Yoga With Laura

07/15/2025

The moment you say YES to this retreat is the moment your next chapter begins. You'll walk in as one version of yourself… and you'll leave someone entirely new.

You already know there's more for you.
More depth. More alignment. More purpose.
You can feel it calling... but life keeps pulling you away.

This retreat isn't just a getaway.
It’s a soul-awakening journey designed for the person who is ready to come home to themself.
To finally press pause on the noise, the roles, the pressure... and tune in to the truth you've always carried.

You're not broken.
You don't need fixing.
You need space to remember.
To listen. To breathe. To reclaim the gifts that have always been yours.

Within this experience, I'll guide you through outdoor adventures, deeply embodied yoga practices, intuitive rituals, and moments of stillness that lead to genuine, lasting clarity. This is the sacred container where your fire reignites. Where you stop seeking and start knowing.

No more waiting.
No more playing small.
No more searching outside of yourself for answers.

You decide to go all in.
You open the door.
You walk toward your own light... and finally see how powerful you've been all along.

And when you return home… you won’t just feel changed.
You'll be changed.
Clearer. Wilder. Braver. More YOU.

This is your invitation to rise.
To remember.
To step into your next evolution: fully, unapologetically, and with your soul leading the way.

Save your spot now for SOUL AWAKENING: A Yoga & Wellness Retreat
💰Early bird through August
📍Guanacaste & Santa Lucia, Costa Rica
📅April 12–27, 2026
💫 Comment "SOUL" below or DM me for the full details... I can’t wait to meet the person you walk in as, and witness the one you become. 🩷

07/10/2025

Feeling like this year is already too much? You're not alone. When life gets chaotic, slowing down isn't optional. It's necessary.
These Yin Yoga poses invite you to pause, unwind, and breathe into the areas holding stress and stuck emotions.

So grab your props... exhale dramatically... allow the muscles to release and fascia to soften... hold each pose for 3-7 minutes and allow your soul to surrender to stillness...

🐛 Caterpillar
-Seated forward fold. Zero ambition needed.
-Let your spine round, your thoughts wander, and your hamstrings whisper, "What did we ever do to you?"
-Mod: Place a rolled blanket under your knees, and rest your forehead on a block.

🐉 Dragon
-A low lunge, but make it emotional release in the hips kind of low lunge.
-Mod: Place blocks under both hands and a blanket under the back knee.
-Fun fact: This pose is legally required to make you groan (it's called "Dragon" for a reason). 🐲🔥

💗 Melting Heart
-Your chest reaches forward, your b***y stays high: open heart, open shoulders, open to crying on your mat.
-Mod: Bolster or folded blankets under chest or forehead if the floor feels like betrayal.
-Mood: "Just going to sob into the floor for a bit. Don’t mind me."

🐟 Supported Fish
-Recline back onto a bolster and just... be held.
-Heart open, throat soft, eyes closed, mind floating somewhere between "I’m fine" and "Why did I text that?" 😵‍💫
-Mod: Bolster lengthwise under spine.

🦢 Sleeping Swan (Yin Pigeon)
-This is The Hip Pose. Lay forward, sigh audibly, and contemplate your life choices while the hips open and tension exits stage left.
-Mod: Tuck front heel under bolster (closer to body) to take this back 10 notches.

🌙 Yin Yoga is the love language your fascia didn’t know it needed.
🧠 Emotion lives in the tissues- and this is your gentle exorcism.
✨ Save this post for your next “over it” day.
💬 Comment below which pose got you emotional.
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07/08/2025

Rooted in the forest floor, lifted through devotion.
Eagle arms become a mudra of remembrance.
That my strength is quiet, my gifts are sacred, and my path is guided.

This is how I teach: through presence, through inquiry, through slowing down. My classes and retreats are safe spaces to reconnect with yourself beneath the noise.

To remember your wholeness.
To move with intention.
To honor your gifts.
To breathe like it matters... because it does. 🌿🦅✨

For more moments like this- rooted, reflective, real- I’d love to have you along for the journey...

07/05/2025

Today, the fireworks aren’t just in the sky; they’re in the group chats, the news cycle, and maybe even your nervous system. On this day of “freedom,” many of us are feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or flat-out disappointed in what’s going on in this country. But here’s the thing...

In yoga, we practice sthira sukham asanam: finding steadiness and ease, even when the world is anything but steady or easy.

So today, take a breath.
Not to escape, but to anchor.
To remind yourself: you can be awake and at peace. Loud inside doesn’t have to mean loud everywhere.

🧘‍♀️ Movement helps.
🫁 Breath helps.
🔥 And a little fire in the belly? That helps too.

Happy-ish 4th. May your sparkler light the way forward... because we’ve got work to do. ✨

06/27/2025

When I first started teaching, I thought my job was to lead breath with movement, toss in a few sun salutations, and cue a nice savasana. 🙏What I didn’t know was that teaching yoga would crack me open, hold me together, and teach me more than I could’ve imagined.

Here are 5 things I’ve learned- often the hard way- since stepping into this sacred seat...

1. It’s not just about teaching yoga. It’s about holding space. 🧘‍♀️
Even with a plan, I often toss it aside to meet the energy in the room- grief, joy, stillness. The real posture is presence.

2. Burnout is real... and boundaries are your best prop. 🚫
There’s no award for overworking. I’ve shown up exhausted and thought, “I don’t know how I’m going to lead this class.”
Now I honor my days off- yes, even when asked. Rest is part of the practice (even when capitalism disagrees).

3. Not every space will align with your style and that’s okay. ✌️
Some teaching expectations just don’t fit how I show up authentically. I used to shrink just to stay on the schedule.
Now, I lead from clarity and alignment, not from fear. That’s yoga too.

4. Your students will become part of your heart. 💜 From sleepy 6am crews to folks on lunch break, to the community that rolls out mats in the park for love, not luxury- these connections remind me what yoga is really about.

5. It’s okay to evolve. 🌳 My voice, my purpose, my style wow they’ve shifted. I’m so glad they have. Yoga isn’t about staying still. It’s about growing in grace, integrity, and humility.

This is the first and only job I’ve ever truly loved. It’s beautiful, hard, soul-stretching work and I’m proud to walk this path.

✨ Yoga is epic.
✨ You are not alone.
✨ You can definitely learn from your own “oops, I said left foot but meant right” moment.

👉 Teachers: what do YOU wish you knew when you started?
👇 Students: did anything here surprise you?

06/24/2025

Mid-year reset, anyone? 🌿✨🙏 We are moving through so much. Even when it looks like we’re standing still, life is happening inside us... the thoughts, the feelings, the holding it all together...

Come lay it all down and join me for Rest & Renew this Sunday. No pushing, no performing... just being. This workshop is a balm for your nervous system and a homecoming for your spirit.

🌀 Rest & Renew: A Mid-Year Reset Workshop
📍 The Loom Yoga in Oakland
🕓 Sunday, June 29, 2–3:30pm
💸 $38/person

We’ll open with ceremonial cacao to awaken the heart, then settle into grounding Yin postures to release tension and stagnation. You’ll be guided through a deeply restful Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) meditation to access the quieter layers of your being, followed by a sound bath featuring crystal bowls, gongs, chimes, and drums to recalibrate your nervous system on a cellular level.

Because rest isn’t a reward. It’s a practice. 💜

06/24/2025

Well, that was something special. 💫 Sunshine, savasana, and so many yoga mats!!!

Yesterday's Alameda Yoga + Wellness Festival was a celebration of breath, movement, laughter, and the kind of community that makes you feel right at home. To share space with so many beautiful souls, all coming together in the name of yoga, joy, and healing… grateful beyond words to everyone who showed up with open hearts, whether you were moving, meditating, or simply being. You made this day what it was.

