My Journey’s Spiritual Footprint or What's Old
Hatha Yoga Classes In-person
Thursdays at 6:30 am -60 mins Embarcadero YMCA, 169 Steuart
Fridays at 6:15 pm. 55 mins, Restorative yoga Yoga Garden at 1348 9th Avenue
Saturdays at 10 am - 11 am Hatha yoga March 4 and 18 in-person Stonestown YMCA, 333 Eucalyptus
Join us at this silent monastery overlooking the Big Sur coast for a four-day retreat designed to nourish the whole writer. Meditation, yoga, wellness practices, as well as plenty of uninterrupted time to write
Tuesday, October 4 at 5:30 - 7pm PDT - Integral Yoga BIPOC TTC Explore the Emotional-Experiential Body with Restorative Yoga Poses - Online
Tuesday, October 11 at 6 - 9pm PDT - TT Forward Bend Clinic
August 14 at 1 - 3:30 pm PDT - Explore the Body, Mind, and Beyond with Restorative Yoga Poses - In Person
Listen to what the body has to say while it is in a deep rest.
Learn how resting in 4-6 restorative yoga poses can begin or continue to heal and enhance your life.
July 16, 2022 at 8:45 am - Keynote Speaker - World Language Summer Seminar
June 2022, EDUCATORS RESTORING THE BODY, MIND, AND BEYOND with FOOD and YOGA Explore Where Classroom Experiences and Traumas may live in your body. (Private Workshop)
Fridays at 7 - 8 am. May 6, 13, 20, and June 3, 10, 17, 24 in-person classes Embarcadero YMCA
May 6, 13, 20, and June 3, 10, 17, 24 in-person classes Embarcadero YMCA
April 24, 2022 at 1pm EmpowerHour: Eating the Earth - Recognizing Earth Month (Mukunda Studios) - Topic: Eating the Earth - A Virtual Panel Recognizing: Earth Month Guests: Saeeda Hafiz and Rachel Porraspita Hosted by Mukunda Marc Morozumi
April 12, 2022 - Yin, Yang and the Power of Food BYTA blog
April 2, 2022 at 5pm - Satsang Integral Yoga - The Yogic Approach to Food
March 20, 2022 - Hatha Theory Workshop—Yoga Diet, Integral Yoga Teacher Training
March 13, 2022 10am PST / 1pm EST - Books and Brunch with Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) Book discussion event - The Healing: One Woman’s Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches. Watch the video here.
February 6, Workshop - Explore The Body, Mind, and Beyond with Restorative Yoga, 8am - 11am PST and 4pm - 7pm GMT Course description (taught in both Italian and English) Learn how resting in 4 -6 restorative yoga pose can begin or continue to heal and enhance your life.
December 19th Workshop - Restore The Body, Mind, and Beyond with Yoga, Exploring where intergenerational trauma may live in your body. Course description (taught in both Italian and English)- In this two-hour session, you will do safe and love-filled exercises that will further develop trust within yourself, others, and some of your intergenerational life experiences. Then, you will identify at least one major life event and discover where that experience may be stored (located) in your body. You will practice some fundamental Hatha yoga asanas using basic emotional & experiential anatomy while engaging in simple and safe visualizations and journal prompts for a deeper intergenerational exploration. Let's open up a manageable piece of life that will continue to support your healing journey. You will leave this workshop feeling more whole, nurtured, and inspired. All levels welcome. PST 8:30am GMT 4:30pm
Fridays at 7:15 - 8:15 am. December 3, 10, 17, & 31st in-person classes Embarcadero YMCA
Saturdays, at 10 - 11 am December 11 & 18th in-person classes Stonestown YMCA
Fridays, at 7:15 - 8:15 am. September 3, 10, 17, 24 in-person socially (physically) distant class at the Embarcadero YMCA. Register here by Thursday night - (guest passes available - email me - saeeda@mac.com)
Saturdays, at 10 - 11 am September 11, 18, October 2, 9, in person Stonestown
Saturday, October 16 from 12:30 – 4:30 pm Pacific Time Begin Healing Emotional Pain with Yoga Workshop
Saturday, November 6 from 5 - 6pm Satang Conversation - Svadhyaya (Self-Study) the fourth Niyama. Discuss ways you may be practicing or want to practice Svadhyaya (self-study) through an act of creative expression, writing, art, dance.
Late June / July - Vacation / Scouting Trip - Drive down Highway 1 to San Luis Obispo.
July - Visit to the Camaldoli Hertimage
June 19, 2021, 5:00 – 6:30 pm Satsang: An African-American Yogini's Journey - Chanting, Storytelling, and Conversation
June 18 from 12-1 pm - panel member at the Women’s National Book Association Juneteenth Event - What Juneteenth Means to Me: readings & discussion by Black authors of the SF Bay region
Thursday, June 17 featured Speaker at the Integral Yoga Institute — The Yoga Diet to the BIPOC Yoga Teachers’ Training Course
Speak On It! Re-vamped podcast from Tigerlily Communications
May 15, 2021, 11 am - 1 pm: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Holistic Yoga
May 1 & May 2, 2021 - Healing Emotional Pain with Yoga - LIVE, Sat 10-12pm & 2-4 & Sun 10-12
March 19, 2021 - Stanford University Talk for the Dialogue-to-Action Program (DAP) for Equity and Justice. Featured book - The Healing.
March 13, 2021 - Private Book Club Talk of The Healing
February 24, 2021 - Kodiak Robotics celebrates Black History Month by featuring The Healing
February 17, 2021 - Francisco Middle School - Black Professionals Panel Discussion
January 18, 2021 - Book Sangha at Yoga with Joe G.
