JOE SAPENA (HE/HIM)

Alignment-based

Joe began his personal yoga practice at 62 years of age using the method inspired by BKS Iyengar. In 2013, he graduated from the Berkeley Yoga Room's 500-hour Advanced Studies Program. He then started teaching at numerous yoga studios and hospitals in the East Bay, as well as the Hayward Area Recreation Department's Aikens Senior Center and the Castro Valley and San Lorenzo public libraries. He is committed to yoga as community service and believes in the healing and sustaining power of yoga for himself, his family, and his community. He is also a certified Yoga for Healthy Aging instructor and a Yoga 12-Step Recovery Class teacher.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR YOGA CLASSES AT PRANA?

Alignment based with an attention to breath.

  • No I would prefer that our focus be centered on our breath and finding the calmness inside of our practice.

  • My practice has helped me to respond to life in a state of balance and calm when confronted with lifes changes. This place of peace sustains me.

  • Light on Yoga By BKS Iyengar,The Yoga Sutras ofPatanjali By Sri Swami Satchidananda, The Heart of Yoga developing a personal Practice by TKV Desikachar and Awakening The inner Body By Donald Moyer and books by many others.

  • I love being a part of my students spiritual journeys which is what our practice is ultimately all about.

  • Siddhasana- Meditation pose