Benefits of Yoga

Many people practice yoga for physical fitness and better health, or because they heard that it is excellent for relaxation, but ultimately yoga can be much more.

The word yoga means to yoke or to unite. Yoga brings the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of the individual into harmony.

We invite you to Yoga of Los Altos, a place to explore, learn, and practice yoga while expanding your community of friends.
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 Featured Instructor

Tom Abrehamson

Tom has a BA from Princeton and a JD law degree and has studied Iyengar yoga since the 1980s. He has taught over 4000 classes in the mid-peninsula area since 2000 and has taken hundreds of hours of teacher training with many wonderful Iyengar instructors, including Manouso Manos, Aadil Palkhivala and Elise Miller.

Tom has taught at Yoga of Los Altos since its inception having had 17,100+ students in his classes over the last 5 years. He is a very popular teacher.

Tom teaches an "Iyengar-based" class. Tom's classes are mixed-level classes that afford both beginners and more advanced students the opportunity to work at their own levels. His classes combine precise instruction with individualized attention and gentle humor. His students work hard, make progress and have fun. Tom also includes pranayama (breath-work) in his classes on a regular basis.

Join Tom on Saturday, July 12th at 1:30pm for his upcoming workshop entitled Secrets of Successful Pranayama. Sign up today! This is a great opportunity to study pranayama with Tom.

 Upcoming Events & News


On Friday, July 4th we are offering two classes:
- 6:30 am with Andi
- 9:15 am with Tom

This coming week Marti Foster will also teach the 9am class on Saturday 7/5 while Annika is away.

Saturday, July 12th
1:30pm - 4:00pm

Secrets of Successful Pranayama with Tom Abrehamson

Saturday, July 19th
1:30pm - 4:30pm

The Yogic Path - An Examination of the Yoga Sutras: Asana & Pranayama with Anirudh Shastri

Kids Yoga is held on Mondays at 3:30pm with teacher Sarah Willhalm

Saturday, August 2nd
1:30pm - 4:30pm

Yoga for Accessing the Emotional Body with Jeff Lang

News: Yoga of Los Altos was voted Palo Alto Daily News the Readers’ Choice Award Winner for the Best Place for Yoga!