Yoga Sociale

Carly Columbres is an E-RYT500 and comes to us with over a decade of experience teaching students of all backgrounds and all levels of practice. Her classes are filled with enthusiasm and passion for the practice of yoga.

She is confident in her ability to modify each and every pose in order to make vinyasa yoga accessible to all. Her hands-on assists are both skillful and compassionate- she believes that with a desire to practice, yoga can indeed be for anyone!

Travis Gibson is a certified instructor and teaches Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin and Restorative Yoga.  His background is probably different than most instructors.  He was born in Talladega, Alabama, USA. His mother was a teacher, and father a Methodist minister. He attended California State University, Sacramento and received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.  After graduation, He worked as a Juvenile Hall Counselor, then was hired by the BART Police Department.  He retired as a Police Commander after 30 years in 2009.

Travis initially started practicing yoga to help relieve sciatic back pain and eventually joined a local yoga studio.  In 2018, He attended Yoga Teacher Training and received his 200 hours RYT Yoga teaching certificate and began teaching. This new lifestyle has been a game changer. He  continues to take ongoing continuing education training classes to expand his knowledge,  improve his practice, learn additional skills to become more aware of his own mind and body so he can pass this knowledge to his students.

Travis Gibson: RYT#307076

My philosophy is that yoga is a lifestyle which adheres to morals embodied in daily life.

Yogic morals manifest in my life through my activism and awareness of human and nonhuman suffering, therefore I am passionate about equity for all. I hope to help others see their beauty, strength, and intelligence and honor and care for themselves without self-judgment.

My background is in Vinyasa, subtly influenced by the lineages of my teachers, including Iyengar and Hatha. I teach varying levels of intensity, having regularly taught students of many demographics and experiences. My priorities are to keep people safe and breathing throughout their practice and to approach students in a trauma-informed and gentle way.

Iva (RYT500, E-RYT200, YACEP) was born and raised in Hong Kong. In 2008, she completed her 200 hrs yoga teacher training through Kevala Centre, UK. She has studied Yin yoga, Prenatal Yoga, and Chair yoga. She is also a Mat-Pilates Instructor, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified flexibility Coach. Additionally, she has academic qualifications in Kinesiology, therapeutic option (B.S), focusing on human movement, injury prevention, and biomechanics. Her love for learning also led her to study the application of science into yoga and earned her 600+ hours advanced Vinyasa yoga teaching training in 2022, specializing in biomechanics principles of alignment, anatomy, injury management, and the skills to teach asanas with a therapeutic approach.