Yoga Classes in Red Bluff, California

Michael Garofalo teaches yoga classes at the Tehama Family Fitness Center in Red Bluff, California.  

Here is his current yoga teaching schedule:

Monday 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Tuesday:  5:30 – 6:30 pm
Thursday:  5:30 – 6:30 pm
Saturday:  11:15 – 12:30 am

These classes feature an eclectic blend of Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, and Chinese Qigong Yoga.  All these practices emphasize flexibility, correct alignment, being quiet, balance, efficient breathing, coordination, and composure.  Hatha style Yoga includes strength building, balancing exercises, modern Yoga postures, inversions, Warrior poses, and longer stretching sequences.  Vinyasa style Yoga emphasizes flowing movements, strength, building warmth, and coordinated breathing.  Chinese Qigong style Yoga includes standing stretching exercises, energy (Qi) work, flowing movements, and the animal frolics.  We will also introduce participants to numerous techniques used to reduce stress, uplift mood, improve concentration, and explore mind-body-spirit consciousness.   

Valley Spirit Yoga
Instructor:  Michael P. Garofalo

YogaFit Level IV Certified Yoga Instructor (200 Hours)
Group Fitness Instructor Certified (AFAA) 2012-
SilverSneakers® Trained Instructor 2012-
Personal Fitness Trainer Certified (2007-2009)
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) Certified
M.S., B.A. Philosophy

For More Information You are Welcome to Telephone Mike at 530-200-3546

Valley Spirit Hatha Yoga Website

Valley Spirit Qigong (Chi Kung, Chinese Yoga) Website

Brief Biography of Mike Garofalo

My Yoga Classes Always Include Some Qigong Forms and Theory

Cloud Hands Blog

Mike has completed the YogaFit Level IV Teacher Training certification (200 hours.)  Mike has taught Qigong (Chinese Yoga) and T'ai Chi Ch'uan since 2000, and has practiced these internal martial arts since 1986.  He has been teaching Hatha Yoga at the Tehama Family Fitness Center since 2004, and was formerly the Yoga Director at TFFC.  He has also completed 36 hours of formal training in other styles of Yoga, and over 600 hours of Qigong and Tai Chi training.