Yoga

Dyamen Namer is a Bay Area native. Growing up in Oakland and Berkeley, he has been exposed to fitness, movement, and martial arts since childhood. His primary influence is his father, who is a renowned professional boxer, martial artist, and fitness enthusiast. His Pops instilled the cultural importance of discipline, holistic health, and wellness. It is in this childhood home that Dyamen developed his first love: multidimensional wellness (mind, heart, body, soul).

Since his youth and under the guidance of Master Secrease, Dyamen studied Tae Kwon Do. He holds a third degree Black Belt and has studied martial arts for over three decades. It is in the dojo that Dyamen nurtured his second love: discipline and movement.

Dyamen graduated from UCLA with his degree in Sociology and a minor in African American Studies. Delving deeper into the intersectionality of race, class, and gender, Dyamen explored the ways health and joy is an act of liberation—esp for marginalized communities. Through his own practice, he also explored the relationship between Black men and meditation, stillness, + breath. It is in college that the seed for Dyamen’s third love blossomed: that for community.

After a motorcycle accident left him with fractures in his spine, he began to practice yoga to aid his recovery. Noticing the physical and mental benefits in his recovery, he decided to become an instructor to share the benefits of this ancient art. On the yoga mat, all of Dyamen’s three loves—wellness, movement, plus community—align and intersect. He is 500hr yoga certified in multiple modalities, teaching since 2019. Dyamen’s classes are sequenced intentionally, focusing on breath to movement, hip mobility, and form.

When not on the yoga mat, Dyamen is a full time public middle school teacher.