Our Instructors
Robert Gray MA
Born 1960 Sacramento CA
1979-1984 U.S Navy Seabees
1985-1990 B.A. Architecture UC Berkeley
1994 Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Room Berkeley
1996 Opened Park Boulevard Yoga Center.
1999 MA Spirituality and Culture, Holy Names University.
Robert Gray has been a student of yoga and eastern philosophy for over thirty years. After being honorably discharged from the Navy Seabees in 1984, Robert began a period of higher education. He obtained a Bachelors degree in Architecture from U. C. Berkeley in 1989. During a downturn in the economy and at the urging of his primary teacher, Rodney Yee, Robert obtained his certificate to teach from the 1994 Yoga Room Teacher Training program. Robert has studied Asana and Pranayama extensively with Manuso Manos, and Tony Briggs. From the foundation of B.K.S. Iyengar, Robert has expanded his understanding of the physical and the spiritual with his MA from Holy Names College in Culture and Spirituality. This degree blended the wisdom of indigenous peoples, the insights of the eastern and western mystics, the sciences of evolution and cosmology. The academic portion of the degree was grounded with a daily practice of ritual and art making.
Robert has a passionate teaching style tempered with a solid foundation of respect and kindness. He is available for private posture instruction, meditation guidance, and the creation of specific routines for injuries and illnesses. Rates for private work vary from $95 to $105 per hour depending on time and location.
"I feel that through the practice of yoga postures one can travel to the edges of human perception. One can also use the knowledge of yoga postures to get a good nights sleep, or recover from an illness. Both the inner and outer journey require a strong and peaceful vessel. In my beginning classes a foundation of physical skills are established. These foundation skills are strong intelligent legs, contained but supple belly and waist, and an ability to lift the spine without excess shoulder tension. By attempting to understand the physical skills the mind is gently taught to focus in a steady way. With these basic capacities great progress can be made towards an integrated body and mind. "
For more articles by Robert Gray Please follow these links:
Sound and Silence
Out of the Unknown
Feed Your Soul
To visit Robert's other sites please click these links Robert Gray Art, and Man of Action Handyman Services.
Amelia Pudoff
510.434.6496
Amelia’s love of yoga and anatomy shines in her mindful movement classes. She teaches with props, clear communication, and a positive and caring manner. Amelia wants people to walk away from their yoga practice feeling better equipped to get the most out of their lives, feeling physically stronger and more agile, and also mentally ready to handle the good and bad with grace.
When Amelia is not teaching she is spending time with her husband and three young children (and a fourth on the way!). They have taught her just how important it is to slow down, destress, and keep a playful attitude all throughout the day.
Amelia did a 200 hour teacher training course in 2011 and studied prenatal and postpartum yoga at Yoga Garden in San Francisco. She completed her 500 hour certification at The Yoga Room in Berkeley, CA in 2016. She continues to study as a forever student with many wonderful teachers both within the yoga community as well as other mindful movement practices. Amelia teaches diverse moving classes that are challenging with a range of modifications to accommodate a range of levels.