I remember wandering into my first yoga class: I had just finished college and was living in Brooklyn. I was partying and insecure and rather a mess. I was overwhelmed by everything.
I was particularly depressed that day, my first day on the mat, and I remember crying with relief in savasana: for the first time, I didn't have to hold myself up or pretend to be something I wasn’t. It felt like a birth; as though, somehow, for the very first time, I had breathed myself into existence.
That was twenty years ago.
Yoga quickly became a way of living life. I just kept showing up to class, and my life grew around practice. Later I started my deep study with masterful teachers to learn the subtle teachings. As I learned to surrender to life as a transformational practice, I learned to organize my life effort with something greater than my personal will.
There is magic here.
Promotional Bio
Gina Zimmerman upholds an authentic teaching style that is supported by significant depth of knowledge and poetic articulation. She teaches a rigorous alignment-specific class, while also weaving in breath and other subtle body practices. Her teaching is greatly influenced by her meditation practice, and she is recognized for her capacity to assist students in entering deep states of meditation and rest.
Gina has been teaching yoga and meditation for 20 years. She started practicing while living in New York in her early twenties, and life pivoted almost immediately toward practice: she left for an ashram in Argentina and then returned to complete her first teacher training. She has studied and practiced ever since.
Gina now lives in Ojai with her husband and two young children.
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AN INCREDIBLY DEEP EXPERIENCE
“Gina is a gifted and studied spiritual and practical leader, which is why I’ve been her student since 2006. Whether leading a yoga class, holding a meditation ceremony for the New Year, or hosting a week-long retreat, Gina always provides an incredibly deep experience. She finds the perfect integration of attention to the mind, the body, and the soul. I can’t recommend her highly enough.”
- Virginia K.
impactful presence + loving guidance
“I can't explain how significant and impactful Gina’s presence and loving guidance has been in my life over this past year. I can't thank her enough. I'm so grateful for her and all the love and joy she brings into the world.”
- Jon L
