HSA & FSA Payments Accepted
Use your pre-tax Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account funds toward your yoga sessions. Your wellness practice may be more affordable than you think.
The Shala Awaits Your Transformation
Private Yoga Sessions In-studio or Online
Mondays - Fridays 7:30am - 8:00pm
1605 Church Street, San Francisco, CA (map)
Begin or deepen your yoga practice one-on-one (1:1) or two-on-one (2:1) with private sessions tailored to your needs and goals. Using yoga, Ayurveda, and self-myofascial release therapy, Rowena crafts a program for your unique body, mind and soul. Practice in studio (shala) or online at days and times that work with your schedule. Book instantly using web or mobile. Offerings are diverse from active to restorative, and customizeable to your energy levels day-for-day. With complimentary tea, patio garden, and indoor lounge, retreat to the shala for peace, focus and grounding in your weekly routine. Serving clients of all ages and levels of experience in Noe Valley, Mission, Glen Park, Bernal Heights, Miraloma, the greater SF/Bay Area, and across the world.
Yoga for Fertility Care Classes
Non-heated, Semi-Private, All Levels
Fridays 12:00 - 12:50pm
1605 Church St, San Francisco, CA (map)
The only fertility yoga classes in the San Francisco/Bay Area
Your fertility journey is unlike anyone else's and you are not alone on this path. Wherever you are on the movement specturm, from pushing hard all the time to barely moving at all during the work week, most movement classes weren't designed with your body's fertility needs in mind.
High-intesity exercise and heated rooms can elevate cortisol and body temperature, interfering with hormonal balance, egg/sperm quality/quantity, and fertility treatments. High-impact movement, twists, and inversions can put treatment at risk. On the other hand, chronic sitting and sedentary lifestyle carry their own risks: reduced circulation to the reproductive organs, a nervous system stuck in stress, and a body that isn't receiving the intentional movement it needs to thrive.
These Yoga for Fertility Care classes are designed to nurture fertility in men and women, and offers a supprtive sangha (community) on the path to parenthood. Classses use yoga asana (postures), pranayama (breath control), dhyana (meditation), myofascial release, and science to support your family's formation whether preserving your egg or sperm, trying to conceive (TTC) naturally, or TTC with the help of science including the lifestyle improvement, egg or sperm retrieval, IVF, embryo transfer, and waiting periods.
Eggs take approximately 12 months to develop, and sperm around 3. The lifestyle choices you make today — how you move, breathe, rest, and nourish yourself — have a cumulative, long-term effect on reproductive health. A yoga practice designed for nuturing fertility isn't a short-term fix. It's a dedicated practice supporting what your body is building, right now, for the future.
This class is a welcome and affirming space for female, male, and gender diverse patients who are trying to concieve or pursuing treatment and parenthood solo or with a partner; for the first time or becoming a parent again.
Most Yoga Studios
✗ Heated room, 85-105 degrees Fahrenheit
✗ Intense asanas, twists, inversions and high-impact movement
✗ Large class, no modifications for fertility treatment and recovery
✗ Not designed for male or female fertility care
Yoga for Fertility Care Classes
✓ Non-heated, room temperature studio
✓ Asanas, movement, breathwork, meditation, philosophy, somatics, and myofascial release decreasing stress response
✓ Adapted to your journey, cycle or treatment
✓ Semi-private, individual attention, Q&A
✓ Built entirely around male and female fertility care
✓ Supportive of menstrual cycle-syncing, PCOS, HMB, and other women's health needs
Recommended by BlueOva Health. Developed by Rowena Mittal, MS, PhD, CYT, who brings the scientific rigor of a researcher and the attunement of a seasoned teacher to every class.
