Bobbe Norrise Day: Anasa Yoga Founder Celebration | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

On Saturday, May 16th from 2:00pm-5:00pm the community is invited in join Anasa Yoga in celebrating Oakland’s pioneer yoga teacher, Bobbe Norrise. This year marks 40 years that Bobbe has been teaching yoga in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area. In May 2011, Bobbe was recognized by former mayor Jean Quan, for her contributions to the health and wellbeing of Oakland residents. Anasa Yoga is located at 4232 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland’s Laurel District.

In Bobbe’s 40 years of teaching, she has exposed generations of students in Oakland to yoga, and these students have gone on to teach many others. She is a pioneer and trailblazer, using her training and love for yoga to reach out to people, and broaden the practice of yoga throughout the Bay Area. She was the first African American yoga teacher to publish a yoga book in 1990 called Easy Yoga for Busy People. Former Oakland Mayor-Jean Quan proclaimed May 15, 2011 as, “Bobbe Norrise Day”.

Anasa Yoga is Alameda County’s only green-certified yoga studio. Anasa Yoga’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of their students, and deepen community connections, by offering all levels of classes in a welcoming and inclusive environment that honors diversity. The studio is a beautiful 2,450 square foot facility, which includes two studios, lounge areas, and kitchenette. Anasa Yoga’s current project is to bring yoga and mindfulness meditation to Oakland’s most vulnerable youth and to support them in cultivating wisdom, compassion and resiliency.

Presented by Anasa Yoga

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