Instructors

About SFPY Collective

The teachers you'll find here are some of San Francisco's finest prenatal and postnatal instructors; many have more than one certification and specialty. Although we work independently of one another, we all support the growth of prenatal and postnatal yoga in San Francisco.

Prenatal yoga class seated in meditation

SF Prenatal & Postnatal Teachers

Jane Austin

Jane is founder and director of Mama Tree, a prenatal yoga teacher training as well as the director of Yoga Tree's pre and postnatal program. She has guided thousands of mamas through their pregnancy and beyond through her work as a yoga teacher, childbirth educator, midwife and doula. A mother of two, her refreshing ability to "tell it like it is" gives her yoga classes a lively, humorous and honest perspective of not only pregnancy and childbirth but also motherhood. In her yoga classes she creates a space for mamas to not only connect to one another but to connect to themselves and their babies! Jane continues to bring prenatal yoga to pregnant women everywhere with her new Prenatal Yoga DVD and her online classes. janeaustinyoga.com

Kari Marble

Kari is a mother of two, a certified yoga and meditation teacher, massage therapist, infant massage instructor, and birth educator with a passionate and extensive specialization in the childbearing year and healthy family living. A student of yoga since 1989 and a teacher since 2000, Kari teaches classes that are highly regarded for their revitalizing and centering practice, educational content, and warm, nurturing community. She weaves into classes the opportunity to share openly, to discuss aspects of birth preparation and parenting, to practice techniques for deep breathing and relaxation; and to meditate, deepening inner awareness, connection to baby, trust in the body, and appreciation of the sacred. Kari designs prenatal classes to increase comfort and fluidity in the rapidly changing pregnant body, enabling women to feel a greater sense of strength, vitality, grace, calm, confidence, and playfulness. Postnatal classes include songs and poses with baby, along with a focus on yoga poses to help moms feel restored, energized, strong, open and ready for the joys and challenges each day brings. WelcomeOm.com

Mikka Bonel

Mikka Bonel offers practices, knowledge and support to help you connect with your body, mind and soul with unabashed self love and acceptance. She is dedicated to helping you fully claim this massive transition into parenthood so you feel strong, capable, resilient and loved. She is a certified postpartum doula, Prenatal/Postnatal/Pelvic Floor/Therapeutic yoga teacher and bodyworker. She is a Birth Educator, Bodyworker and Life Coach. She's also a queer, quirky, passionate (and compassionate) mama as well! She has clocked in over 1,500 hours of training and has been a teacher in movement since she was 16. Her programs are not meant to be a quick fix solution but a holistic approach that truly sets you up for the rest of your life. Her invitation is for you to lean on others (including her!), to meet yourself where you are at judgement free and connect with a deeper sense of self. If you are interested in learning more about her services, check out her website here — birthingyoga.com

Rachel Yellin

Having taught more than 1000 couples Childbirth Education and Birth Techniques Classes and attended births as a doula for 7 years, Rachel brings a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience, and heart to all of the yoga classes she's taught since 2002. As the creator of "Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond Audio Program", a private practice Hypnotherapist, counselor and Depth Hypnosis Practitioner, Rachel is committed to helping her clients and students be who they were born to be. She is known to many as a gifted teacher who offers a tremendous amount of support to her clients and community. Yoga students who are new to Rachel's classes can contact her to attend, as her guest, one of her regularly scheduled prenatal, postnatal or wall-ropes yoga classes at the Jewish Community Center of SF. More information about Childbirth Classes, Hypnotherapy & Depth Hypnosis, Yoga Workshops, and Weekly Yoga Classes, can be found at rachelyellin.com.

Cecilie Herring

Cecilie is a yoga teacher, mother of two, and family therapist. Cecilie's classes create an opportunity for you to dive into your own inner waters on your mat and deepen your connection to yourself and your baby through breath, body and mindful awareness. Cecilie has completed her 200-hour level yoga teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco (IYISF) as well as studied pre and post-natal yoga with Jane Austin. cecilieherringtherapy.com

Soizig Le Boulch

In addition to being a Yoga Teacher and Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Soizig is a Birth Doula, Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner, bodyworker/CMT, self-care educator, & wellness aficionado who loves to tap into and nurture the innate wisdom of the body and support body-mind connection. In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche writes that through meditation and being fully present in each moment, "Slowly you will become a master of your own bliss, a chemist of your own joy, with all sorts of remedies always at hand to elevate, cheer, illuminate, and inspire your every breath and movement." Soizig is on this journey to become a master of her own bliss and a chemist of her own joy. This is why she practices and teaches Yoga and Breema® ("The Art of Being Present"). Her other well-being offerings (TRE®, Self-Breema®, Stress Management, etc.) and birthwork (Doula, Prenatal Balance, "Mother Roasting," etc.) are further expressions of that journey, with the wish to also elevate, cheer, illuminate, and inspire others. To learn more about Soizig, please see Soizig.com.

Verena Rueckert

Verena RYT500, a San Francisco-based Postpartum Doula, brings a unique blend of experience. Verena moved to the Bay Area in 2008 and began a regular yoga practice and found that it helped her regulate her blood sugar and manage her arthritis pain. Inspired by the transformative power of yoga, she felt a calling to deepen her knowledge and share it with others. Verena completed her yoga teacher training in 2020 and has been studying and teaching since, with a focus on gentle but also strengthening practices that are accessible to all. Verena has also studied Raja Yoga, which has deepened her understanding of yoga as a holistic system for spiritual growth and self-realization. With her background in nursing and passion for holistic healing, Verena did the Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist training and brings a unique perspective to her teaching, emphasizing the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. BumblebeeSF.com or IYI SF

Michelle Wing

Michelle Corley Wing is an expert educator, and author, with 24 years' experience working with children and families holding multiple Yoga certifications and a Bachelor's of Science degree from W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. Her globally recognized It's Yoga Kids® education system enables her to promote healthy movement and mindset habits for happy successful children worldwide. In addition to being inspired by the sparkling development of children, she is a friend, wife, and mother of two teenagers (and a cute Havanese pup) who enjoys hiking, tennis, living room dance parties, travel and family time in her favorite city, San Francisco.

Dina

Dina is a dedicated yoga teacher whose work centers on the childbearing year and the family that grows from it. Trained in many forms of yoga, she brings a depth and versatility to her prenatal and postnatal classes and family workshops that meets every body — and every stage of the journey — exactly where it is. Her time serving as a doula gives her teaching an intimate understanding of birth and the postpartum experience, informing practices that build strength, ease common discomforts, and prepare both body and mind for the transformation of parenthood. Above all, Dina is committed to empowering women — helping each student find her own strength, trust her body's wisdom, and connect deeply with her baby and her community. Dina teaches weekly prenatal, postnatal, and kids & family classes at Ocean Yoga in Pacifica.