Private and Group Yoga and Fitness Classes in Los Altos By Faranak

Whether new to the yoga game, needing rehabilitation from an injury, or just wanting to take your practice to the next level, one on one instruction could help you reach your goals. Beginners can feel overwhelmed in typical public class settings, It can seem difficult to keep up and personal flexibility might require a little work. For beginners, taking private lessons to get the basics right is a great strategy. Even if you have been practicing yoga for a long time, and you just want to take your practice to the next level, private classes are for you. As a certified personal trainer, Faranak can also design a customized strength and flexibility program based on your needs and requirements.

Corporate / office, or school (PreK-12) yoga and meditation classes have the ability to help employees and students strengthen their body and calm their mind. Yoga increases mental clarity, which aids concentration and memory, and steadies the emotions.

Yoga for Lower Back

Yoga is a powerful tool for relieving back pain as well as teaching us how to mobilize, align and strengthen this area. This class is designed for all students who need careful attention given to their lower back, hips and pelvis. Faranak will address how to adapt certain yoga poses for a wide variety of lower back conditions and give a series of therapeutic yoga poses for a variety of lower back conditions.

Couple’s Workshop

This is the time for rejuvenation of our hearts and minds as a couple. Use this time together as an opportunity to strengthen your bond. No experience is required, this 1.5 hr. workshop is designed with some fun easy movements to bring couples closer, and to renew their appreciation for each other.

Yoga for Neck, Shoulders and Upper Back 

Do you suffer from stress and chronic tension in your neck, shoulders and upper back? Do you literally have a big pain in the neck? Does it feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? This is an ideal workshop to relieve tension, and tightness in your neck, shoulders and upper back, and you will also understand some of the underlying causes, and increase your awareness about this entire region.

Yoga therapy movements integrate the whole body whilst focusing on the problem areas. I will walk you through Yoga movements and breath awareness. All movements and techniques are designed to help you increase your awareness about this area of the body so you can manage the pain and to promote healthier upper back, neck and shoulders.

The goal is to strengthen weak muscles, release chronic contractions, stabilize joints, increase mobility and flexibility, and improve your posture.

Thank you for your interest in enhancing your Yoga practice and improving your wellness. My name is Faranak Parsi (RYT, CPT, AFFA, Reiki II, Mat Pilates, BS/CS), and I specialize in bringing relief for chronic hip, knee, shoulder, and neck joints.

I came to yoga to find work life balance and I realized what I’ve been missing all my life. Yoga is a mind body practice that leaves you feeling completely serene and energized at the same time. I believe Yoga heals people at so many levels. I have personally witnessed many different transformations through Yoga. I want to help people who are working in stressful jobs to find balance in their lives… I’m committed to helping people finding work-life balance. Your wellness will not only impact you, it will also impact your families and how you view life.

In the face of yoga’s growing commercialism, my mission is to preserve the purity of the discipline, and to teach the true essence of yoga to my students. In every class, I teach awareness, form, fun, alignment and mindfulness. My style of teaching is very personable, and I like to customize the practice around each student’s individual needs.

I have 19 years of experience teaching private, and group classes at yoga studios, fitness clubs, spas, companies, non-profits, virtual, yoga retreats, and guest speaker at conferences. My specialty is full joint mobility, and functional strength. if you want to learn yoga, and invite a bit more work life balance in your life, I would love to be your coach and mentor in this awesome journey.

I teach traditional Hatha yoga, inspired by Iyengar Yoga, and Yoga Therapy practices. I believe in using traditional Asana (physical poses), Pranayama (breathing exercises), and Theraputic Chakra (energy centers in the body) practices to transform people from inside out. I specialize in chronic hip, knee, shoulder, and general joint pain. My sessions are usually 1:1, or small groups of 3-6, the sessions are totally customized to client’s needs. I can travel to your home or we can meet at my yoga studio in Los Altos. During each session, I use therapeutic Asanas for targeted joints, breathing, mindfulness, and meditation to create balance in key energy centers in the body.

• ERYT500 – Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with 500 Hr. of teacher training
• CPT – Certified Personal Trainer from National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM)
• Ayurveda for Yoga Professionals – Course completion
• Certified Mat Pilates Instructor
• A humble heart
• First and second degree Reiki – Certified Reiki Practitioner
• AFFA – Certified Group Exercise Instructor
• Deep desire to help people
• Bachelor’s of Computer Science and Math – San Jose State University