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A place where you belong, grow, and shine

Welcome to Wild Oak Wellness (WOW)!

We are more than a studio, WOW is a nurturing community rooted in kindness, authenticity, and encouragement. We offer a space where you are seen, supported, and celebrated, where healing feels like truly coming home.

Explore a multitude of transformative experiences from Yoga and Pilates to Sound Baths, Tai Chi and Mindful Movement.

Come as you are, discover what you need, and leave with a deeper sense of calm, clarity, and connection. Wellness is always better when shared, so bring a friend!

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Tai Chi

Sound Baths

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Our Teachers

Expert teachers, compassionate guidance, inspiring growth

Our carefully chosen teachers, many with decades of experience, combine exceptional skill, compassion, and wisdom to create a safe yet inspiring space where you can grow, be challenged, and feel deeply cared for.

Dorene

Program Director

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Tamara

Owner
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Daniel

Tai Chi Teacher

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Meaghan

Yoga Teacher

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Noelle

Yoga Teacher
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Amy

Yoga Teacher

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Greg

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Gabriela

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Dorene

Dorene is a Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Nursing Education from UCSF. She currently works more than full-time as the Assistant Director of Nursing and Success Specialist at Solano Community College. As she has a devoted interest in health and wellness rooted in both western and eastern traditions, she also has her advanced yoga certification with a focus in biomechanics and alignment from YogaTree in San Francisco.

She is passionate about teaching anatomy to anyone that will listen and offers lots of workshops to help educate people to feel better in the bodies they currently have. She is very excited to run the wellness program at WOW and the opportunity to bring more joy and better living to all the members of our beloved community.

Tamara

Tamara is a bestselling author, lifelong teacher, and passionate guide in the world of movement and healing. She has owned Encore Gymnastics since 1989, inspiring generations through the joy of physical expression. Since beginning her yoga practice in 2000, she has continued to deepen her journey, traveling the globe to study with healers in places as diverse as Nepal, Bhutan, Ireland, Peru, Bali, and beyond.

With roots in gymnastics, dance, and sound healing, Tamara weaves together decades of experience to co-create Wild Oak Wellness with the intention to offer a space where others can reconnect with themselves, find peace, and step into freedom. Her soul’s work is dedicated to uplifting others, offering not only wellness practices, but also the sense of community, grace, and transformation that Wild Oak Wellness was built to embody.

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Daniel

Daniel has a lifelong passion for mindful movement and has been practicing Tai Chi for nearly 30 years, including five years of intensive study in Taiwan. He brings a scientific lens to his practice, completing his master’s thesis on the blood pressure effects of Tai Chi stance training and publishing research on how attention influences performance in both athletes and non-athletes. A dedicated teacher, Daniel promotes the benefits of Tai Chi for all ages and experience levels. He is currently completing a PhD focused on using AI to enhance performance training.

Meaghan McElroen

Meaghan is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher, personal trainer, and health coach with over 10 years of experience helping others nurture a healthier relationship with food, movement, and their bodies. She is passionate about creating safe, supportive spaces where yoga, mindfulness, and self-care come together.

Her teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves to feel good in their body, and that true self-care begins with self-love. In her classes, Meaghan encourages students to listen inward, honor their individual needs, and move in ways that feel both supportive and empowering.

Off the mat, you’ll often find her exploring nature, enjoying time with friends and family, playing with animals, cooking, diving into books on psychology and human rights, or relaxing in her hammock with a great read.

Noelle Joy

Noelle Joy is a devoted yoga teacher, healer, and kirtan leader with a heart-centered mission to share the joy and transformation that yoga has brought into her life. She holds 440 hours of Radiant Body Yoga certification and 200 hours of Hatha Vinyasa training, blending the technical precision of asana with the subtle practices of breath, kriya, mantra, and meditation.

Her journey into yoga began as a path to heal both physical and emotional wounds. What started as self-care unfolded into a profound awakening of body, mind, and spirit. Along the way, she became a Kali-Ki Reiki Master Practitioner, sound healer, and kirtan leader, embracing sacred sound and vibration as tools for deep healing and expanded awareness.

Today, Noelle shares these integrated practices to guide others into greater wholeness. Whether through a dynamic flow, a meditative kriya, the power of mantra, or the resonance of sound, her teaching is rooted in the belief that joy is our birthright and healing is possible. She embodies the truth that when we transform ourselves, we expand the possibility for others to do the same.

Amy

Amy has been dedicated to teaching yoga for more than 20 years. Throughout her career, she has had the privilege of guiding students at every stage of practice—from beginners to advanced practitioners, individuals healing from injury, and those in prenatal and postnatal phases. She finds joy in weaving together meditation, contemplation, chanting, breathwork, and mindful alignment, creating space for growth both on and off the mat.

Her training spans a wide range of teachers and traditions, including Hatha, Ashtanga, Forrest Yoga, and Dharma Yoga. Amy brings thoughtful attention to the subtle details of each posture and transition, drawing from a rich and continually evolving well of knowledge to support her students. Inspired by the wisdom of the late Krishnamacharya and guided by her current teachers, Tias and Surya Little, she continues to deepen her own study and practice.

Amy holds certifications through Yoga Alliance, Prajna Yoga, The Yoga Institute, and Alice Joanou of the former Ahimsa Yoga.

Greg

Greg began practicing Yoga at 18 in 1975, and it has remained his lifelong path for nearly 50 years. For Greg, Yoga is the pursuit of the True Self that includes an exploration of body, mind, and spirit that has served as both a spiritual calling and a means of healing childhood trauma.

At 43, he experienced a profound awakening that inspired him to leave behind a corporate career and dedicate himself fully to Yoga. Since then, he has studied with master teachers, immersed himself in spiritual texts, completed multiple teacher trainings, and taught thousands of students. Over the past 25 years, Greg has owned a thriving studio in San Ramon and led more than 7,000 classes for practitioners of all levels.

Today, his greatest joy is sharing what he calls Yoga for Every Bodywhich is an inclusive, accessible, and transformative practice. In his classes, students move, laugh, sometimes cry, and always experience the deep benefits of Yoga.

In addition to teaching, Greg is a longtime life coach and mentor, helping individuals discover their true purpose and bring their gifts into full expression for their own fulfillment and the greater good of all.

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Gabriela

Gabriela is a holistic medicine and nutrition practitioner turned dedicated yoga teacher. Her yoga journey began while helping patients find balance through mindful eating and natural healing. Over time, she discovered that true wellness extends beyond nutrition, it flourishes through movement, breath, and mental clarity. Motivated to unite these elements, Gabriela earned her yoga certification to help others achieve both physical alignment and inner peace.

Today, she blends her medical knowledge with the art of yoga, offering classes and workshops that integrate movement, mindfulness, and holistic health. Her compassionate approach nurtures the body, calms the mind, and inspires her community to cultivate harmony from within.