Amina Soubra
Amina is a certified yoga teacher with over 16 years of yoga practice & 25 years in ballet/jazz/modern dance & training expertise in the art of movement. Her yoga training entails nourishing your organs w/ breathing exercises that align w/ yoga poses. She provides a variety of yogic breathing practices, tailored for your needs. She is also trained in Yoga Nidra, a focus on sleep meditation for individuals suffering from insomnia as well as yoga for eating disorders (ED). Her specialty in yoga practice includes Yin & restorative yoga, vinyasa all levels, vin-yin(gentle yoga), Hatha Yoga, & Bhakti yoga.
She currently continues her yoga training to reach her goal as a certified yoga therapist.
As an advocate for healthy body image, holistic health and wellness, she teaches yoga as a way to promote courage, confidence, holistic self-care & healing.
Yin & Restorative Yoga every Sunday @ 5pm (in person)
Carah Herring
Carah has taught Group Exercise classes for over a decade. Her love of fitness stems from her extensive dance background, which includes years of classical ballet, modern, African, tap, jazz and liturgical dance training. Carah also served as the Group Exercise Coordinator at UC Berkeley’s Recreational Sports Facility for nearly 5 years.
Before becoming a bona fide gym rat, Carah earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication from Bennett College for Women (Greensboro, NC). She also completed her master’s degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley. She enjoys traveling, watching documentaries and reading/contributing to personal finance blogs.
Body Performance
Mondays @ 6:15am
Senior Fitness
Friday @ 10:15am (in person)
Courtney Jang
Courtney Jang is a passionate Group Fitness Instructor with a rich background in various fitness disciplines since 2012. Her career began as a dedicated yoga instructor after completing her 200-hour training, and it has flourished from there. Throughout her career, she’s earned multiple certifications to diversify her expertise and better serve her community. Dance Format Certifications: Bolly X; Strength Certifications: Strong by Zumba, Les Mills Body Pump, Youth Strength Training; Specialist Certifications: Senior/Women’s Exercise Specialist, Youth Exercise Specialist; Other Certifications: Indoor Cycling, Primary Group Fitness Instructor certified by NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine). Her mission is to inspire and empower individuals to build healthier lifestyles. Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or just starting your fitness journey, she’s here to support and guide you every step of the way.
Senior Fitness Online
Wednesdays @ 9:30am
TRX Deep Core
Saturday @ 10:30am (in person)
Emily Park
Emily Park is a seasoned, group fitness instructor whose teaching style is educational and encouraging. She welcomes all ages, body types, and identities in her mixed-level classes; and she is appreciated for offering personalized feedback. Emily coaches her students to integrate awareness, alignment, and core activation for optimal movement.
Emily first encountered Pilates in 1999 as a tool for injury prevention during her professional training as a circus performer. After a car accident in 2003, she experienced the rehabilitative benefits of Pilates and became a fully certified Pilates instructor and personal trainer.
Outside the studio, Emily is a nature enthusiast and performing artist; she is equally at home swimming in the bay and hiking as she is onstage embodying her inner drag king.
Pilates Mat Class
Mondays @ 9:30am, Wednesdays @ 9:00am
Fridays @ 9:30am
Heather Alaine Meyer
Heather Alaine is a passionate wellbeing coach who believes deeply in the transformative power of reflection, connection, gratitude, laughter, and movement to live a fuller life.
Growing up in Rota, Spain, she began her professional dance journey and has studied various styles, including modern, ballet, folkloric, and hip-hop. When she moved to the Bay Area in 1997, she expanded her movement practice to include Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing, and more. Over time, Heather developed her own unique fusion of movement expression.
Her commitment to learning and wellness led Heather to become a certified personal trainer, massage practitioner, and yoga teacher. She is currently working on another certification in sleep, stress management, and recovery through Precision Nutrition.
As a wellness enthusiast, she is dedicated to exploring the connections between brain and body and believes that aging can be a journey filled with radical self-love, strength, and grace. Heather’s 84-year-old mom has been a testament to this belief, participating in Heather’s online strength classes for the past four years with great enthusiasm.
In addition to teaching a variety of movement classes, Heather serves as a Wellness Coach and movement teacher for U.C. Berkeley staff, is the creator and leader of Hermosas Retreats, and an author of READY, a book on the journey to self-love.
In her downtime, Heather Alaine enjoys soaking in a hot tub, hiking in the redwoods, and savoring champagne and tapas.
