Serena Pickett, born and raised in New York City, received her 200 hour yoga teacher training at YogaWorks in Manhattan in 2018.  She moved to San Francisco where she received a BA degree in Performing Arts and Social Justice in a concentration of dance with a minor in Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco in 2022. She is a certified Yoga instructor teaching across the Bay Area. She teaches at studios, corporate events, pop up events, online, and in schools. 

Serena practices different forms of movement with experience in learning from dance companies; Pilobolus Dance Company, Battery Dance Company, American Ballet Theater, and Robert Moses Kin. She has worked for Flyaway Productions and Epiphany Dance Theater. She also instructs classes in dance mainly focused on modern dance forms and improvisational skills. As a choreographer her work tends to center around environmental issues and striving for environmental justice. She recently finished a residency with Mark Foehringer for Emerging Choreographers. 

Her Yoga style is a mixture of Vinyasa and Yin; finding a balance of flow and stillness. Serena’s focus is on the full mind, body, and soul experience by breaking down poses, making it accessible to everyone. Her teaching is highly intuitive and combines both the physical and spiritual practice of Yoga. With over 10 years of dance experience, she brings fluidity and grace to her yoga practice with a unique artistic expression. Her classes emphasize posture alignment, energy centers within the body, pranayama (breath), ending with a led meditation.

Serena is most interested in reimagining spaces, creating new rooms for connection, compassion, and play. Her background in somatic movement allows for a variety of tools to help students discover and empower themselves to cultivate overall well-being and balance in their lives through holistic healing practices. Serena believes our bodies hold a unique roadmap for healing and strengthening through movement, breath, and awareness. As a teacher she focuses on continuous growth and evolution.