A Journey to Wellness and Empowerment through Menstrual Cycle Awareness and Embodied Feminine Wisdom.

An 8-week virtual workshop/women’s circle for menstrual cycle awareness and wellness. Whether you want to soothe painful periods, regulate the length of your cycle, or just come to a deeper relationship with your body's cyclical nature, this workshop is for you.

Interested in learning more? Please sign up for the waitlist below to find out about the next session.

Testimonials from past workshops:

“Jenna harmoniously combines the science and spirituality of the menstrual cycle in a way that is not only easy to digest, but makes you want to learn more. Her passion and knowledge for the subject shines through in both the way she organizes the material and also in how she addresses the individuality of each members journey. I also thoroughly appreciated the community of it all and knowing that once a week I would be part of a group of women that were there to support each other without judgment.” - Melissa

“When I first learned that Jenna would be hosting a Cycle on Embracing Your Cycle, I signed up immediately. I’ve been interested in living more in harmony with my cycle for some time as a means of controlling my endometriosis symptoms, and Jenna’s class really took my basic understanding of such principles to another level! I loved how she reinforced what I had learned about foods to eat for different phases of your cycle, but also introduced me to Ayurvedic principles and how they play into loving yourself and your cycle more by leaning into things you WANT to do and learning to say no to things sometimes, too. Would highly recommend!” - Hana

“I loved this workshop so much, not just because Jenna put together thoughtful lectures to share more about our menstrual cycles and how to live a more balanced life, but for the amazing community she created. I looked forward to connecting with the women in the group every week, sharing our experiences and learning together.” -Cassie

“Going through this Embrace Your Cycle workshop with Jenna was such a thoughtful and beautifully curated experience. I felt like we combined science and ancient wisdom with a hint of tuning in to our inner witch. I left each session feeling more grounded and validated and in tune with my body. I think this knowledge is applicable for all ages and I would love to give my 2 younger daughters this type of education to embrace and love their bodies and cycles when that time comes! This workshop was such a gift and I can’t recommend it highly enough.” -Allison

Prenatal Partner Yoga -

This workshop is a great opportunity for partners to connect in preparation for birth and parenthood. We will explore; yoga sequence and postures that could be useful during labor and delivery, calming breath work, meditation, and massage techniques. This 1.5 hour class is a great resource for both partners to feel more confident, relaxed, and united both on the mat and afterwards. 

Prenatal Partner Yoga -

This workshop is a great opportunity for partners to connect in preparation for birth and parenthood. We will explore; yoga sequence and postures that could be useful during labor and delivery, calming breath work, meditation, and massage techniques. This 1.5 hour class is a great resource for both partners to feel more confident, relaxed, and united both on the mat and afterwards. 

Western science is finally now coming to understand something yogis have understood for centuries; the power of our breath. Learning to breathe more effectively can influence mental and physical well-being. Various breathing techniques allow us to hack into our own nervous system, control our immune response, and restore our health. Changing how we breathe will even help us live longer. 

Pranayama is the practice of yogic breathing. In this workshop we will explore various types of pranayama; natural breath, ujjayi, nadi shodhana, voluma breath and their benefits. This 2 hours class will include theory &  explanation, a gentle asana practice to prepare the body for breathing and pranayama. Come deepen your yoga practice and learn how you can utilize your breath to encourage focus, relieve stress and improve your life. 

Come in comfortable clothes that you can practice in, bring a notebook if you would like to take notes, water, and a mat. 

“No matter what we eat, how much we exercise, how resilient our genes are, how skinny or young or wise we are—none of it will matter unless we’re breathing correctly. That’s what these researchers discovered. The missing pillar in health is breath. It all starts there.” -James Nestor, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Not sure what to do for Valentine's Day? Join Danica and me for a playful class this Valentine's Day. Explore fun partner pilates and yoga postures with your friend, lover, or significant other. Celebrate love with us this Sunday at 4-5p PST from the safety of your own home.

In astrology, the new moon represents new beginnings. The new moon is the start of the new lunar cycle, the perfect time to reflect back on the past month and think about how we want to move forward intentionally into the future.

In this class, we will harness the energy of the new moon to set powerful intentions for the coming lunar cycle. This time is potent for reflecting on what we need or want more of in our lives. The class will emphasize gentle backbends and lateral side body extension so that you feel open and spacious and full of life. We will start with all levels of vinyasa flow and end with relaxing restorative postures to get you ready for sleep.

Do you carry your stress and tension in the upper back, shoulders, neck? If so, this Yoga Tune Up® workshop: De-Stress Your Shoulders is for you! Yoga Tune Up® (YTU) is a conscious corrective exercise format influenced by Yoga and myo-fascial release techniques that improves overall strength, flexibility and coordination. 

This workshop will begin with a self-­massage, to target the upper back, shoulders, neck and face, utilizing Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls. After you will be guided through playful and challenging techniques that will create spaciousness in the joints of your upper-body, while relieving stiffness, and increasing mobility in upper back, neck, and shoulders. We will end with breathing, meditation, and restorative postures to deeply calm the nervous system and relax the body and mind. Learn how to use the Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls to relieve your body of chronic tension. Discover simple yet valuable self-care techniques in this accessible YTU workshop that’s appropriate for all experience levels.

