HeatherAlaine
Rise & Shine - Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays at 8:15a PT
ReVida Stretch - Mondays at 6:00p PT
SolStrong - Alternating w/nicky Tuesdays at 6p PT and Thursdays at 6:30p PT, Saturdays w/me at 10:30a PT
Be & Become Strength - Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays at 7:15a PT
Full Moon Dance Parties, Nutrition Resets, IRL events & Oh So More! - Check out my website for latest events. Sign up for my newsletter to stay up to date on events & wellness tips.
Hola, Loves! I am a fierce advocate of love, and a believer in the transformative powers of reflection, connection, gratitude, laughter and movement to live more fully.
I grew up overseas in Rota, Spain which is where I began my professional dance journey. I have studied modern, ballet, folkloric, and hip-hop and over the years have developed my own style which is a fusion of dance expression. Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and other forms of movement joined the party when I moved to the Bay Area wayyyy back in 1997.
My love for learning and passion for wellness led me to become a certified personal trainer, massage practitioner, and yoga teacher. As a wellness nerd, I am rooted in exploring the connections between brain and body and believe the aging journey can be filled with radical self-love, strength and grace.
In addition to teaching a myriad of movement classes, I am a Wellness Coach and movement teacher for U.C. Berkeley staff, creator and leader of Hermosas Retreats, a Women's Transformational Coach for my signature program, Be & Become, and an author (Ready: Heartbreak, Dating & My Journey Toward Love).
In my downtime, I can be found soaking in a hot tub, hiking in the redwoods, or sipping on champagne and eating tapas.
nicky gervacio
SolStrong - Alternating w/Heather Tuesdays at 6p PT and Thursdays at 6:30p PT
Be & Become Strength - Wednesdays at 7:15a PT
Full Moon Dance Parties - Check the Mindful Movement Calendar
Guest teacher for Rise & Shine
nicole gervacio (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Huchiun, occupied Ohlone land – also known as Oakland, CA.
Throughout her career as an artist, she has led dance 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 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.
Dancers will always be encouraged to listen to their bodies, take up space, integrate themselves, their style, and to let go.
nicky is co-founder & co-producer of weriseproduction.com. Learn more about We Rise's Crosspollination series!
Seeding Our Future: Recovering from Covid & Climate Crises is a We Rise animation in collaboration with The Center For Cultural Power.
Cat Petru
Rise & Shine - Wednesdays 8:15a, PT
Cat (Catherine) Petru (she/her) is a dancer, auntie, & audio producer born & raised in Huchiun, Ohlone land known to settlers as Oakland, California. A lifelong student of movement, healing & liberation, her classes explore how we care for ourselves & each other, & invite curiosity & listening, whimsy & magic.
Cat’s classes are inspired by movement artists & teachers (especially Liberation Spring), the land, decades of dance, her ancestors, & politicized somatic healing. She teaches Dance to Remember, an invitation to practice embodiment for our collective liberation. She loves conspiring on creative collaborations as co-director of We Rise Production with fellow Mindful Movement instructor nicky gervacio.
Polly Bates
Guest teacher for Be & Become Strength and SolStrong classes with DAM FIT!
Polly Bates has been studying, performing, and teaching movement for over a decade. She loves creating experiences that foster joy and help people connect deeply with their bodies, their environments, and each other.
Polly has traveled around the globe learning, sharing, and gathering inspiration to hone her skills as a professional stilt dancer, movement, wellness and breathing coach, facilitator, and event producer. She currently resides in the Bay Area, CA where she runs her fitness and entertainment company Daring Arts Movement, serves as the Director of Communications and Events for her family’s Philo Apple Farm, and continues to develop as a creative facilitator.
She can be reached at [email protected] and found on instagram @daring.arts.movement
Valerie Tookes
Guest teacher for Rise & Shine and ReVida Stretch classes!
Find out more about Valerie, Lead Coach, The Women’s Vitality Center.
Emily Jeanne Hedges
Guest teacher for Rise & Shine and ReVida Stretch classes!
Emily Jeanne Hedges (she/her) is SF Bay Area born and northern Virginia raised. She's an auntie, cat mom, and wife and is also an aerospace/environmental engineer and clean tech program manager. Her super power is showing up. Emily is an introvert, bookworm and listener, learning to assume less and ask more and better questions (keyword, learning).
Emily believes that wellness practices like yoga can transform our relationships with ourselves and each other. Yet too many people think wellness isn’t for them because of [fill in the blank]. She thinks we can and must do better and pairs intentional, choice-
