Welcome to Your Studio

The Union of
Body, Mind, & Community

The Yoga Center of Chico is a center dedicated to offering yoga in the Krishnamacharya tradition, emphasizing Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga based Vinyasa Yoga.

We seek to provide the highest quality teachers, the best facility and to serve the community. It is our belief that the ancient practice of yoga can transform us individually and collectively.

We dedicate ourselves to offering the highest quality service to the Chico community.

Namaste

“Yoga is the golden key which unlocks the door to peace, tranquility, and joy.” - BKS Iyengar

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Today's Class Schedule

We also offer private sessions with one of our talented instructors.

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Pricing

Class Rates

Drop-In $25 / Student - Senior (70+) $20
5 Class Card $90 / Student - Senior (70+) $85
10 Class Card $140 / Student - Senior (70+) $130
Monthly Unlimited $150 per month
1 Year Unlimited* $140 per month

*Only available for purchase at the Yoga Center

Class Schedule

Private Yoga Sessions

60 minutes, $100
3 60-minute sessions, $270

Deepen your yoga practice by receiving in-depth, one-on-one guidance from one of our instructors. Private sessions may focus on developing an asana sequence to recover from injuries or surgery, yoga therapeutics for a wide variety of ailments, refining specific asanas, and/or developing a home practice.

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Our Instructors

Tom Hess

co-owner
Iyengar YOGA

Tom has been a certified Iyengar yoga teacher since 1995. He loves the way Iyengar yoga can speak to the spirit of the student through the body. Tom is always trying the find the perfect balance where he leads the student towards yoga and then allows the student find it themselves. Yoga has provided a path of purpose for Tom and he will always be grateful for that blessing.

Rex Stromness

co-owner
Ashtanga-based Vinyasa Yoga

Rex began practicing yoga in the 1970's with his first introduction while attending CSU Sonoma. He has studied and practiced a variety of different styles including Sivananda, Tri-Yoga, Iyengar and Integral Yoga but he considers Ashtanga to be his main influence.

Rex has been teaching yoga for over 30 years and founded the Yoga Center of Chico in 2013 with Tom Hess. He also practices Deep Tissue Massage, and leads yoga retreats around the world.

Lisa McKinley -Weber

dynamic vinyasa flow yoga

Lisa is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 200-hour level through Northern California Yoga Institute. Lisa's teaching style is deeply rooted in alignment based principles blending classical yoga and meditation practices with contemporary exercise science and fitness methods to establish optimal health, wellness, fitness and spiritual awareness. Her classes are a playful mix of dynamic vinyasa flow integrating alignment, core work, breathing techniques as well as basic entry level poses. She encourages students to find the balance between ease and effort, strength and surrender in each sequence.

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Theresa Markwood

Iyengar yoga

Maureen Crowley

PreNatal yoga

Maureen Crowley began practicing Yoga in 2003 and received her teacher training certification from the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in 2008. She specializes in Gentle & Restorative Yoga as well as Family-Focused Yoga which includes Family Yoga, Prenatal, Yoga with Baby, and Children’s Yoga classes. Maureen Crowley received her Pre& Postnatal Teaching certification from the esteemed Santa Barbara Yoga Center under the guidance of Siddhi Ellinghoven in 2008. She has 4 beautiful children and benefited greatly from her Yoga practice throughout each pregnancy, labor, and postpartum time.

Guillaume Marchisseau

Vinyasa & Yin yoga

Guillaume took his first yoga class in 2012 in search of flexibility. In 2015, he discovered Vinyasa yoga and the occidentalized version of Ashtanga: power yoga. It quickly became his sole daily physical practice and a means of personal development. A meditation retreat led him to embark on a teacher training course in 2018, after which he taught free weekly vinyasa classes in a public park. It shifted to online classes during the 2020 events. More recently, he’s taught yoga classes daily in two Los Angeles studios; Vinyasa, Power Yoga and Yin Yoga. Now, he is happy to be part of the Chico community, The Yoga Center of Chico and to share this sacred practice with you.