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Come for the yoga, leave with the bliss


I practice and lead yoga classes in Santa Cruz, California. My aim is to explore dynamic ways to enhance strength, coordination, flexibility, balance and mobility. Along the way we’ll awaken the core, ignite inner fire
and activate prana (vital life force).







About Tim



For me, yoga is multifaceted, transformative and endlessly challenging. It asks us to strengthen, bend and shape our body, control our breath, occasionally defy gravity and love ourselves just as we are. It also connects us
to our infinite divine power – power to shift our focus and capacity for change.

I have had the great privilege of learning from a luminous circle of teachers, friends, mentors and places. Along the way I discovered that Yoga wasn’t just a thing I was doing, or teaching, or studying. It became the lens of my life;
the philosophy, the practice, the breath. It was also the catalyst that upended just about everything. Om namah shivaya.

The opportunity to merge yoga with my nonprofit work as the Executive Director of 
Grey Bears has cultivated many benefits in serving our community. My classes offer a dynamic blend of movement, strength, sweat and stillness designed to simply bring us more fully into each present moment. And hopefully
someplace even deeper.









Schedule


I am not currently teaching public classes.








What Students Say




I wanted to start the New Year by thanking you for all of the yoga classes you have taught. They have helped me through so much over the last several years. Thank you for your guidance and your practice!”






I love Tim’s yoga classes! They’re fun, sweaty, invigorating, with insights and humor. I recommend Tim for new to seasoned yogis.






Tim’s classes have helped expand and deepen my practice. I love his approach to yoga – physically challenging and reverential, and I always leave feeling better, stronger and more open.






Musings from my blog


Thoughts on yoga and life…


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