The Yoga & Movement Center in Walnut Creek is one of the pre-eminent yoga studios in the East Bay.  We are located in downtown Walnut Creek, surrounded by restaurants, cafes and Walnut Creek?s bustling shopping.  Ample parking is available with validation for series classes.

The Center offers a wide range of yoga and movement classes - most, but not all, based on the therapeutic methods of BKS Iyengar.  Currently we offer classes for all levels of experience, including beginner yogis.  You have more than a dozen teachers to choose from, and a variety of flavors of yoga to taste - browse our schedule, class descriptions and teacher profiles to find out more.

Teacher, practitioner and author, Diane Valentine is the director of The Yoga & Movement Center which has been operating in Downtown Walnut Creek since 1997. Recently voted Diablo Magazine's 2010 Best of the East Bay, Diane has been a student of yoga for more than 30 years and teacher for over 20.  She has studied with many bay area teachers and has assisted senior Iyengar teacher Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD. for several years - working with the therapeutic and restorative aspects of yoga. Diane is also a certified Relax & Renew Trainer and teaches Restorative Yoga and various workshops on Yoga and Feldenkrais. As a certified practitioner in the Feldenkrais Method® Diane teaches Awareness through Movement classes as well as private individual hands-on lessons. She brings to her students and clients the combined gifts of Yoga, Feldenkrais and her own therapeutic healing methods.