Metta Mama is a Yoga Studio space dedicated to new and expecting moms and parents to gather and build a community rooted in yoga and mindfulness practices.
We offer prenatal and postnatal yoga, birth partner workshops, and supportive gatherings for every stage of motherhood.
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Metta Mama is a yoga studio and community created to support women through every stage of the journey into motherhood from fertility and pregnancy to postpartum, parenting, and beyond. Rooted in compassion, science informed practices, and nervous system support, Metta Mama offers a safe, welcoming space where women can slow down, reconnect with their bodies, and feel truly supported.
We offer a wide range of classes including fertility yoga, prenatal yoga, labor prep yoga, postnatal yoga, baby wearing fitness, mom and tots yoga, family yoga, kids yoga, and teen yoga. Each class is intentionally designed to support the changing physical needs of the body by building strength, stability, mobility, and resilience while also regulating the nervous system to reduce stress and promote healing.At Metta Mama, we understand that motherhood is not only a physical experience, but a deeply mental and emotional one. Our practices help calm the mind, ease anxiety, build confidence, and cultivate trust in your body’s innate wisdom. By supporting nervous system regulation, we help shift the body out of fight or flight and into a state where connection, growth, and healing can occur.
Beyond classes, Metta Mama offers workshops, events, and panel discussions that create space for education, honest conversation, and shared experience. We believe community is essential because no one is meant to navigate motherhood alone. Here, women are seen, heard, and supported at every stage of their female journey.
Metta Mama is more than a studio. It is a place to feel grounded, empowered, and deeply connected to yourself and to others.
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Metta Mama classes happen at Metta Yoga San Rafael and a Cloudbreak Yoga in Sausalito.
Upcoming events and workshops
Could your teen or pre-teen (geared for ages 10-14) benefit from exercise, flexibility, body awareness, and mindfulness?
Guided by Tiana, students will experience the amazing benefits of yoga for body, mind, and soul in a lighthearted environment. Classes will include breathing exercises, discussion of topics such as self-confidence and body positivity, yoga flow, mindfulness, and meditation.
Metta Mama Is Coming to Cloudbreak - Sausalito!
We’re so excited to share that Metta Mama classes are expanding to our Sausalito (Cloudbreak) studio, starting this January.
Yoga helps children to manage emotions and provides opportunities to explore fun physical movement, develop body awareness, coordination, and of course, to play! We will create space to connect through yoga poses, games, storytelling and more. Parents welcome to stay and watch or drop off.
We are thrilled to bring back our KIDS Yoga Teacher Training at Metta, in collaboration with It's Yoga Kids ®.
Designed to nurture mindfulness and well-being from a young age, this specialized program will equip you with the skills to guide children on their yoga journey.
Body Love Flow is a slow, sensual, guided movement experience for women to fall in love with their bodies again.
Blending somatic movement with intuitive feminine embodiment, this class invites you into a body love flow that honors your curves, awakening your body’s innate intelligence, releasing stored tension, and reconnecting you to the wisdom and beauty of your unique body.
Whether you’re a beginner mover or a seasoned mover, this experience is an invitation into self-discovery, play, and joy. Participants are encouraged to wear flowy, comfortable yoga wear so you can move freely and fully embrace the experience.
Led by Michelle Wing from IYK®, this class is designed for parents and kids to practice yoga together, creating lasting memories while fostering connection, flexibility, and strength. This class offers poses and activities for all ages, with plenty of opportunities for laughter and bonding.
Each session will also support a great cause, making your practice even more meaningful. Come stretch, play, and give back as a family!
In a world that focuses so much on the arrival of the baby, this circle offers forgotten support and wisdom for the mother who is also about to be born.
You’re preparing for birth and a new baby, but are you ready to be transformed? In our culture, preparing ourselves for motherhood is too often replaced with birth preparation and collecting the right baby essentials. But the moment a baby is born, so is a mother, and women are typically caught off guard by the transformation that follows, a journey so profound it has its own name: matrescence.
Whether you are preparing forthis transformation for the first time or readying yourself to stretch from a mother of one to a mother of two, the shift you are about to experience is as big as birth.