Senior Fitness
Mondays @ 9:30am (online)
Mondays @ 11am (in person)
SolStrong
Alternating Thursdays @ 6:30pm
Jesse Lezama
Bachelor of Science Kinesiology (Human Movement)
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
NASM Senior Fitness Specialist
AAHF Pre/Post Natal Exercise Specialist
Schwinn Certified Cycling Instructor
Professional MMA Fighter
Kickboxing Fundamentals
Sundays @ 10:30am (in person)
TRX Circuit
Mondays @ 5:30pm & Thursday’s @ 5:15pm (in person)
Jim Eagle
Jim Eagle brings more than 11 years of boxing experience both in and out of the ring. He is a USA Boxing Certified Trainer. For many years, he taught in the SOMA area and then moved over to World Class Boxing Gym. He is now at Hitfitsf.com which is located in the heart of the mission in SF. Jim has taught one on one and group classes. He can teach both technique and cardio intensive. Jim will ensure you learn all aspects of boxing from hand wrapping to sparring.
Boxing BootCamp
Tuesdays @ 6:00pm (in person)
Lisa Fernandez
Lisa Fernandez has been teaching group exercise for 30 years. She teaches spin, sculpt, Aqua, yoga and Pilates. She thinks exercise should be fun and she teaches her classes with enthusiasm and laughter.
When she’s not doing aerobics, Lisa is a journalist at KTVU Channel 2. She lives in Oakland with her husband and has two grown children.
Power Yoga
Mondays @ 4:15pm
Kathleen Kelly
Kathleen began her love for fitness programs back in 1980 with Jazzercise — which tells you right up front that this girl was not born yesterday! After retiring from her day job as the Chief Operating Officer at AC Transit, she decided to take fitness up as a part-time second career. She earned a personal training certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and began teaching exercise classes that focus on a full-body workout. In 2013, she received a NASM Certification as a Senior Fitness Specialist, and began teaching a fitness class for active seniors. In addition to her fitness interests, she volunteers at a small elementary school in the Fruitvale District, where the kindergarteners always delight her, and has her own transportation consulting practice.
Senior Fitness
Wednesdays @ 10:10am and 11:10am
Nerissa Johnson
NERISSA JOHNSON is a certified Les Mills instructor in BODYPUMP, LM Pilates, and SHAPES. A proud Oakland native, she brings both passion and purpose to every class, believing that fitness is the key to aging well and maintaining lifelong strength and independence. After years as an enthusiastic participant, she became an instructor in 2023, starting with her first love—BODYPUMP. When she’s not teaching, she’s running her business, The CEO Squad, and enjoying life with her high school sweetheart and their five amazing grown kids.
BodyPUMP
Wednesdays @ 5:30pm
Sundays @ 9:00am
Nicky Gervacio
Nicky Gervacio (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Huchiun, occupied Ohlone land – also known as Oakland. Since 2012 and throughout her career as an artist, she has led dance classes, strength classes, choreography, and movement workshops to inspire the individual as well as the collective. Nicky aims to curate music that exhilarates dancers and enjoys the challenge of creating choreography & workouts that embodies the mood and energy of each song. You can expect a spectrum of experiences, from aggressive, sharp, and energetic, to soft, slow, and grounded. Nicky will always encourage you to listen to your body & take up space. They love to invite dancers to integrate themselves, their style, and to let go.
SolStrong
Alternating Thursdays @ 6:30pm
Tim Weekes
Tim Weekes has worked as a fitness instructor in the Bay Area since for over 20 years. He teaches Indoor cycling, Interval-based treadmill workout, Pilates Mat, Bootcamp, Body Conditioning, and Les Mills Body Pump and Core. His philosophy of teaching group fitness classes can be described as engaging members in perfect mix of fun and hard work. Just breathe and smile!
Les Mills CORE
Tuesdays @ 7pm
Vanessa Vasquez
Vanessa resides in Berkeley CA and has a BA degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise, Wellness, and Nutrition. She has been in the fitness industry for over 10 years and holds a bunch of cool certifications like TRX, Schwinn, indoor rowing, Personal Training (NASM), Yoga and plenty more! Something that people do not know about her is that she is involved in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), and trains at an MMA gym in South San Francisco under UFC legend and champion Gilbert Melendez called the “El Nino Training Center”. Her commitment to everyone who takes her class is for them to leave feeling like their best self ever, and unleashing a potential that they did not know they were capable of.
Senior Fitness Express
Tuesdays @ 10:30am (in-person)