Christian Barille

Christian began practicing yoga in 2011, but it wasn't until his 200-hour teacher training at LotusLand SF that his practice truly deepened. At the time, he was feeling uncertain and disconnected from himself. Yoga became his path home, a way of reconnecting breath, body, and spirit, and reminding him that he is part of something greater than himself.

It is this journey of reconnection that Christian most wants to offer his students: a safe and welcoming space to arrive exactly as they are, bring awareness to their bodies, find their breath, and harmonize. He teaches vinyasa classes with a particular love for gentle flows that bring extra softness and attention to the breath.

Christian studied psychology in college, which taught him that people are far more alike than different- a belief that deepened through yoga and lives underneath his teaching. Off the mat, he finds many of the same qualities he loves in yoga: presence while hiking through the woods, wonder at gazing up at the stars, and connection through cooking, volleyball, and board games.

Christian believes yoga has the power to heal: the mind, the body, and even the world. By connecting to the breath, he believes we can access what is already within ourselves to heal.