This workshop will benefit those who:
● Suffer from chronic pain, stiffness and tension
● Have an active lifestyle and want to increase performance and recovery time
● Anyone who spends the majority of their time seated at work
● Those who wish they had the time or resources to get a daily massage
● Fitness professionals that overuse and abuse their muscles and need some TLC
● Effective ancillary practice for chiropractic work and ART

Yoga Tune Up® (YTU) is a conscious corrective exercise format that improves overall strength, flexibility and coordination making it possible to work-out SMARTER, SAFER, and LONGER.

This workshop will begin with a self-massage utilizing Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls. After you will be guided through playful and challenging techniques that will create spaciousness in the joints, while relieving stiffness, and increasing mobility. Learn how to use the Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls to relieve your body of chronic tension. Discover simple yet valuable self-care techniques in this accessible Intro YTU workshop that’s appropriate for all experience levels.

This workshop will benefit those who:
● Suffer from chronic pain, stiffness and tension
● Have an active lifestyle and want to increase performance and recovery time
● Anyone who spends the majority of their time seated at work
● Those who wish they had the time or resources to get a daily massage
● Fitness professionals that overuse and abuse their muscles and need some TLC
● Effective ancillary practice for chiropractic work and ART

Free People Movement Event ~ I am so excited to be partnering with Free People in Walnut Creek to put on a special FREE class designed to harness the energy of the full moon for transformation. During the full moon lunar energy is most abundant and luminous, we can utilize this energy for our own inner work. 

We will begin the class in a circle to connect, chant, and do a short self-reflective meditation. After we will move through a all-level gentle flow yoga class, focused on twists and hip-openers. The evening will conclude in circle with a full moon meditation and a ceremony to release unhelpful or toxic thoughts, habits, or ways of being, so that we might move into the new moon phase feeling cleansed and full of gratitude. 

Please bring a journal and pen, something for the altar, yoga mats + blankets to be provided 

This class will be centered around twists, to detox and purify, and back bends, to open and activate the heart. We will reflect back on 2018, appreciate the lessons, love, laughs, and also acknowledge the hardship and identify obstacles that held us back. This class will be about gratitude for all that we learned in the past year and letting go of those things, habits, thoughts, and emotions that are no longer serving us, so that we might make room for what’s new in 2019. All Levels Vinyasa Flow.

Come join us to dive deeper into Yoga through study. Each month we invite you to read the selected book and join Jenna Maryn Mitchell to expand and deepen our understanding of Yoga and strengthen our yoga community. At U & The Mat, part of our mission is to foster a supportive and welcoming community so join us at our monthly Yoga Book Club.

Yoga Body by Mark Singleton

1st half of book discussion Sunday, April 15th at 5:30-6:15p
2nd half of book discussion Sunday,  May 13th at 5:30-6:15p

Join me and Master Teacher, Richard Rosen as we discuss Yoga Body by Mark Singleton for Book Club at You and the Mat Oakland Please come to join the community and add to the discussion. Stay after for Candlelight Flow Yoga at 6:30-7:45p with me.

Come join us to dive deeper into Yoga through study. Each month we invite you to read the selected book and join Jenna Maryn Mitchell to expand and deepen our understanding of Yoga and strengthen our yoga community. At U & The Mat, part of our mission is to foster a supportive and welcoming community so join us at our monthly Yoga Book Club.

Yoga Body by Mark Singleton

1st half of book discussion Sunday, April 15th at 5:30-6:15p
2nd half of book discussion Sunday,  May 13th at 5:30-6:15p

Join me and Master Teacher, Richard Rosen as we discuss Yoga Body by Mark Singleton for Book Club at You and the Mat Oakland Please come to join the community and add to the discussion. Stay after for Candlelight Flow Yoga at 6:30-7:45p with me.

Join me as we dive into surya namaskara, sanskrit for sun salutations. This workshop will discuss the history of sun salutes, the benefits of flow, and how to flow safely with greater ease and proper alignment. This workshop is perfect for students who take vinyasa flow classes already and would like to gain a deeper understanding, as well as, people who are newer to the practice and want to start off on the right foot. We will explore the fundamentals of flow, break down the alignment of the individual postures in the sun salutation like downdog, updog, chatturanga etc... and then putting them all together for an focused and inspiring flow session full of breath, movement, and a short mediation. 

Call (510) 999-9757 to sign up.

Special Easter Sunday Class ~ Come Celebrate Spring

Join us for a one-hour all levels yoga class for the whole family. This fun and engaging class will explore individual, and partner yoga poses, cooperative games, breathing and relaxation exercises. Development of self-expression and body-awareness will also be taught in a non-competitive, fun environment. Students will develop their own strength, flexibility, and focus, while together bonding as a family. Students of all ages and yoga experience welcome, all children must be accompanied by a guardian.

For more information call 510-671-1717