Yoga, Meditation, Stress Reduction

Ongoing Yoga classes and Workshops offered at the Blue Elephant Yoga & Mindfulness Center - a yoga and meditation center co-founded by John Rettger, a staff member in the Stanford School of Medicine.

Blue Elephant Yoga & Mindfulness Center
744 San Antonio Rd. Ste. 19B
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Class & Workshop Schedule Below, for more info: blueelephantyoga.com or call:

John Rettger, RYT
Co-Founder & Teacher
650-930-0170

Private Individual & Small Group Instruction available at our studio or in your home or office.

Monday

7:45-8:45 am Yoga Thirty-Thirty, John Rettger

Tuesday

4:30-5:45 pm Restorative with Hot Stones, John Rettger

Thursday

8:30-9:45 pm Restorative with Hot Stones, John Rettger

Friday

12:00-1:00 pm Gentle Flow, John Rettger

Workshop Links

Tuesday

6:00-7:30 pm Yoga for Beginners, John Rettger

A 4-week workshop starting the 1st Tuesday of every month. Next class start: 6/7

Thursday

6:15-8:15 pm Mindfulness and Yoga-Based Transformation, Praveen and John

A 4-week workshop starting the 1st Thursday of every month.

About John:

John Rettger, Ph.D. Candidate, RYT

John is a graduate of Yoga Tree San Francisco's 200-hour teacher training program where he studied under the guidance of Les Leventhal, Elise Lorimer, Stacey Rosenberg, Christopher Tompkins, Jason Crandell, Jane Austin, and his mentor, Darren Main among many other amazing teachers. In addtion to completing yoga teacher training, John completed a 7-day Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training retreat in early 2009 with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli of the UMASS Medical Center.

John's teaching and practice are influenced by yoga philosophy, as well as his current dissertation research on psychospiritual integration in the context of a mindfulness and yoga-based approach to stress reduction and well-being enhancement at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. John will be awarded the Ph.D. early this June. John is a co-founder and teacher at Blue Elephant Yoga & Mindfulness Center in Palo Alto, CA. In addition, John teaches Restorative Yoga at Yoga Source Palo Alto & Be Yoga, and occasionally subs Prenatal Yoga at Day One Center in Palo Alto. John continues to be inspired by his study of spirituality and psychology, and also enjoys capturing his yoga experiences through poetry. John is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance.

Off the mat, John works as a research assistant and lab manager in the Stanford University Early Life Stress Research Program. In addition, John has completed more than 2000 hours as a pre-doctoral clinical psychology intern at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology's Community Center for Health & Wellness.