Here’s to more days like this. More yoga. More joy. More us.🕊️✨💜

Yoga Amansala

06/21/2025

It’s International Yoga Day… So Roll Out That Mat, Baby!

From Oak-town to Om-town, today the whole world is (theoretically) invited to pause, breathe deeply, and try not to fall over in Tree Pose.

Of course, every day is yoga day in my world (and probably yours too), but this one’s official. It was even declared by the United Nations. That’s how you know it’s real. So go ahead, stretch it out like the global citizen you are!

Wanna celebrate IRL? Catch me this Sunday, June 22nd at the Alameda Yoga Festival! I’ll be teaching a sound healing flow class at 1:15pm: think breath, movement, music, and barefoot, boundless joy in the grass (link in bio!)🌞

06/21/2025

The very first Alameda Yoga & Wellness Festival is happening this Sunday, June 22nd!

Free yoga and mat pilates classes (just drop in, no registration needed), dancing, food, wellness products, raffle prizes, and a picnic area- come for the whole day of joyful movement, and community fun and be sure to join me for a sound healing flow class at 1:15pm! 🙏

https://www.yogaamansala.com/alamedayogafestival

06/10/2025

And no, not because I’m handing out fuzzy socks (though honestly, I’d love to).

Hi, I’m Laura, and I didn’t arrive here through a handstand on a beach, a juice cleanse in Bali, or a silent retreat where I found enlightenment next to a mosquito net. I got here through pain. Through complex PTSD. Through injury. Through falling apart, getting back up, and learning how to move through life (and my body) with compassion instead of criticism.

My classes are for the people who have been told they’re too stiff, too anxious, too much, or not enough. For those healing from invisible wounds. For the folks who just need one damn hour a week where they feel safe enough to breathe.

Here, we move gently. We rest deeply. We laugh when lefts and rights betray us mid-flow. We adapt. We listen.

Whether it's heated Vinyasa, Yin with sound healing, hiking yoga, chair yoga, or a community class in the park, the practice I offer meets you where you are. This is a yoga space that doesn’t ask you to perform, fix, or hustle... just to arrive.

Follow along for nervous system hugs, sound bath vibes, and movement that won’t demand a handstand. Let’s get cozy. I’m so glad you’re here. 💜💜💜

03/10/2025

Step into nature, step into yourself. ✨🌿🧘🏻‍♀️ I’m beyond excited to announce the launch of www.BayAreaHiking.Yoga, where movement, mindfulness, and the beauty of the outdoors come together. 🌳💜🙏🏼 Join me for our first Yoga Hike in Oakland on Saturday, March 29th!

We’ll flow, breathe, and hike, allowing nature to guide us back to presence. When we slow down and connect with the earth beneath us, we reconnect with ourselves in the most profound way. ☀️🌎🕉

Save your spot now! DM me or check my Facebook event page for details! Let’s move, explore, and recharge together. 🌞🌿💜

Hiking Yoga with Laura MoirMindful Movement in the Great Outdoors Make it Explore Our Yoga Hikes * Explore Our Yoga Hikes * March 29, 2025 | 10am-12pm Join me for a rejuvenating Yoga Hike in the Oakland Hills! Each hike takes you to a new location, offering scenic views and a dynamic adventure as we...

03/01/2025

Anyone else feel like we've crammed 12 months into these first 2?! 🙌😵‍💫🤷 The weight of the world has been heavy, the waters have been rough, and yet we keep trying to rise above, we keep breathing, keep moving, and continue finding moments of stillness within the chaos.
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"Sthira sukham asanam" is a yoga sutra that translates to finding ease in the effort. If your world has felt anything but steady lately- like mine- know you're not alone. Keep showing up for yourself, keep breathing, and know It Won't Always Be This Way.
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No mud. No Lotus.
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Let’s continue to support and uplift each other- drop a comment if you’ve been feeling it too, and remember: we’re in this together.