
WELCOME
Move and flow with ease

Hello and bonjour!
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I am a French-American Certified Yoga Instructor, and I've been a yoga student and practitioner for over 25 years. My main styles are Vinyasa Flow and Yin. My teaching focuses on improving functional movement, increasing mobility, balance, strength, flexibility and stability.
I like to bring a sense of fluidity in sequences that open the body, heart and mind to help relieve stress and tension and increase energy flow.
After moving to San Francisco from Philadelphia in 1995, I became a Kung Fu/Tai Chi Master in the style of 8-Step Preying Mantis. Then I tried a yoga class at Iyengar Institute and loved it. After that, I studied several styles of yoga, including Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram, Aerial, Vinyasa Flow, and Yin Yoga.
I grew up bilingual in French and English and raised a family in Marin County, CA. I taught Vinyasa Flow in Lyon, France, and led yoga retreats in Provence, France and Andalusia, Spain.
CLASS SCHEDULE 2023
ParkpointHealthClub (Sonoma)
MONDAYS
3 pm - 4 pm Gentle Flow Yoga
TUESDAYS
8 am - 9 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Aqua Fitness (through Sept 26)
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WEDNESDAYS
8 am - 9 am Flow Yoga
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OsherMarinJCC (San Rafael)
THURSDAYS
12 pm - 1 pm Vinyasa Flow Yoga
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Yoga for Everybody
6 pm - 7 pm Aqua Fitness
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(Pilates/Gyrotonics/Yoga)
SUNDAYS
9 am-10 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga
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(at The Lodge at Sonoma Resort)
MONDAYS
10:45 am - 11:45 am CoreFlow
THURSDAYS
8 am - 9 am Morning Yoga
SUNDAYS
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Restorative Yoga (rotating instructors)
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RESORTS & SPAS
Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts Collection (Napa)
MONDAYS
8:30 am - 9:30 am Aqua Fitness
WEDNESDAYS
5 pm - 6 pm Aqua Fitness
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​Four Seasons Resort & Residences Napa Valley (Calistoga)
FRIDAYS
8:30 am - 9:30 am Vinyasa Flow Yoga
9:45 am - 10:45 am Gentle Flow with Meditation
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SATURDAYS
8:30 am- 9:30 am Vinyasa FlowYoga
9:45 am - 10:45 am Aqua Fitness
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(Four Seasons classes scheduled through FITNVGroupFitness, St Helena)
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Yoga, sculpting, and aqua fitness classes scheduled as needed at the following resorts through DWS
(Donavan Wellness Solutions) in Calistoga:
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Solage, Auberge du Soleil, Indian Springs,
Carneros, Meritage, Alila, Silverado
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I am also available for private 1:1 or small group classes/events in your home or private setting.
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MEET VALERIE

KALIYOGA RETREATS
I had the great fortune to be the Yoga Instructor for Kaliyoga in 2021, leading Vinyasa Flow classes and meditation in the mornings, and Yin Yoga in the evenings. Kaliyoga is a beautiful yoga retreat center in the Andalusian mountains of southern Spain that offers yoga, hiking, vegetarian meals, nurturing staff and massage and alternative healing therapists, and a pool and infrared sauna. I would recommend Kaliyoga for anyone looking for a yoga getaway in the mountains, surrounded by bird and donkey sounds, great people, and olive, pomegranate, and fig trees.
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakens."