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
(12:30 - 1:20pm June 12th, 19th, 24th)
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.
Restorative Yoga Classes
Non-heated, Semi-Private, All Levels
1605 Church St, San Francisco, CA (map)
The only day-time restorative yoga class in the San Francisco/Bay Area
A floor-based, semi-private class blending pranayama, somatic movement, myofascial release, and yoga asana with props for deep recovery. Each approach offers a distinct physiological mechanism to explore the mind-body system and develop interoception.
Ideal for the stressed and exhausted, athletes recovering between training sessions, desk workers, chronic pain managers, and students seeking hormonal support (menstruation, perimenopause, prenatal, postpartum, fertility journeys). Individual attention and props guidance included. All levels welcome.
Who Should Attend?
All levels of experience and stages of life. This class is beneficial for students seeking to,
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Decrease the accumulation of stress or experience quiet retreat from daily intensity
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Support long-term hormonal health, chornic pain or fatigue management
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Add yoga as a recovery component to an active routine (weight lifting, running, cycling, or other athletic practice)
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Support menstruation, perimenopause, prenatal, postpartum, or fertility journeys
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Practice in community with individual attention
Actively pursuing fertility treatments (IVF, IUI, egg retrieval, embryo transfer)? Book Yoga for Fertility Care classes or privates instead. Cannot sit on the floor? Book chair yoga.
Restorative Yoga Membership
162$Every 28 daysA committment to health in a semi-private small group setting
Or Save 10% with a Regular Practice