Private yoga lessons aren’t just for celebrities.

I teach private yoga classes to clients who range from teenagers to those receiving AARP mailings to a few celebrities who are regular lovely people.

Whoever you are, I support you with customized lessons to help you move smarter and maximize your mobility, so you feel good, heal, and remain injury-free. Sessions happen online via Zoom or in-person (in the Pasadena area).

Private yoga instruction is ideal for you if:

  • You’re a busy professional or entrepreneur who doesn’t have the time or inclination to attend a public yoga class.

  • You’re a parent who is struggling to carve out restorative “me” time.

  • You are navigating an illness or recovering from a procedure. Yoga therapy offers gentle movement, intelligent strength building, and conscious rest to support your body's natural healing process.

  • You’re an amateur athlete who wants to enhance performance, prevent sports injuries, and decrease recovery time between trainings or events.

  • Your life feels anxious and stressful and you’re ready to slow down and integrate resiliency and a yoga mindset into how you approach personal or professional challenges.

  • You’re navigating a big transition (such as retirement, new career, relocation, loss of partner, or an “empty nest”) and desire to reconnect with yourself so the next life chapter feels on purpose.

  • You’re motivated to change habits that have weighed you down for far too long.

 

Let me help you turn even the most hectic home or busy office into a sacred space for yoga.

With me by your side, you’ll build a positive and nurturing relationship where real transformation can occur. I have deep knowledge of classical yoga, anatomy, and biomechanics which means private lessons are specifically designed for your needs—with appropriate modifications, sequences and poses to help bring your body into a state of optimal health and balance.

You DO have the space to do this. I can help you find that place of ease and calm.

  • Accelerated Progress: See positive physical changes faster with personalized instruction tailored to your unique needs and pace, compared to a large group class setting.

  • Unlimited Q&A: Ask as many questions as needed to gain a deeper understanding of yoga practices and their benefits.

  • In-Depth Attention: We'll dedicate ample time to address your specific concerns, ensuring you feel comfortable and confident in each pose or practice.

  • Medical Expertise: I understand medical terminology and can read medical reports to customize a safe and effective practice that complements your treatment plan (if applicable).

  • Compassionate Guidance: My extensive experience with diverse injuries and conditions allows me to offer personalized care and empathy tailored to your specific needs.

  • Targeted Focus: We'll prioritize the yoga philosophy and practices that offer the most immediate and long-term support for your current goals and well-being.

  • Evolving Practice: Your needs will change over time, and our sessions will adapt to ensure you continue to experience progress and growth on your yoga journey.

  • Teacher Vulnerability: My personal experiences with infertility, breast cancer recovery, injuries, and eating disorder allow me to connect with you on a deeper level and provide compassionate guidance based on real-life experience. This doesn't mean every client will have the same journey, but I understand challenges and resilience.

  • Accountability Partner: Private sessions offer a supportive environment that gently holds you accountable to your practice goals. I will keep your timeslot sacred and will be there at the same time every week to support you.

  • Intuition-Led Instruction: With my full focus on you, I can utilize my evidence-based experience and intuition to design sessions that meet you exactly where you are physically, emotionally, and spiritually, with no pre-planning needed.

Looking to boost your energy? Find deeper relaxation? Quite a busy mind? Manage pain or discomfort? Recover from stress or trauma? Restore a sense of balance?

Yoga can help! Your practice will be tailored to meet your unique needs and whatever life throws your way.

Additional specialties for personalized yoga lessons:

  • Yoga Therapy

    Yoga Therapy empowers individuals toward good health and wellbeing. It also facilitates practices to help individuals facing physical and mental health challenges manage their conditions. Yoga Therapy can reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve emotional fortitude. Practice may include physical postures, breath work, meditation, mantra, restorative practice, and other techniques.

  • Functional Movement

    Functional movements are the moves you do in your daily life. Functional movement training builds strength holistically, working several muscle groups at once, developing important stabilizer muscles, improving coordination, and sharpening neuromuscular control. If you want to become lean, fit, and toned, functional workouts are the way to go. Move your body how the human body is meant to move.

  • Yoga Tune Up®

    Yoga Tune Up® is a therapeutic, yoga-inspired class that eases pain, improves posture and enhances performance. Yoga Tune Up® classes include guided self-massage (self-myofascial release/SMR) with therapy balls, which release tension in the nervous system and the body’s fascia system. They are fun, healing, and appropriate for all ages and fitness levels.

  • Classical Yoga

    I teach yoga to all levels and ages, from teenagers to seniors. My sweet spot is teaching the foundations of yoga deeply. I also instruct athletes who want to heal or prevent sports injuries, enhance their athletic performance, and decrease recovery time between trainings or events. I love individual instruction because it enables me freely and fully create a practice that meets your unique needs.

Alongside prescribed medical treatments, I help students safely integrate yoga into their well-being routines. I'm actively involved in groundbreaking research at Caltech, exploring the connection between yoga and mental health.

 
 

3-Pack Private Yoga Intro Special | $400

Includes:

• One 90-minute intake session with practice
• Two 60-minute practices
• Online via Zoom or Live within 15-minute travel from Pasadena
• For best results, all classes must be used within 6 weeks 

I offer single classes, class series (60 min/session), and a focused six week yoga and mobility intensive. Get in touch below. I’d love to know how I can support your wellbeing.

 
“Gwen was very patient and calming as I slowly learned to listen to my breath, follow my instinct, and to go to my edge rather than beyond. Her approach is nothing like what I expected, and it has really turned into something highly unique to me and my personal needs on a session-by-session basis.

I’m now able to sit on the floor on my knees with no problem, and can easily get right back up. 

Plus my wife says I now have a butt.”
— Damon | Altadena CA

  • “I used to be a fairly athletic guy, but life just got in the way after having a family. When I started yoga with Gwen, my knees were sore, I had an old shoulder injury, back & hip pain from years of commuting, and a general lack of flexibility or tone. I remember telling Gwen I just wanted to be able to sit on the floor, knees folded underneath me again. 

    I had attended one or two group yoga classes over the years and enjoyed the general feeling I had, yet it was never enough to get me to attend regularly. I'm pretty sure I told Gwen I wasn't in good enough shape to exercise regularly, and that was what prevented me from exercising regularly... we'd cemented our relationship with a laugh from the start. 

    I'll spare the narrative on the sweat, pain, and frustration that initially plagued my mental hurdles in trying this new thing. The old competitive, can-do-it-must-push-through was challenged from the start. 

    Gwen was very patient and calming as I slowly learned to listen to my breath, follow my instinct, and to go to my edge rather than beyond. Her approach is nothing like what I expected, and it has really turned into something highly unique to me and my personal needs on a session-by-session basis.

    I'm now able to sit on the floor on my knees with no problem, and can easily get right back up. 

    Our practice crosses the gamut from therapeutic, restorative work to a focus on me enjoying that athleticism I once thought I'd never regain. With the strengthening and coordination we've also been able to decrease pain and bring relief and balance to old injuries. Most of all, our sessions are fun because Gwen has a wicked sense of humor. But she stays focused on the session, and respects that personal focus time she knows is good for me. Very much the master, and I am eternally grateful. 

    And my wife says I now have a butt.”

    —Damon | Altadena