Community Yoga & Wellness Programs
We Love To Build Community
One of our highest values at Balanced Rock is building community. It’s the backbone of our organization and the pool from which we source local guide talent, instructors, and field experts. Each season, we welcome newcomers eager to share their hearts and special gifts with the community.
Monday Community Yoga
Join us Monday evenings in El Portal for your weekly dose of movement as medicine! Enjoy a meaningful, rejuvenating flow led by one of our local teachers. From ashtanga to restorative to strong vinyasa, there’s a style for everyone to enjoy! All levels welcome.
When: Mondays, 6:00-7:15pm in El Portal, CA
Where: El Portal Community Hall
5512 Foresta Road, El Portal, CA 95318
We do our best to update the website with last-minute class cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances or weather. Please follow us on social media to for most up-to-date posts on classes:
2026 February Schedule
El Portal Community Hall
Monday, February 2 • Paola A.
Monday, February 9 • Paola A.
Monday, February 16 • TBD
Monday, February 23 • Heather S.
Our Community of Local Instructors
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Bethany Matsumoto
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Darcy Blackburn
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Eliza Kerr
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Erin Markham
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Erin Wang
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Heather Sullivan
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Kyra Taylor
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Meg Olsen
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Paola Arboleda
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Schuyler Greenleaf
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Talia Fishbein
Online Community Wellness Series
Enjoy wellness practices from the comfort of your own home and on your own schedule.
Over the years, Balanced Rock has teamed up with local instructors and practitioners to offer specialized wellness programs online. Sessions are intentionally raw and unedited, and some have been recorded on Zoom and are available for on-demand purchase. Expect to be guided visually by each instructor, with the occasional dog, cat, or kiddo popping in on-screen!
We believe everyone should have access to wellness resources, and these sessions are available for purchase on a sliding scale.
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Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Times
In this four class, pre-recorded series with Jana Kilgore, we will cover the foundations of Ayurvedic living, self-care, home remedies and nutrition. No experience with Ayurveda necessary, come with an open mind and curiosity.
Purchase the full series and revisit the teachings anytime with lifetime access!
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DIY Active Fascial Release
Join Mia Esquivel, CMT for a This four class pre-recorded online series where you’ll learn how to create more freedom in your body through compress and shear fascial release techniques.
Purchase the full series and revisit the teachings anytime with lifetime access!
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Meditation & Pranayama
This four class pre-recorded online series with Dennis Eagan will cover the anatomy, physiology, and philosophy of the breath as we work with interoception, visualization, bandhas, and breathing techniques to deepen our awareness of life’s most precious gift.
Purchase the full series and revisit the teachings anytime with lifetime access!
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Intelligence of the Core
Every aspect of our physical system has a metaphysical correlation. In this four week, pre-recorded series with Catherine Wortmann, we will explore the wisdom of the body through gentle yet powerful, core-centric, yoga asana but also, dive into the manipura chakra (solar plexus), practice breathing to stimulate and activate our agni (digestive fire), and connect with our gut intelligence.
Purchase the full series and revisit the teachings anytime with lifetime access!
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Core + Pilates
Is your core strong enough? This four week, pre-recorded series led by Brenda Ostrom is designed to teach core stabilization safely. During exercises, participants will challenge themselves while being coached through body position awareness. The end goal is to establish mind-body connections that become second nature.
Purchase the full series and revisit the teachings anytime with lifetime access!
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Living Your Path
Yoga is not something we simply do—it is a powerful framework that empowers how we live. This four week online series with Paula Wild is designed to help you move beyond the notion of yoga as a once-a-week practice confined to a studio, and instead, empower you to embrace yoga as a way of being—woven seamlessly into your daily life.
This series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
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Explorations in Ayurveda for Self-Healing
Discover how the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda can nurture balance, resilience, and clarity in today’s world. Join Janaki Patel for this illuminating 3-part online series that brings ancient practices to life through embodied exploration, connection, and self-healing.
This series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
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Yoga for Anxiety, Trauma, & Stress Relief
In this 3-part series led by Meg Olsen, we will use the breath as a tool to reset our nervous systems as well as invite gentle stretches to reconnect with our bodies. Classes will focus on creating a sense of safety in the body to explore the mind-body connection and how we can use the breath to strengthen that connection.
This series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
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Writing for Wellness
For over 25 years, one of the core tenets of Balanced Rock’s curriculum has been to employ creative writing as a practice that promotes both healing and mindfulness. The unprecedented nature of these past years offers fertile ground to sow the seeds of vibrant stories. Gather together with Balanced Rock’s co-Founder Heather Sullivan to dive into the potent energy of creative expression through reflective writing practices.
This series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
In-Person Community Wellness Workshops
Every year, Balanced Rock collaborates with local professionals and facilitators to offer in-person community workshops aimed at building deeper pathways for learning and personal development. These sessions are donation-based and open to locals eager to learn new skills and connect with neighbors and friends in a supportive, community setting.
Get Your Finances in Order: A Practical Guide to Financial Literacy
This course, led by Kirstie Kari, is designed to meet you where you are—whether you’re looking to better understand your finances, build healthier habits, or feel more empowered and informed in your relationship with money. Together, we’ll unpack financial concepts in a supportive, community-centered learning space.
This workshop series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Email us to join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
Roots of Resilience: Yoga & The Work That Reconnects
The Work that Reconnects helps people discover and experience their innate connections with each other and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action. -Joanna Macy
In this 5-day intensive led by Paula Wild, we engaged in a potent selection of activities and practices from the Work That Reconnects. Each day offered opportunities to open our eyes, minds and hearts to the complexity of our times, and support each other in honoring both our joy and pain for the world.
This workshop series has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Email us to join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
An Immersive Yoga & Sound Bath Experience
Rooted in presence and shared intention, this immersive gathering blended mindful movement with the healing resonance of sound. The all-levels yoga practice gently awakened our bodies before being guided into a deeply restorative sound bath, where vibration and stillness weave together.
This community class has concluded, but we’d love to offer it again. Email us to join the waitlist to be the first to know when it returns!
Want to speak to a human being?
Schedule a call to speak with a member of our team and get your questions answered! Upon scheduling, you’ll receive a personal email from us confirming the appointment (check your junk & spam!)
