Gentle Therapeutic Yoga in Sacramento
Hi, I'm Anna-Marie.
I’m a Contemplative Practice Yoga® teacher and Contemplative Practice Yoga® Therapist based in Sacramento, California.
Despite the fast-paced nature of our lives, it is possible to cultivate and maintain a deep sense of interior awareness and stillness.
When we understand how to find stillness in our mind and body, the benefits expand outward, into all aspects of our life.
This is what I live, and this is what I teach.
I offer you an opportunity to pause, slow down and unwind.
Contemplative Practice Yoga® increases levels of receptivity and awareness that we then bring to our life, work and relationships. Contemplative Practice Yoga® infuses my life with a profound sense of joy.
The spark to teach arises from the depth of this joy. You can read more about my teaching and the principles of Contemplative Practice Yoga® on the about page. To learn more about the benefits and unique qualities of Contemplative Practice Yoga®, please read on.
Live Workshop
Looking to reduce everyday toxins in your environment? Do you want to be calmer and more centered in your mind and body?
Join us for an informative 90-minute workshop. Leave refreshed and empowered, inside and out.
Best Gift Ever!
What's more thoughtful than a class at Sacramento's premier studio for calm, comfort, and connection? Treat mom to best best 90 minutes of her week. Our yoga is suitable for all levels and abiliites.
This is the practice you have been looking for.
Think yoga is not for you? Think again. Our yoga is slow and gentle. We practice on soft, supportive yoga blankets. Your aching back, stiff shoulders, tight hips and nervous system will thank you.
Our studio
Sacramento’s premier studio for slow, gentle, therapeutically oriented yoga.
Check out our tranquil yoga therapy room.
Find a quiet place on our blankets and see why Contemplative Sac is “the place” to cultivate calm, comfort and connection. Join us and thrive in 2025!
Our vision
At Contemplative Center of Sacramento your interior life matters. The comfort of your body and the nourishment of your soul are primary.
You move at a fast pace. It is easy to forget life can be filled with Wonder. Attuning to wonder requires calm, ease and clarity. How can you increase and expand calm, ease and clarity in your life?
Through contemplative practice.
Contemplative Sac offers different ways to cultivate the sweetness of your inner life, the sweetness of your soul. We do this through teaching contemplative practices such as tension and pain-relieving gentle yoga, seasonal workshops and classes focused on contemplation. Everything we teach is designed to remind you of the Beauty of your life and your interconnected place within all of Creation.
Contemplative practices acknowledge the sacredness of your Being and the sacredness of all Created things. Contemplative practices deepen your awareness and appreciation of Divine Presence in your life and in the world.
You dwell in the midst of mysteries begging to be understood.
This is what we offer:
- Relief from physical tension and pain.
- Discovery of your true joyful self.
- Deep appreciation for all of the created world.
In our busy world, Contemplative Sac offers practices that give you pause. In a world off center, contemplative practice brings you into alignment, infusing your body with comfort, ease and calm. In a world where instant gratification is the norm, through contemplation you discover that everything truly sustainable and deeply satisfying happens slowly and sweetly.
Come, join us!
Contemplative Sac is the premier studio in Sacramento for calm, comfort and connection.
Explore contemplative practice. Nurture your interior life.
Join us for a class or workshop.
Upcoming Offerings
Free Intro Workshop
What is Contemplative Practice Yoga®?
Join us for an informative introductory workshop. Our yoga is different. It is free from risk of injury, overstrethcing of over exertion. During our time together we will have a short discussion, experience a Guided Awareness practice and do a sequence of poses. This is the practice you have been looking for! Participants will also receive $5 off their first CPY class.
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Contemplative Practice Yoga® Classes
Contemplative Practice Yoga® classes are gentle, restorative, therapeutic classes. This is not a work out. There is no risk of injury or overstretching. Each class is designed to decompress the tensions in your body -- relieving stress, increasing flexibility, improving balance.
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In each class you learn to dissolve discomfort and connect you to your calm core. Classes Tuesday- SundayYoga Therapy
Contemplative Practice Yoga® Therapy
Yoga therapy is different from physical therapy and what we teach you differs from physical therapy exercises. Yoga therapy dissolves pain when no other therapies or medical interventions have helped or when surgery is not indicated. We focus on releasing (not stretching) the deep tensions in the core of your body. Every yoga therapy protocol includes a home practice to do for yourself.
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