Testimonials

What Private Yoga Clients and Students are Saying

"What I enjoy about working with Yolanda is that while we work with the body, she provides me with a new awareness of how my physical being is affected by my mental state, and how I can approach things differently to get different results."
- D.E., Hayward, CA

"Yolanda's willingness to be a teacher and a student at the same time creates room for me to face my own limitations and obsessions and to work with them in a healthy, natural way."
- L.E., Oakland, CA

"Yolanda's public classes are full of excited students and good intentions, and her private sessions provide a deeper level of understanding and awareness."
- A.P., Oakland, CA

"What I like the most about working with Yolanda is how she could see where my body was holding tension and help me adjust my posture to release it, without ever making me feel incompetent as a beginner. Her voice and manner of teaching are so calming and supportive that I never feel any pressure or stress in the classes."
- C.C., Berkeley, CA

"If I could say just one thing about Yolanda, it would be (three things): Passionate, joyful, inspiration!"
- N.S., Walnut Creek, CA

Yolanda puts a lot of cheerful energy into teaching. She is totally observant, never takes the easy way, and puts a lot of time into planning each lesson in advance. I can sense the investment she puts into my development; she makes the class a true teacher-student partnership. This challenges me to do my best."
- B.K., Oakland, CA

"Yolanda challenges me to examine my limits -- or what I imagine my limits to be. Her sense of humor and compassion coupled with her incredible experience and knowledge of the body make her a great teacher."
- M.G., Oakland, CA

" I hope all Yolanda's students appreciate what a great opportunity her classes are. She teaches us, we are inspired to contribute our best to others, and so on. That's how I think things should work."
- B.K., Oakland, CA

"What draws me back again and again to Yolanda's class is her enthusiasm, with her genuine belief in the power of yoga to transform, and her perceptiveness and intuition of what each student needs to take his or her yoga practice that much further."
- L.E., Oakland, CA

"Yolanda's constant feedback gives foundation to my individual practice. She enthusiastically cares for each student."
- A.P., Oakland, CA

Yolanda's expertise allows her to work with people who are at all different levels with fun, ease, and care."
- N.S., Walnut Creek, CA

"Yolanda is fond of calling Yoga a science, yet initially that seemed almost sacrilegious to me ... Now, I believe that is just what Yoga is -- except instead of studying other peoples' discoveries, you make your own, just like you did when you were a child -- with observation, awareness, mental clarity, and physical experience."
- D.E., Hayward, CA

"Yolanda's positive energy and constant encouragement have helped me to shift perspective and create conscious change in my mind and body; I have benefited tremendously from her accessible style."
- A.P., Oakland, CA

What Bodywork Clients are Saying

"I want to thank you for your gift of Energy Work, and your compassion and energy while working through our sessions. You were very sensitive to my energy body and helped me move through immense emotional blockage and pain. You helped me to keep going as I tried to resist or couldn't see the blocks. You sensed when it was right to do so and I always felt safe in your hands."
- J.F., Chicago, IL

"Yolanda's healing abilities are evident in her expertise with energy work. During a session, she creates a calm and supported environment where clients can relax and release."
- A.P., Oakland, CA

"The bodywork sessions I experienced with Yolanda were profound, down to a soul level. She helped me to heal myself of old wounds and to gain deep consciousness of issues I didn't know were hiding in my body. For this I am grateful and stronger."
- L.E., Oakland, CA

"The most important thing I got from Energy Work therapy was a deep release of stresses, fears, terrors, and resulting shame that were lodged deep within my body."
- C.P., Oakland, CA

"In dealing with deep-rooted fears and distrust, it was important for me to work with someone who I could completely trust. Yolanda has the right amount of empathy, succinct inquisitiveness, and connection which enabled me to feel safe with her and trust her ability to understand and guide me through what was happening during our energy work treatments."
- C.P., Oakland, CA