Offerings Overview

Liz (she/they) is an educator based in San Francisco, CA, USA who is excited to share holistic wellness tools and techniques. They are a life-long learner with classroom management and public speaking skills.

Liz teaches from the foundation of their own practice: 30 years of yoga, 12 years of meditation, and training as an athlete, performer, artist, and writer.

Meditation

Ongoing

Starting a meditation practice can feel daunting at times. How do we build our habit and our confidence? Meeting with a teacher and with fellow students can really help! Community is a cornerstone of confidence. Let’s get together!

  • Meditate Together Tuesdays ~ Tuesdays, 6-7 pm PST, in-person, at Sealevel SF

February & March 2025

  • Mindfulness Meditation Workshop ~ Saturdays Feb. 8th and March 8th, 1-2:30 pm, in-person, at Movement Gym SF (each Saturday will feature a different angle, topic, or focus point to try).

Anytime

  • 1:1 Support Sessions available for Yoga, Mindfulness, Wellness Habits, Creativity

    • It might be as simple as a 20-30 minute chat about a challenge you're working on, or multiple sessions in which you get focused support that isn’t always an option in group classes. What are you looking for? What are you working on?

YOGA

JAN. 2025

HAUM SF (Haight & Mission Studios)

  • Weekly as of Sun. Jan. 26th:

Movement Gym SF (Presidio/Chrissy Field)

  • Weekly

    • Thursdays Flow Class ~ 7-8 am @Movement

      Sign up: Go to the Calendar, select “Liz” under the Instructor filter on the left, & sign up!

      These classes are all in person. Check out the first class free promo!

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in-person or online classes, workshops, consultation For groups & Individuals

Yoga

All levels, alignment-based, & trauma-informed:

  • Vinyasa Flow

  • Slow Flow / Hatha Flow

  • Restorative Yoga

  • Yoga Nidra

meditation

Mindfulness Meditation (Insight or Vipassana) for beginners or advanced practitioners:

  • Foundations

  • Daily practice

  • Practical strategies

Wellness

Wellness habits and strategies for holistic health and well being. Curriculum development rooted in:

  • Social-emotional learning

  • Inclusivity

  • Science-based habit-building


Liz’s WHY & Ethics as a Teacher Statement:

What has emerged in my life and in my work are the simple questions of: How do I share supportive wellness tools with others? And what tools are most helpful? Yoga is one of those tools, meditation is another, as are creativity and creative practices.

My ethics as a teacher:

  • I will practice. That means at home, in other teachers' classes, and continuing high-level training. What I teach others will be rooted in my own experience.

  • I will not take for granted the power I step into when I step into the room as a teacher. This means I take professionalism, respect, communication, and consent very seriously.

  • I’m here to be of service to and benefit my students. I’m also here to minimize suffering and harm.

  • I am human, and I have biases. I will make mistakes, and I will humble myself in order to own and learn from them.

My two core values as a leader are, and what they lead to:

  • Integrity → Ethics, Peace, Service

  • Balance → Moderation, Well Being

    • Includes balancing Authentic Wholeheartedness, Lightheartedness, and Humor with Discipline, Rigor, and Earnestness

Employers / clients

2024-Present: Yoga Instructor for Movement Gym SF

2022-Present: Substitute Yoga Instructor for HAUM SF

2019-Present: Wellness Instructor for Breakthrough SF

2016-2019: Teacher and Education Specialist at New Door Ventures’ Education Program founded in 2015 for at-risk young adults, San Francisco, CA

Former Yoga Instructor for:


Professional Development

Meditation

2023-2025: The Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and other teachers

2023: In-Depth Trauma-Informed Satipatthana Sutta Study with Amma Thanasanti, Awakening Truth

2022: Cultivating Awareness and Wisdom 7-night residential silent retreat, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA with teachers Andrea Fella, Carol Wilson, Alexis Santos, Mark Nunberg, Neesha Patel, Lienchi Tran, and Franz Moeckl

2022: Koru Basic (Mindfulness for Young Adults) with Jessica Samples

2021-2022: The Power of Awareness online course by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach - Certificate of Completion

2015: Exploring the Veda (Veda 1 Course) with Thom Knowles & James Brown

2013: Vedic Meditation with James Brown - Vedic Path Meditation, San Francisco


Yoga

2023-2024: 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance Certified) - HAUM, San Francisco, CA

2020-2021: Workshops with Danni Pomplun in Restorative Yoga and Derek Cook in Asana, Anatomy, & Alignment

2015: 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance Certified) - Yoga Mayu Teacher Training Program, San Francisco, CA

1994-1995: Began personal Yoga practice after reading Yoga For Children

Notable Yoga Mentors include: 


Let’s do this.

Interested in working together? Looking for support? Fill out this contact form and Liz will be in touch shortly!

“What we’re doing in practice is feeling the actuality of how life is pulsing, moving, flowing and swirling, fast and slow, rhythmically, within our own body, within our own direct experience.”

— Jack Kornfield