– WORKSHOPS –
Zoom links for online classes will be sent to you close to the Workshop date.
ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM 2026
Anatomy II with Kinesiology
with Sandy Zirulnik
Mondays, March 2 - May 4 | 5:45 - 7:15 pm
10 classes/ $340
Offered as a stand-alone module or as a part of the Advanced Studies Program
Prerequisite: Anatomy 1 or permission of instructor
From the moment of birth, we are residents of our physical bodies. Yoga Functional Anatomy explores this reality in the context of breath, structure, and movement. I invite y ou to join me in a spirit of curiosity, exploration, and collaboration as we consider what we can feel and what we can see as it applies to human anatomy relative to yoga practice. We will take a deeper look at how muscles work, the relationship of the nervous system to movement, fascia, diverse bodies, and balance. This course presents engaging and appropriate learning, whether anatomy is part of your daily life or you haven’t taken a science course since middle school. We will learn elements to immediately deepen yoga practice. It’s been a while? A good opportunity to refresh your relationship to your body if you have previously studied Anatomy.
The ten weekly sessions will include a combination of presentation, discussion, and anatomy topics coordinated with and preparatory to specific asana teachings related to future modules of The Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies Program. This includes physical landmarks, bones and joints/muscles/soft tissue, and movement practice relevant to families of asanas such as back bends, forward folds, and twists.
Original course material will be provided in a .pdf format, along with selected reading from Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews. You will have the opportunity to create individual and team presentations, gaining familiarity with concepts of anatomy.
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Sandy Zirulnik, E-RYT 500, YACEP, leads yoga classes that explore structure, movement, strength, and balance through the practice of asanas, breathing awareness, and the study of anatomy. Classes are enjoyable and appropriate for students of all ages and interests. Sandy worked in healthcare administration for nine years, during which time he designed several anatomy training programs for allied health workers. He also teaches anatomy and physiology courses for Yoga Advanced Studies programs. Sandy began studying Yoga in 1998 and graduated from The Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies Program.
Headstand and Shoulderstand Variations
with Mary Lou Weprin
Saturday, May 9 | 2:00 - 4:30 pm
$60 (in person and on Zoom)
Join us for a rounded practice which will focus on headstand and shoulderstand variations. We will practice various warm-ups and preparations for each inversion, and then take time to observe and practice variations. Participants will be encouraged to practice according to their needs, using props and the wall.
The class will include the following poses:
Salamba Sirsasana I (Headstand)
Eka Pada (One leg down)
Parsvaika Pada (One leg to the side)
Parsva Sirsasana (Twist with both legs together)
Parivrttaika Pada Sirsasana (Twist with one leg forward, one back)
Urdhva Padmasana in Sirsasana (Lotus in Headstand)
Salamba Sarvangasana I (Shoulderstand)
Eka Pada
Parsvaika Pada
Parsva Sarvangasana (one or two legged backbend pivot over 1 hand supporting the sacrum)
Baddha Konasana in Sarvangasana
Halasana
Parsva Halasana
Karnipidasana
This class is for ongoing Level 2–5 students at The Yoga Room, those in the Advanced Studies Program, or by permission from the instructor.
In person space is limited. Please contact Mary Lou at mweprin@comcast.net to reserve a space.
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Mary Lou Weprin has taught classes, workshops and intensives at The Yoga Room since 1980 and enjoys supporting the practice community in their endeavors.
ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM 2026
Practice of Backbends
with Gay White
Tuesdays, May 12 - June 23 | 5:45 - 7:15 pm
7 classes/ $224
Backbends restore a normal spinal curve and strengthen the back muscles. They open the chest, stimulate the nervous system and increase vitality. This class is meant to deepen our understanding of backbends and explore different ways of practicing them.
Practice of Backbends is open to current Advanced Studies Program Students, ASP Graduates, teachers and interested practitioners.
Payment is directly to the instructor on or before the first class. Registered students will receive an email with information on how to pay.
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Gay White, Director of The Yoga Room and Co-Director of The Yoga Room's Advanced Studies Program, has taught yoga in the Bay Area since 1991. Gay's classes and workshops are dedicated to alignment and awareness in a safe and joyful mixed-level learning community.
ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM 2026
Yoga Functional Anatomy 2
with Sandy Zirulnik
8-week summer series
Monday/Tuesday June 22, 23, 29, 30 July 6, 7, 13, 14
5:45 - 7:15 pm
$380 for series, includes 1 year subscription to “Muscles & Motion” Yoga Anatomy app ($40, normally $89)
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Offered as a stand-alone module or as a part of the Advanced Studies Program
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Prerequisite Anatomy 1 or permission of Instructor
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Required for ASP Certification; this course will not be offered again in 2026/27
Anatomy – The Structures
Physiology – How It Works
Kinesiology – How We Move
Take a deeper dive into Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology for Yoga practice. We will look at how body systems work together, how muscles and joints move, the relationship of the nervous system to movement and balance. The course presents engaging and appropriate learning, whether anatomy is part of your daily life or you haven’t taken a science course since middle school. We will study elements to immediately deepen Yoga practice. Has it been a while? This is a good opportunity to refresh your relationship with your body.
The sessions will include a combination of presentation, discussion, anatomy topics, and movement, coordinated with specific asana teachings in the second-year of Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies Program. Original course material will be provided in a .pdf format, along with selected reading from Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews. This course will not be offered again in 2026.
For more information or to register, email Sandy Z: mailto:szir@earthlink.net
– INTENSIVES –
MEMORIAL DAY INTENSIVE
with Gay White
Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24, 2026
mornings 10:00 am - 12:00 pm / afternoons 2:00 - 4:00 pm
$240 (in-person and on Zoom)
Join me for two days of practice as we move into the summer months. The more active morning sessions will open the body and establish a sense of stillness, balance and groundedness through standing poses, supported backbends and twisting postures. The quieter afternoon sessions will encourage turning inward with gentle inversions, reclining work, restorative poses and pranayama. Intensives allow us to go into a deeper kind of practice with four connected classes.
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Gay White, Director of The Yoga Room and Co-Director of The Yoga Room's Advanced Studies Program, has taught yoga in the Bay Area since 1991. Gay's classes and workshops are dedicated to alignment and awareness in a safe and joyful mixed-level learning community.