Join us for a two-hour workshop where we’ll explore how anxiety functions in the body and mind — and how shifting our relationship to it can create greater freedom and ease.
Through the lens of yoga therapy, you’ll learn practical tools you can use anytime anxiety shows up, whether it’s a sudden wave or a constant background hum.
You’ll explore mindfulness techniques to cultivate calmness, learn effective communication tools, and build a supportive community with fellow dads.
Join Bay Area Baby Sleep Consultant Sarah Healy, MA for this 2 hour class exploring all things sleep in the first 12 months. Sarah will be addressing the common questions and struggles parents face with sleep for babies ages 0-12 months. You will learn about different sleep training approaches, how to set realistic expectations, how to prepare and plan for sleep training, and how to assess whether you and your baby are ready.
Unlock the healing potential of fascia in this immersive, 30-hour yoga teacher training with Dr. Charisse Balance, PT, DPT, E-RYT, YACEP & myofascial release therapist.
Dive deep into the world of fascia- a transformative journey through the anatomy and function of fascia that blends hands-on learning with engaging, multi-modal experiences, offered through a hybrid format with both online and in-person sessions.
Through expert instruction and hands-on practice, you’ll uncover the intricate workings of fascia as an organ, its unique connection with the nervous system, and how fascial patterns shape our bodies.
Are you looking for an experiential childbirth education class? Come learn and refresh your understanding about what it means to move through the dance of labor and birth with your support person - spouse, partner, friend, or family member.
CircleMoms provides an in-person community for moms in the fourth trimester. CircleMoms brings mothers 0-3 months postpartum together for a 6 week series that discusses topics ranging from birth stories, feeding and sleep, to pelvic floor health and pediatric development.
Sign up your kid for a 9- Week Tween Aerial Yoga Series, with Tiana Baumsteiger!
April 16th - June 11th 4-4:45pm at Metta Yoga Corte Madera
This 9-week Aerial Yoga series is designed just for tweens who are ready to lift off the mat and explore yoga in a whole new way. Using soft aerial hammocks, students will stretch, strengthen, invert, and float through the air - all while building confidence, body awareness, emotional regulation, and a deep sense of inner calm.
Join Jonathan Pofsky for the Mindful Dads Workshop!
Modern dads often feel stressed and seek deeper connections amidst their busy lives. If you’re looking to take a dad time-out and become more present with your family, this workshop is for you.
You’ll explore mindfulness techniques to cultivate calmness, learn effective communication tools, and build a supportive community with fellow dads.
Yoga is an excellent way to prepare the mind, body and spirit for the many transitions of pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood. In this popular workshop with Perinatal Teacher and Trainer Jane Austin, you and your partner will :
Learn techniques for breath awareness, massage and partner poses, which can help strengthen and relax your body, and soothe your mind during the birth process.
Connect more deeply to yourself, your partner and your baby.
We will also explore visualization and relaxation techniques that can further assist you during childbirth.
A productive labor begins when your body feels safe. When you feel supported, grounded, and regulated, your nervous system can shift out of fight-or-flight and into the parasympathetic state where labor hormones flow more efficiently. This sense of safety allows the body to soften, the pelvis to open, and contractions to work with you rather than against you.
This workshop is designed to help you feel at home in your body, understand what is happening physiologically, and learn how to regulate your nervous system so labor can unfold with more ease, confidence, and trust. You will be empowered to make your labor and delivery an experience that aligns with your values, your body, and your vision. You’ll learn how to recognize and respond to the signals your body sends to your brain, strengthening your connection to intuition and your body’s innate intelligence so you can make informed, embodied choices during labor.
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Metta Mama classes accept all regular Metta Yoga memberships, drop-ins, and class-pack rates. Memberships and classes can be used across all studios (Corte Madera, San Rafael & Cloudbreak - Sausalito).
First time joining us? Get our New Student Intro Offer: 1st Month of Unlimited Yoga for $49. Valid at all studio locations and does not not auto-renew!
*All regular membership and packs do not include Workshops and special Events!*
What to bring with you
A yoga mat (rentals available if needed).
A water bottle to stay hydrated.
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Metta Mama is proudly part of the Marin Perinatal Therapy Resource Directory.