Clayton Yoga Shala

07/14/2024

05/25/2020

We miss seeing all of the lovely faces of our community! There is definitely something special about being in the room together. In the meantime, our teachers are diligently recording videos for you to stay connected to the practice. We hope you are enjoying them as much as we do making them!

04/15/2020

How’s it hanging Yogis?! Have you had a chance recently to check out some of the latest classes on our website? We love making these classes for you! Tell us what you’ve taken recently!

04/05/2020

Don’t you love being able to stream yoga classes with Laura right in your own home?! We have some newly added classes up from this weekend with Laura and your other favorite teachers! Please keep checking back in to see what’s coming.

04/04/2020

Hello Yogis! We so miss seeing you in person. But we have been curating lots of amazing videos with all your favorite CYS teachers! It’s still a work in progress but hopefully you’ve had a chance to see some of the recordings available on our website! Feel free to message us for details.

02/24/2020

Check out this amazing adjustment from Arunji to our lovely teacher Nicki Doane! We can’t wait to host them later this year. Arun will be coming June 12-14. Nicki will be coming Sept 25-27! Save the dates!

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“I get by with a little help from my friends”and my teacher too. This is me doing Dhanurasana with an amazing adjustment from HS Arun. He’s coming to Maya Yoga on Maui May 8-10,2020. Check my website for registration details and information.
I am having an amazing time here in India being a student and soaking up as much as I can. It’s so important to remain a student. I am humbled by this experience and excited to share with all of you when I get back next month.

01/28/2020

A wise man once said “All enlightenment really means is to lighten up!” Ok, maybe it’s a bit more complicated than that. But, who says we can’t have fun along the way?!

12/25/2019

What an awesome turnout for this morning’s Holiday benefit class! Thank you to all the donors (both who attended as well as those couldn’t make it.)! I leave for three weeks on Friday to India and I’m super excited! But, I will certainly miss my wonderful yoga community here in the East Bay. Happy Holidays to everyone!

12/18/2019

Please join us for a special mixed level Holiday class on Christmas Eve! 12/24 from 8:30-10:30am with Wes. We will be welcoming donations for our wonderful friend and teacher, . Many of you had the opportunity to practice with her and her partner Eddie Modestini over the last year numerous times and it was such a treat! She is such a gift and has so much to offer the world! But now she needs our help. Recently, Kristin was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic cancer and it’s already been a grueling journey. We would like to offer a contribution to her GoFundMe account so that she can focus on her healing and treatment. Everyone is welcome to join us. However, if you wish to make a contribution, you can bring cash or pay directly to her GoFundMe listed in our bio above! @ Clayton Yoga Shala

12/17/2019

Just another day in the Shala! The world looks so much more fun upside down! @ Clayton Yoga Shala

10/31/2019

Happy Halloween Yogis! Be safe and be spooky out there!

08/03/2019

There is still room in this weekend’s workshop with Eddie Modestini and Kristin Bosteels! Yoga on the Inside is such a powerful way to take your practice inwards and learn about the knots that bind you down!

07/25/2019

Child’s pose is always available to you! 😂🤣😂

06/23/2019

Every cell in your body is working for your wellbeing. If you are in tune with your system, you will naturally be healthy.

06/20/2019

This practice never gets old! There is a lifetime of study in each and every pose because essentially we are really studying ourSelves! “The Body is the object of study and the asanas are the subject” -HS Arun

06/18/2019

😂🤣😂. Raise your hand if you’re here because you’re nuts! 🙋‍♀️.

06/18/2019

Yoga is an excellent anti-aging tool, capable of relieving symptoms and in some cases improving medical outcomes. It doesn’t matter where you’re starting from or how old you are—movement and yoga can help.

06/13/2019

We can’t wait for this delicious evening- Good Vibrations—Sound Bath, Gentle And Restorative Yoga- with coming up on Friday June 28 from 6:30-8:00pm! If you have never experienced a sound bath before, you are in for a big treat! Make sure to register by June 23 for an early bird discount!

05/12/2019

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the amazing mamas within our community and beyond!

05/08/2019

It’s a bit of a Western custom to end yoga classes with Namaste. In India, it’s used as both an informal greeting as well as to bid farewell (much like Aloha)! Namaste (Namaha+te), is often translated as “The divinity within me bows down to the divinity within you”. I like to think of it as an acknowledgement that we aren’t all so different from one another as we may think! It’s an opportunity that we can take at the end of each class to see each other as One. Patanjali says within his Yoga Sutras that we must chant with “arthabhavana” (meaning and feeling). So, the next time you say Namaste at the end of class, take a moment to really acknowledge your fellow Yogis on that path with you!

05/01/2019

This Saturday begins the 4 week series, Journey Into Iyengar Yoga, with Sandy Carmellini ( )! This special series will focus on some of the things that make this brilliant system so unique as well as how to develop a home practice! Check our link in the bio for details! (Please note, class will be held on 5/4 & 11, and 6/1 & 8 from 1-2:30pm)

04/24/2019

We had such an amazing weekend hosting ! Thank you to all the amazing students for showing up, challenging yourself, and giving it all your heart. And a very special thank you to Nicki for being so generous and inspiring with your teaching! We can’t wait to see you again!

04/17/2019

Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles, greets us all upon entering our lovely little studio. Yoga is Self-reliant healing, Self-empowerment, Self-Care! It gives us the tools to take personal responsibility for the obstacles that get in the way of our own freedom. Then these obstacles become our teachers and our blessings. Show up and take the time for your Self! You are so worth it!

04/11/2019

We can’t wait to host Nicki Doane next weekend!!! There is still room to join us for this amazing workshop!

04/11/2019

We spend so much time sitting in chairs, looking down at our phones, behind the wheel, and more to cause our chests to collapse and our shoulders to slouch. Yoga has so many amazing remedies to help our chests and shoulders! Chair backbends are certainly some of our favorites!

04/11/2019

Raise your hand if you love Savasana!

04/09/2019

And this is why we Yogafy! 😎😎😎. Show up, do your practice, and achieve awesome!

04/09/2019

We can’t wait to host Nicki Doane on April 19-21! Nicki is such a fun and knowledgeable teacher. Come join us for a weekend to inspire and ignite your practice. Check our website in our bio for details!

04/08/2019

Turn your world upside down! Inversions are such awesome poses. They can have powerful effects on our circulation, digestion, and our perspective! The chair makes headstand so accessible.

03/17/2019

Thank you Sandy Carmellini Craniosacral Yoga for an amazing Neck and Shoulder workshop! We learn so much every time you come and visit us!