Portland Yoga Arts Virginia

Yoga and Martial Arts for Everybody

Classes are non-competitive and friendly. We offer a comprehensive programs in Iyengar Yoga, Capoeira, TaiJi, QiGong, BaGuaZhang, XingYiQuan and DaBeiQuan.

Portland Yoga Arts is also an active member of our community. Our Thanksgiving Day benefit raises thousands of dollars anualy for the Oregon Food Bank. Most of our teachers and many of our students are dedicated volunteers with community non-profits including the SUN youth empowerment program. We regularly host fundraisers for other community groups.

Building health. Supporting community.
Making movement accessible for all ages and body types.

History

Established in 2002.

Todd Jackson and Barbara Fergusson launched Portland Yoga Arts in 2002 as a yoga studio dedicated to serving all ages, body types and skill levels.

In 2014 Portland Yoga Arts was purchased by Josef Haber and a new series of classes were added in Internal Kung Fu and Capoeira. Today Portland Yoga Arts offers a truly collaborative teaching environment drawing form a multitude of movement traditions.

Portland Yoga Arts is the rare studio that ensures teachers make a living. All student tuition is paid directly to the teacher, not the studio or studio owners.

Meet the Business Owner

Josef Haber L.Ac began his study of the martial arts 1988. In the years since he has been consistently dedicated to his training.
In 2010 Josef graduated with honors from Emperors College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Monica and returned to Portland. Later that year he founded his schools of BaGuaZhang and Capoeira.
Josef teaches with an emphasis on student empowerment utilizing the deeply transformative qualities of the arts he teaches.