About Us

        
                                                                        
Dariece Warren took her first yoga class because she needed help with managing stress, wanted relief from back pain and secretly dreamed of touching her toes again.  Many years later she is still practicing and learning and has happily added teaching to her yoga love list.  She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and certified at the 500 hour level.  Dariece has completed numerous teacher trainings in a variety of Hatha Yoga styles including Svastha, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative and Yin. She has studied in the U.S. and in India with A.G. and Indra Mohan, two of Krishnamacharya's students during the last 18 years of his life.  Dariece is currently studying yoga therapy with Dr. Ganesh Mohan through Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda.  She enjoys teaching students of all levels and emphasizes proper alignment and focused breathing in all of her classes so students get the most benefit from each pose and develop greater self-awareness.  In addition to her public classes, she offers private classes and is available for one-to-one or small group sessions.  Dariece is also a practicing Reiki Master in the Usui tradition.  Click here For more information about Reiki.  To schedule a private yoga session or Reiki appointment, please call Dariece at (707) 590-0669 or email dariece@vallejoyoga.com.  


                                                                                                                                  
Rhonda Slota, MA, is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner.  She is a full-time Principal at Napa Valley Adult Education and provides private consultations as well as Ayurveda, Yoga and Meditation workshops in Vallejo and Napa.  She has recorded a meditative CD, "Relaxing Deeply From the Heart." She has practiced Yoga for over 30 years and has overcome the effects of several serious illnesses and continues to manage her health through the practice of Meditation, Yoga and Ayurvedic diet & lifestyle principles. Rhonda is devoted to supporting the healing of self and others at a deep authentic level.

Rhonda completed the coursework and internships for her "Ayurvedic Diet & Lifestyle Counselor Diploma" in 2009 and her "Ayurvedic Practitioner Certification" including Ayur Yoga in 2010 from Mount Madonna Institute's College of Ayurveda where she studied intensively with world renowned masters including Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. R.H. Singh and Dr. John Douillard. Rhonda has completed trainings with Yoga Master teachers in the styles of Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kripalu, Anusara and Restorative. Rhonda's goal is to create a nurturing, positive environment where students are encouraged to learn correct breathing techniques and postures as well as to develop a personal sense of the practice as a pathway to emotional, physical and spiritual growth.  www.rhondasyoga.com

                                                                                                                                    
Bernard Bedeur has practiced yoga for over 20 years and has completed the world renowned 500 hour advanced studies program at the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco.  His class is informative and engaging with clear and precise instruction focusing on posture and body alignment.  The class is open to people of all ages and abilities.  The use of props or supports allows people with limited abilities or confidence to start practicing yoga and progress.  On a personal level yoga has helped Bernard to overcome, and in some cases cure, afflictions and injuries relating to a lifelong career as a craftsman, builder and outdoorsman.  "Yoga has been described as an art, practice, discipline, science and philosophy.  It is all of that and more.  It is a true gift to humanity and allows oneself to retain or regain flexibility and feel great in body and mind." www.heartofthebearyoga.com

                                                                                                                                             
Arlene Ganir-Martinez is a certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher and a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association.  She enjoys teaching yoga to diverse populations and invites her students to use their breath as a way of healing and meditation.  Arlene's yoga journey began in 2005, curious about what yoga was and hoping to get healthier.  Her practice blossomed because of nurturing and supportive yoga teachers at Yoga4Ewa in Hawaii and Savannah Yoga Center in Georgia.  Yoga became a sacred space for Arlene to heal and nourish herself from her career as a social worker.  The more dedicated she was to her yoga practice, the more present she could be for the youth and families she worked with.  In November 2010, Arlene attended yoga teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, and studied under Devarshi Steven Hartman and Megha Nancy Buttenheim.  At Kripalu, she learned how to provide a yoga class experience that can be transformational by integrating body, mind and spirit.  Arlene hopes that you will join her on the journey of yoga, so that you can discover what yoga means to you.