nice way of saying that it was extremely old.

Old is out, new is in. That's right folks, if you're not already signed up for Yoga classes at Berkeley Ironworks, you should be, and SOON, if for no other reason than to see the brand new, amazingly beautiful bamboo floor!

The new floor should not only look amazing, but it should FEEL amazing, and bamboo is such a great product to use as it's a much more renewable resource than conventional wood. So, if you haven't already, at least come in and check out the gorgeous new flooring, and at the most, sign up for some Yoga classes! Your body will thank you!

Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, Floor, Yoga, Yoga Classes