Yoga Classes

Updated February 1, 2023
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Awaken, Connect, Integrate and Enliven

Pathways Events

Yoga Classes

Mindful Flow

 Tuesdays 9:00 – 10:15 am

Thursdays 9:00 – 10:15 am

donation based $5-$20

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Restore, Breathe and Meditate

Sundays 5-6 pm
donation based $5-$20

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Ocean Yoga

Yoga Classes

Vinyasa Flow

Mondays 7:00 – 8:00 am

Mindful Flow and Yoga Nidra

Mondays 6:00 – 7:15 pm

Vinyasa Flow

Wednesdays 9:00 – 10:00 am

Mindful Flow

Wednesdays 6:00 – 7:15 pm

Vinyasa Flow

Fridays 7:00-8:00 am

Mindful Flow

Fridays 9:00-10:15 am

Yin Yoga

Fridays 4:30-5:30 pm

Flow, Breath and Meditation

Saturdays 9:00-10:30 am

Square One

Yoga Classes

Flow, Breath and Meditation

Tuesdays 7-8:15 am
Thursdays 7-8:15 am

Meditation

Tuesdays  8:15 -8:30 am
Thursdays 8:15-8:30 am

Body

Open, Enliven and Invigorate

Mind

Examine your Mind. Deepen Compassion.

Breath

Awaken your Energy Body

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My Approach to Classes

There are many approaches to the teaching of yoga. My approach is grounded in mindfulness.  Mindfulness connects you deeply to all the dimensions of your own actual experience — this has a healing power, and lays the foundation for powerful and transformative growth.
My classes integrate a continuous, slowly-paced and intentionally challenging flow of postures with the exploration of Being-in-poses. I call this continuity of focus Mindful Flow, and it is the ground and orientation for most of what I share in my yoga classes.
I work to provide a supportive and light-hearted atmosphere where students are encouraged to start where they are and learn to explore the harmonics of postural alignment and the embodied and alive connection between body, breath and mind.
In every posture we mindfully “play the edge” while both respecting and challenging the possibility of moving beyond physical and mental barriers.

In my own practice and in my teaching, I work to integrate the insights I have realized from many diverse elements of study into a Yoga Practice that creates a flexible, balanced body and a focused, peaceful mind, and an open-hearted engagement with life’s challenges and wonder

I design my classes with experienced beginners and intermediate level students in mind.  Many beginners are doing fine as well. Modifications and variations are given to accommodate students of all levels and all sincere students are welcomed.

I offer Personal Pathways to individuals who’s dedication, interests or needs are not completely met by the group class format.  For those interested in learning more about the sequences I assemble each month, browse to Learning Sequences.

Class Descriptions

Mindful Flow

Mindful Flow Yoga is a meditation in motion – a practice of discovery – born of being present with what unfolds in the present moment.
Marianne guides students through a carefully designed sequence of yoga postures, at a measured pace and with fluid transitions, linking intentional breath with conscious movement. Posture by posture, breath by breath, moment by moment – you will be encouraged to build safe body alignment, to cultivate greater sensitivity to body sensations, and to use the breath to stay present and develop a deeper focus and increased self awareness.  Turning within, we can clearly see and explore the conditioned and habitual tendencies held within body, breath and mind.

Marianne creates a new sequence each month, designed to build fluid transitioning between asanas, to develop greater breath capacity and to build a balance of effort and ease, transforming once-difficult postures into a fluid and continuous dance.

Such a practice cultivates mindfulness with an open awareness and responsive quality available at any given moment. With clear intention we are choosing our attitude for the practice, one breath at a time. By choosing a positive mindset we give the mind a positive direction along the path. Practicing in a state of deep focus and awareness, we will begin to experience and rest more fully in a deeper stillness.
The practice is intentionally challenging.

Mindful Flow and Yin

Mindful Flow and Yin blends Mindful Flow and restorative Yin yoga into a balanced practice designed to replenish, accessible for students of all levels and ideal for evening classes. We start with a slower-paced and shorter Mindful Flow sequence, moving from pose to pose by linking intentional breath with conscious movement, to develop core strength, muscle tone, balance and stamina.

We finish the last third of the class with passive, floor-based yin poses, held in a relaxed and mindful way for several minutes. This approach promotes increased circulation along the energetic pathways, enhances range of motion throughout the body, “winds down” and replenishes the parasympathetic nervous system to nourish stillness and rest.

What her students say ...

I love your class! Coming weekly has truly improved my life. Similar to meditation, I leave happy and centered. Your teaching is also giving me a much greater awareness of my body and loosening an area in my shoulder that's been tight and locked up for years. Your system of starting a new routine each month helps me learn to breath through learning new things, new challenges,....simply breathing through it all, and seeing improvement and growth. It's been a great gift on and off the mat. Thank you again.
Brooke D.
Marianne Linn is an experienced and wonderful yoga instructor. She is very concerned that her students learn the correct yoga positions which are foundation for the more advanced asanas to come. She explains why the alignments are important, demonstrates them, and if necessary helps position the student. Marianne urges the class to feel each position and challenges them to explore each one to their maximum potential. Nevertheless she does not take herself too seriously and keeps the classes fun while still providing a good work out so you feel relaxed and refreshed after each class. I always look forward to her class and I cannot recommend her too highly.
Steve T.
"As a father of 3 boys and lifelong martial artist; I have been practicing in Yoga for 10+ years with Marianne as my primary mentor. Marianne skillfully incorporates her experience as a bodyworker, chi gong practitioner, and meditation teacher into her classes. Beyond that, she has the skill and knowledge to lead meditation retreats and conduct seminars on deeper yogic subjects ranging from Bandhas to Yoga Nidra. Lastly, she doesn't cultivate a "cult of personality" in her classes. Marianne really sees the yoga asanas as a portal to the broader spiritual dimensions of the discipline and will take you as deep as you want to go."
Keith E.
"Marianne has a unique ability to meet her beginning and advanced yoga students wherever they are in their yoga practice. Her classes are challenging, yet she consistently honors her student's individual physical limitations, making her classes accessible to people with all levels of experience. I especially appreciate that Marianne's classes include a vigorous workout in the form of yoga asanas, as well as deep energetic and breath-related practices. As a massage therapist, Marianne has a thorough understanding of the body, as well as the relationship between physical and emotional health, which creates a rich experience for her students. During the (time) that I have been attending Marianne's classes, my strength, flexibility and stamina have increased remarkably, and I have experienced a positive transformation in my overall health and well-being."
Dhyana C.
Marianne has a vision of where she wants to help you go and her minute-by-minute instruction and adjustments are appropriate and incisive to the form being described. Her class is certainly one to aspire to for a given block of time, ideally a month, rather than as a casual drop-in class; in fact, she now organizes her instruction around a month's duration, so that you are brought through various stages to a higher attainment during that month. If you commit to a month's practice, you will certainly see results. I am a stronger and better yogi because of Marianne's tutelage.
Tom F.
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Classes in Pacifica

90 Eureka Dr, Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-9642

Monday 6:30 pm Mindful Flow & Yin
Wednesday 6:30 pm Mindful Flow & Yin
Saturday 8:00 a.m. Meditation (donation based)
Saturday 9:00 a.m. Mindful Flow

Classes in the East Bay

El Cerrito
Emeryville

Tuesday 7:00 a.m. El Cerrito Mindful Flow
Thursday 7:00 a.m. El Cerrito Mindful Flow
Sunday 9:30 a.m.  Emeryville Mindful Flow

9951 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito
1540A 62nd Street
Emeryville, CA (map)
Temescal
4689 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA