Celebrating over 11 years in the industry, Analisa brings a background that includes functional strength and conditioning, sport specific training, physical education, Pilates Reformer, and Vinyasa yoga. She focuses her time and passion educating her clients and students on healthy, sustainable ways for them to move and fuel specific to their lifestyles. From pull-ups in the park, to snatches, to headstands, Analisa has been fortunate to have the opportunity to be surrounded by highly educated and passionate individuals who have shared their knowledge and experience with her along her way. Her techniques for motivating clients include realistic goal setting and implementation with a blend of homework and activities to educate and balance out training; establishing continual... Read the profile >>
Christopher Gaines is the Personal Training Manager at Equinox Fitness in Palo Alto and owner of PerformanceGaines LLC. Through PerformanceGaines, Chris provides sports-specific strength and conditioning services for high school and college athletes in the Bay Area. He is currently the strength and conditioning coach for the Stanford Men’s and Women’s Rugby Clubs as well as the Gunn High School Women’s Varsity Basketball team. Chris has successfully educated his players and community members through his daily Facebook postings ranging from nutrition information to the proper mechanics of a pushup. Chris is deeply rooted in the Stanford University and Palo Alto communities, and enjoys all the area has to offer. His passions include fitness program design, promoting health and... Read the profile >>
Form Fitness/Google
Jessica has been running since the age of 15, when the high school cross country coach convinced her to compete on the Varsity Team, while simultaneously competing as the number one singles player on the Varsity Tennis Team. Running from tennis match to cross country meet, Jessica was voted MVP for both teams, earning an article in the San Jose Mercury News. Since then, running has become a large part of her life, even while she competed on the tennis team in college. A 5 mile run before a match or practice was part of her daily regime. On the weekends, Jessica would run 10-15 miles with her friends from the cross country team at UC Davis and decided to run her first marathon in 1999, where she qualified for The Boston Marathon. Since then, Jessica has run over 50 combined marathons, half... Read the profile >>
Vivre/Fitness 101/Skechers
It was back in elementary school, after running the mile for the Presidential Fitness Test, when Josh's 5th grade PE teacher suggested he try Cross Country the first chance he got. After explaining she wasn't talking about skiing, he began running at age 12 and continued through high school. Just prior to attending Indiana University, the sport of cycling came knocking at his door, or rather a letter in his mailbox from a cycling coach. Instead of running in college, he joined the IU cycling team and eventually ended up racing competitively for Team Bacardi. Graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology, Josh went on to manage large corporate fitness facilities. Certified through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Health Fitness... Read the profile >>
You're probably expecting the familiar yoga teacher bio that goes something like "I took my first yoga class in [year] and instantly fell in love with it and immediately seeked out teacher training with [guru] in India. Yoga has transformed my life and bought me joy, peace, and happiness and I decided to quit my job and teach full time." Although there is some truth to this, minus the India part, Nikki actually became a teacher based on an impulse buy. Baron Baptiste's book, Journey Into Power, has been the catalyst that propelled her love affair with yoga into a way of life. She is Certified through the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute and believes yoga gives us tools to practice the joy, peace, and happiness that we seek in our lives. Be and breathe is the motto she lives by. She... Read the profile >>
Power, balance and flow are the essence of the yoga style of Rebecca Horsley Bara. Offering a lighthearted but rigorous power yoga vinyasa flow series; Rebecca unites a diverse yoga community through her teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches yoga with clarity, confidence and compassion. Her passion for yoga and enthusiasm for teaching are evident in her energetic, dynamic style as she links poses together in a powerful, unique, flowing sequence. She creates a supportive and challenging class environment where participants are encouraged to explore their physical edge, and discover their own inner strength. Her classes are high energy, filled with smiles, groans, great music and lots of heart. Rebecca has completed teacher-training levels I and II with Power Yoga... Read the profile >>
William got hooked on yoga instantly when he first started his practice in 2004. He deepened his yoga experience by becoming a certified Power Yoga instructor through YogaSource Los Gatos. He has had the incredible opportunity in teaching throughout the Peninsula, including at 24 Hour Fitness, Gold's Gym, Crunch, Planet Granite, and YogaSource Palo Alto. His inspiration comes from his love of working with people, enjoyment of physical movement, and his love for really cool pop music, which he uses as his backdrop at every class. William's style focuses on ujjayi breath, core work, tons of vinaysas, and lots of laughter. His style could be described as challenging and fast-paced, core driven, and ridiculously fun. William currently teaches at Yoga Belly in Mountain View, CA which he... Read the profile >>