Meet Our Teachers
At The Loom Yoga, our instructors are dedicated to guiding you in attuning to your body's natural rhythms. Each teacher brings a unique approach to support your personal journey.
Laura Moir
Laura Moir (E-RYT 200 | YACEP) is a full-time yoga teacher based in Oakland offering accessible, heart-centered classes rooted in trauma-informed care. With over four years of teaching experience and training under renowned teachers including Judith Lasater and Jason Crandell, she weaves alignment, somatics, and nervous system regulation into every offering.
Laura's classes blend strength and softness, creating space for authentic connection and deep self-inquiry. She leads weekly studio classes, community-based donation offerings, and private sessions throughout the East Bay. Grounded in her own healing journey, she holds space with empathy, presence, and a deep respect for each student’s unique path.
Iva Chu
Iva was born and raised in Hong Kong. She has been teaching studio classes and private sessions for more than two decades. Iva is an E-RYT 500 and YACEP. She is a Certified 500 Hour Yin Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Chair Yoga, and a Sound Healing Instructor. She is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist, Flexibility Coach, Mat Pilates. Additionally, she has academic qualifications in Kinesiology, therapeutic option (B.S), focusing on human movement, injury prevention, and biomechanics.
She also completed an Acupressure Mastery program with Dr. Michael Reed Gach. Her love for learning also led her to study how to apply science and Traditional Chinese Medicine to yoga and she continues to remain open to being a student of life.
Her classes are creative, energetic and include teachings and techniques from a deep knowledge of Anatomy and several other forms of yoga. She also incorporates the powerful Ancient Healing Energy System – Acupressure, pranayama, and Sound bath Healing to help students deepen their practice.
Iva is always eager to learn and grow, continuing to deepen her own practice and stay informed about the latest research in yoga and wellness.
Luna
Luna is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), With a deep commitment to making yoga accessible and transformative, Luna has guided students in a wide range of settings—from traditional gyms and wellness programs to serving formerly incarcerated and incarcerated youth.
Their approach blends mindful movement with compassionate instruction, creating a welcoming space for growth, healing, and connection, both on and off the mat. Since beginning their teaching journey in 2019, Luna has cultivated a practice rooted in kindness, authenticity, and joy—making yoga approachable and accessible for real people in real life. Their classes combine thoughtful movement with creative sequencing and a playful spirit, encouraging students to explore what feels good in their own bodies.
Mike
Mike has been teaching since 2019 and founded Outdoor Yoga Berkeley in 2020, a donation based outdoor yoga program where he has been teaching Sunday yoga for 5 years. Mike loves to keep things grounded and playful using plain language, descriptive cues, and humor.
His classes are designed for regular people to learn more about their bodies so they can take better care of themselves on a daily basis. He believes that re-establishing the relationship with the body is the doorway to a better life, better relationships, less pain, and radical honesty. His classes will be a mix of traditional vinyasa, mobility, stretching, breathing, and strengthening.
Mike likes to teach to the bodies in the room and adjusts to the class for a more impactfull practice. Mike really cares about getting more diverse students into yoga and feels strongly about affordability.
Allie
With over 1,000 teaching hours and certifications in Lotus Flow, Vinyasa, Rocket Yoga, and inversion training, Allie brings a playful, dance-like approach to the mat. She specializes in arm balances and helping students overcome the fear of going upside down through creative sequencing and supportive coaching. Her teaching encourages yogis of all levels to explore movement in their own unique bodies.
She is Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified, CPR certified (ISSA), and insured through Philadelphia Insurance Companies.
She currently teaches at Svastha Yoga Wellness and Community Hub, Crunch Fitness, Yoga Amansala, and A Novel Yoga, and has taught previously at Symmetry Yoga & Health Center.
Her training includes 200-hour programs from Laughing Lotus San Francisco and Carson Academy Rocket Yoga, with additional studies in trauma-informed yoga, prenatal, kids yoga, yin and restorative, pranayama, Sanskrit, bhakti, therapeutics, and more.
Named Best Yoga Instructor on Alameda Island in 2020.
Josa
For Josa, yoga is a practice of union—a space to return to the wisdom of the body, the breath, and the heart.
Her classes invite a deep sense of presence and inner spaciousness, gently guiding students toward softness, self-inquiry, and nervous system restoration.
With a background in somatic movement and a love for nature-inspired sequencing, she helps students connect with what feels truly good in their own bodies. Her calm, grounded energy and creative flows are balanced with moments of stillness, sound, and breath.
Many are drawn to her nurturing presence, and her signature Elemental SoundBaths offer a deeply restorative and healing experience.