Zoe Z.'s Profile
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2238 Union St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 913-7717
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 913-7717
Pilates ProWorks
Category:
Pilates
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow
This is the ultimate pilates class, or beyond pilates class. This is what i have been looking for. As an instructor I have been frustrated by the limitations of traditional pilates for very fit folks. this class has everything you would want to build endurance, with some added cardio. I like the way Tricia had us stretch after each set of exercises. If you are a purist you will hate this class but I think Joe Pilates himself would be intrugued with the updated machine.
1317 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 525-5054
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 525-5054
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center
Categories:
Dance Clubs,
Music Venues,
Dance Schools
Thursday at 5 pm Brazilian Samba with Anat was a great workout at a great price for only $10 per class drop in. she is very talented and took us through a good warm up, lots of choreography and traveling across the floor. Great music. I reccomend jazz sneakers. I tried salsa shoes and barefoot but the turns are hard on bare feet.
1901 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 528-1958
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 528-1958
World Dance Center
Categories:
Fitness & Instruction,
Dance Schools
I loved the Afro Samba class on Tuesday night at 7:15 pm. It was crowded with all different levels of dancers. The teacher is very good at getting us safely warmed up and moving and moves around the room changing where "front" of the room is often so we all get a chance to see him. He has wonderful energy and made me feel welcome and unselfconscious. I will definitely be back.
(Drumming was great but a little loud. I might wear ear plugs next time)
(Drumming was great but a little loud. I might wear ear plugs next time)
2904 Laguna St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 567-9009
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 567-9009
Mercury Fitness Pilates Center
Categories:
Pilates,
Gyms,
Trainers
Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow
When I heard the house music coming from the studio before I walked in I thought uh oh, this is going to be bad. But the studio is a pleasant place that is brilliantly arranged so that you can watch 3 classes and 2 privates going on at the same time. It is a great teaching facility and if I was in the mood for further Pilates certifications I would not hesitate to go there.
I tried an intermediate reformer class and found it delightfully challenging and fun. The teachers are all individuals so they use their own style and come up with some pretty neat movements based on the original work. I would definitely be a regular if I lived in the neighborhood.
I tried an intermediate reformer class and found it delightfully challenging and fun. The teachers are all individuals so they use their own style and come up with some pretty neat movements based on the original work. I would definitely be a regular if I lived in the neighborhood.
425 San Pablo Ave
Albany, CA 94706
(510) 527-2400
Albany, CA 94706
(510) 527-2400
Suhaila Salimpour School of Belly Dance
Categories:
Performing Arts,
Dance Schools
I went to a noon time class and was surprised that more belly dance moves were not included in the warm up. we spent a very long time on general fitness class types of moves but without much concern for alignment or safety. (But I am a bit picky as a Pilates trainer no doubt). We did tons of drills with our tushes while seated but there was not a sense of the body as a whole with isolations for each area. They break the class down to one basic move per class so the actual belly dance portion we did only the twisting movement in place, then across the floor.
I had heard such good things about the school that I was a bit disappointed that we did not do more belly dancing. I found the beginner workshop at hipline to be much more fun and incorporated more belly dance movements throughout the class.
I had heard such good things about the school that I was a bit disappointed that we did not do more belly dancing. I found the beginner workshop at hipline to be much more fun and incorporated more belly dance movements throughout the class.
Vance is a wonderful yoga teacher for Mysor and group Astanga classes.
He has a sense of where every student is in their practice and is able to make yoga work for everyone.
I had been looking for a traditional Mysor style class in Berkeley since I moved back. I had been doing my own practice at home but there is nothing like a really great teacher to move your practice along.
Vance has you start at the beginning even if you have experience with Astanga yoga, and makes sure you get the details right which I really appreciate.
He has a sense of where every student is in their practice and is able to make yoga work for everyone.
I had been looking for a traditional Mysor style class in Berkeley since I moved back. I had been doing my own practice at home but there is nothing like a really great teacher to move your practice along.
Vance has you start at the beginning even if you have experience with Astanga yoga, and makes sure you get the details right which I really appreciate.
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 227-4788
(510) 227-4788
Sliding Scale Writing Coach
Category:
Professional Services
Neighborhood: Lower Hills
Tahminah is a wonderful coach with a superb sense of how to help a writer organize information. She gives the kind of feed back that evokes the best in me. I have been out of college for 20 years so her help is invaluable to me with my business copy as well as the autobiography I am working on. I am confident that she will help me to complete a book I have been working on for several years and not been able to complete until now.
Tahmniah has a coaching style that allows me to apply her ideas and corrections throughout my work so that I become a better writer. I will definitely be using her coaching and editing skills for a long time.
Tahmniah has a coaching style that allows me to apply her ideas and corrections throughout my work so that I become a better writer. I will definitely be using her coaching and editing skills for a long time.
1730 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94701
(415) 824-4652
Berkeley, CA 94701
(415) 824-4652
Café Gratitude
Categories:
Vegetarian,
Live/Raw Food,
Vegan
Neighborhoods: Gourmet Ghetto, North Berkeley
I have hung out in the Berkeley cafe and had one of the 9 dollar smoothies and the grateful bowl.
The only reason I have tasted the deserts, and the kale salad is because my roommate works there. The food is good transition food for those who want to go raw. it is fairly heavy food and laden with nuts and oils. It is the gourmet junk food raw diet for sure. I like the atmosphere and the classes and community they offer but I wish they would emphasize healthier foods.
It always makes me laugh when they repeat the affirmations when you order the dishes and when the prep people put them up for the waiters they yell out the names of the dishes which are affirmations. It is kind of like being in a new age time warp but fun.
The only reason I have tasted the deserts, and the kale salad is because my roommate works there. The food is good transition food for those who want to go raw. it is fairly heavy food and laden with nuts and oils. It is the gourmet junk food raw diet for sure. I like the atmosphere and the classes and community they offer but I wish they would emphasize healthier foods.
It always makes me laugh when they repeat the affirmations when you order the dishes and when the prep people put them up for the waiters they yell out the names of the dishes which are affirmations. It is kind of like being in a new age time warp but fun.
2050 Addison St
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 665-9464
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 665-9464
Raw Energy
Category:
Juice Bars & Smoothies
Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
Nice selection of juices and smoothies. I had a mango orange smoothie with ice blended up to a delicious consistency on their nice high speed blender. way better than the ones I make at home. They had some of those dehydrated raw flax crackers and some other raw packaged snacks. It is nice to have a place like this for rawbies or people transitioning to raw as well as the mainstream cooked foodies.
301 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 922-1615
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 922-1615
Souley Vegan
Categories:
Vegan,
Soul Food,
Caterers
Neighborhood: Jack London Square
We ordered the sampler plate with a little bit of everything. collards where nice, The Mac and cheese was great, made with a yeast I think. but I would stay away from the okra that was the only thing I did not like. They had a barb Q dish that was really delicious. they have sweet potatoes red beans and rice. It tastes authentic even without the meat. You can still give yourself a coronary without the meat, most of it was fried. Sure is yummy once in a while.
The decore could use something. it feels empty and cold.
The decore could use something. it feels empty and cold.
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Location
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Yelping SinceMarch 2008
Things I LoveWorld Peace Diet by Will Tuttle
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My HometownBerkeley, CA
My Blog Or Website When I'm Not Yelping...painting, designing websites, hiking, yoga, mediation
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