Yoga for Fertility Care Membership
162$Every 28 daysA committment to health in a semi-private small group setting- 4x Semi-Private Classes ($180 value)
- 20% Off Workshops
- Members-Only Events
- Cancel Anytime
Or Save 10% with a Regular Practice
Yoga Lab Masterclass
Non-heated, Semi-Private, All Levels
Wednesdays 12:00 - 12:50pm
1605 Church St, San Francisco, CA (map)
The only weekly yoga workshop in the San Francisco/Bay Area
Grow your yoga practice with a regular mid-week workshop. The Yoga Lab is where you practice deepens beyond commercial studio classes.
This non-heated (room temperature) class blends vinyasa, hatha, iyengar, yin, and restorative asana (postures) with pranayama (breathwork) and myofascial release therapy to balance the mind and body. This semi-private masterclass invites you to dive deeper into the monthly theme that Rowena teaches across studios, with time to ask questions, refine technique, and study yoga side-by-side in a supportive teaching environment (sangha).
All levels are welcome (adaptable, accessible yoga), from beginners and "beginning again" to prenatal practitioners and seasonsed level 2/3 yoga students. Modifications are offered to tailor the path of study to each student's needs. Class concludes with restorative postures and self-myofascial release therapy to support muscle recovery, improve range of motion, and balance stress hormone levels.
Class Benefits
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Receive direct student-teacher relationship, ask questions, receive feedback
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Learn asanas at a deeper level than what is offered in commercial vinyasa classes
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Balance out the yang (heated yoga, running, cycling, lifting, crossfit, HIIT, stressful job/life) with yin (unheated yoga, myofascial release, restorative, recovery) so you can do it all again
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Slip to and from yoga between work-from-home Zoom meetings without having to shower
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Promotes circulation, prevents or reduces strain, and manages or eliminates chronic pain from sedentary lifestyle
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Reduces stress and cortisol levels naturally by engaging the parasympathetic nervous system with breath work and mindfulness
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Continue thoughtful movement practice during prenatal and postpartum periods
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Manage diverse symptoms of perimenopause and increase health span to life span ratio in postmenopause
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Develops physical strength, mobility, energy, and focus on and off the mat
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Improves sleep, metabolism, digestion, and hormone balance
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Expands breath volume through breathwork and releasing fascial constrictions
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Prepares the mind and body for meditation practice
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Offers a supportive, local community (a sangha) on the path of yoga
Yoga Lab Masterclass Membership
162$Every 28 daysA committment to practice in semi-private small group setting- 4x Semi-Private Classes ($180 value)
- 20% Off Workshops
- Members-only Events
- Cancel Anytime
Or Save 10% with a Regular Practice
HSA & FSA Payments Accepted
Use your pre-tax Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account funds toward your yoga sessions. Your wellness practice may be more affordable than you think.
Chair Yoga Classes
Break up fascial adhesions from work or life with this full-body reset! This semi-private chair yoga class for every body incorporates asana (postures), pranayama (breathwork), and mindfulness practices adapated to the chair to maintain balance and strength. Practice will involve sitting on and standing behind a chair. Great for all ages and bodies. Especially supportive for bodies that spend consecutive hours a day sitting at a desk, standing or walking on feet, or bodies which cannot sit or kneel on the floor. All levels of experience with yoga or mindful movement are welcome to this therapeutic, adaptable, and accessible yoga class. Modifications will be offered to meet individual needs. Join the community in studying yoga (sangha)!
Who Should Attend?
This class is open to all ages and levels of experience with yoga. This class can be beneficial to students seeking to,
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Manage stress or balance hormone levels
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Promote mental clarity and focus
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Foster long-term health, wellness, and fitness
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Develop a community
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Adopt a healthy lifestyle with accountability
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Premept preventable diseases, maintain bone density, joint range of motion, muscle mass, or manage osteoporosis, osteopenia, or arthritis
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Rebuild physical activity during recovery from surgery, injury, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, or long-COVID with healthcare provider clearance
Or Save 10% with a Regular Practice
Chair Yoga Membership
90$Every 28 daysFor students committed to taking a break on Mondays in-studio or online