Meet Your Instructor

Chocolate Buddha

Chocolate Buddha has three 200-hour yoga teacher certifications, Vinyasa, Power, and Psychotherapeutic yoga. He adapts his style of teaching yoga to whoever is in class, the objective is to develop purpose within and harmony outside.

Ambassador & Teacher for Black Boys Om January-Present National Network for Black male yoga teachers offering classes for Black men and boys. blackboysom.org

Ambassador & Lead Teacher for The Art of Yoga Project August 2019-Present Early intervention pilot program for marginalized male youth TheArtofYogaProject.com

Founder of Barbershop Yoga Oakland, CA, September 2018-Present Yoga and Book club conversation for Black Men & boys barbershopyoga.com

Mindfulness Instructor for Mindful Life Project August 2021 - June 2022 leading youth in mindfulness-based social-emotional learning and movement. http://mindfullifeproject.org

Yoga Teacher for Black to Yoga April 2018 - Present, yoga for everybody centering the African American experience. Yoga Teacher for Hotspot Yoga May 2021 - Present, Chocolate Buddha Wellness, “Purpose & Harmony” https://www.hotspotyo.com/

Yoga Teacher for Loka Oakland, CA 2018 - 2022 This is a dynamic practice where we build up to explore more challenging asanas through versatile and effective sequencing Yoga Teacher for Anasa Oakland, 2018-2020 This one-hour class has a heavy emphasis on lengthening the muscles and relieving tension in the body. There is also a focus on balance and breathwork! https://anasaoakland.com/

Mindfulness Instructor for www.niroga.org Institute, Oakland 2019-2020, Yoga Teacher in Stuttgart, Germany 2016-2017 Lead free yoga classes for refugees in Stuttgart Germany for 6 months, through the BR-IA project (BRAZIL FOR REFUGEES/INTEGRATION THROUGH ART)