About Us

Anyone can practice Yoga ...
regardless of age or ability, the reasons for practicing yoga are as varied as the people who attend classes.

At Planet Earth Yoga Center we teach Hatha Yoga to people of all ages, all sizes and shapes: elders, people living with cancer, people living with MS, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, all races and all religions - you name it.

And, at Planet Earth Yoga Center, we offer a variety of time tested
traditions and teaching styles to suit the unique needs of each
individual.

... More than a yoga center
Planet Earth offers a wide variety of classes and healing arts to revitalize and renew the spirit:

Planet Earth Yoga Center offers a variety of multi-cultural classes each week, Capoeira from Brazil, African Dance from Guinea, 5Rhythms Movement Jam, Yoga and Meditation.
 

Special Events

... We've gotcha covered.

• Local and International retreats
• New Year's Day fundraiser and meditation
• Fremont Solstice Parade and Fair
• Monthly Kirtans
• Yoga Nidra
• Meditation
• Earth Angels Volunteer Group
• In-Depth Study of Yoga
• Yoga Philosophy

La Paz Gardens - Costa Rica

Teachings of the Turtle

The logo you see here is the symbol of our center ... And the great thing about symbols is that they tell stories!

Central
to this story, is the ancient Sea Turtle who glides through the sacred
waters of the world with ease, instinctively making the long journey
home to the place of her birth.

The image of
the turtle reminds us that we too know how to find our way home ... and
that each of us already has everything that we will need for the
journey. Like the turtle, all we have to do is slow down, listen and
trust our own divine wisdom.

The
four limbs of the turtle represent the four directions of the Earth,
with the head, symbolizing higher intelligence or what we might call
God Consciousness, leading the way. Within the shell are two faces
which represent a balance of the healthy masculine and feminine
energies. Seen in another light they also symbolize duality or form and
emptiness. Combined with the face on the head, the three together make
up a wholly trinity, which is found in many religious traditions
throughout the world. For the purposes of yoga we might call this
trinity The Body, The Breath and The Mind. Finally, running up and down
the center of the shell is a design that symbolizes the spine ... And
the life force that flows through the human energy system.

We
also see that the turtle is pointing upward and that he is breaching
the surface of the water, represented by the waves on either side of
the outer circle. This suggests hope for humanity ... The ascendant
angle of human evolution as we move from lesser to greater states of
self conscious awareness.

The Tibetans have a very enlightening story about the precious nature of our human birth.
It is said that on the surface of a world covered with water, there
swims a great turtle who surfaces only once every thousand years. On
top of that watery world floats a single log ... and in that log is a
hole just big enough for the head of a turtle to fit through. The
turtle returning to the surface represents the rarity of taking human
form. But if he comes up and just happens to poke his head through the
hole in the log ... That is how rare it is to be introduced to the
teachings.

The Tibetans would say, don't waste an opportunity like that!