December 5, 2020 - AKA - Healthy Holiday Recipe Demonstration at 2 pm on Saturday
November 9, 2020 - Anasa Yoga Studio Book Club Gathering at 7 - 8pm on Mondays Nov 9, 16, 23, 30.
October 24, 2020 - The Soul Book Nook Bookstore Live author discussion - audio on Facebook
October 8, 2020 - Yoga Body Image Coalition - Savasana - the Space I Could Trust
September 20 & 27, 2020 - Satori Yoga Studio at 4pm - 5:30pm Free Book Club
September 11, 2020 - Results May Vary - You Can Design Healing Out Of Childhood Chaos
August 26 & 27, 2020 - Chicago College Youth yoga class
July 5, 2020 at 4 - 5:30pm - Online Conversation - Yoga and Holistic Nutrition
June 19, 2020 at 4 - 5pm PST - Peaceful Yoga Protest Celebrating Juneteenth #Black Lives Matter
April 4, 2020, Saturday at 9:30am - 10:45 am. Hatha Yoga Class, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, 1185 Vicente St, San Francisco, CA
April 4, 2020, Saturday at 10:45 - 11:00 am Tea and Light Soup before the healing workshop
April 4, 2020, Saturday, at 11am - 12:30 pm. Healing Emotional Pain with Yoga, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, 1185 Vicente St, San Francisco, CA Description of this workshop - Whether it is a broken heart from a relationship, daily stress, or childhood trauma, we will use yoga poses to connect to the body's cellular memory to begin or continue the healing process. Your body has a story to tell and we use yoga to help write a more joyful narrative. In this workshop, you will explore how the body and mind process human experiences and emotions while using holistic yoga poses to begin thriving in your next chapter. Feel free to bring a journal and a curious mind.
March 22, 2020, Sunday at 12:30 - 2:30 pm. Healing Emotional Pain with Yoga at YMCA Embarcadero, 169 Steuart St.
March 1, 2020, Sunday at 9 pm EST or 6 pm PST - The Embody Self-Acceptance Meditation - Live meditation on Facebook hosted by Yoga Body Image Coalition
March 1, 2020, Sunday at 9 pm EST or 6 pm PST - The Embody Self-Acceptance Meditation - Live meditation
February 27, 2020 - KPOO radio 1 - 2pm, San Francisco
January 31, 2020, Friday nights at 6:30 - 8pm, Restorative Yoga Class, YMCA Embarcadero, 169 Steuart St. San Francisco CA - Also February 7 & 28 at 6:30pm
Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 12pm. Healing Emotional Pain with Yoga, YMCA Embarcadero, 169 Steuart St. San Francisco CA -
January 17, 2020, Friday night at 6:30 - 8pm, Restorative Yoga Class, YMCA Embarcadero, 169 Steuart St. San Francisco CA
October 19, 2019 at 8pm Litcrawl - MCing the Novella Writers Group at Praxis 3047 24th Street
October 2 & 9, 2019 - Ocean Beach Yoga, Teacher Training Course - Book Discussion - The Healing & Yamas & Niyamas
September 9, 2019 - WARM 106.9 - Rebroadcast featuring - The Healing
August 30 & Sept 6, 2019 - Health Education Classes -Read The Healing to 350 Ninth Graders
June 6, 2019 - Health Summit, Featured Reading
May 31, 2019 - Meet the Authors 12:00pm- Mechanics' Institute San Francisco
April 22, 2019 City College Private Memoir Panel 6-7pm
March 2019, Common Grounds Magazine - The Food Issue - Page 18
February 27, 2019 Banyen Books and Sound - Book Reading, 6:30 pm
January 20, 2019- Seattle - Inspirational Women - The Morning Show
January 3, 2019 - Women Gone Vibrant - How to Heal Childhood Trauma
January 1, 2019 - Postcards and Authors
December 16, 2018 - Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, 4 pm
November 28, 2018 - Volunteer of the Month - CUESA - SF Farmers Market
November 14, 2018 - UC Berkeley The PATH to Care Center - trauma-informed Yoga as Healing
October 30, 2018 - Dog Eared Books, Castro - 489 Castro Street
October 20, 2018, 6:30pm - LitQuake, 3464 19th Street @Lexington, SF - WildHawk A Bird of Paradise Production with LitQuake!
October 14, 2018 - Woman Watch iHeartRadio
October 12, 2018 - San Francisco County (CA) ACEs Connection feature
October 10, 2018 - Private Q&A - Ocean Beach Yoga Teachers’ Training Course
October 8, 2018 - 7pm - CommonPlace Books, Oklahoma City
October 7, 2018 KRWM (106.9FM) Seattle - Inspirational Women - The Morning Show
September 27, 2018 - Conscioustyle by Christina Vo
September 17, 2018 - The Future of Food - Cultivating the Youth Leadership CUESA
September 12, 2018 WGTD 91.1 FM with Greg - The Morning Show
September 9, 2018 - Sunday Journal - Harold Clark WYLD 98.5FM
September 8 & 9 2018 - American Medicine Today/national, Ethan Youker
August 31, 2018 - KSCJ-AM/Omaha NE, live w/Mark Hahn
August 31, 2018 - Bringing Inspiration to Earth - national, w/Robert Sharpe
August 29, 2018 - AuthorStory/YouTube w/ Alexander Lim
August 29, 2018 - Brainfood w/ Louie B. Free
August 26, 2018 - San Francisco Public Library, in the African American Center
August 12, 2018 - Food and Fusion Workshop at Anasa Oakland Yoga
August 13, 2018 - WOCA-AM/FM The Source with Larry Whitler
August 13, 2018 - Real Talk with Riggin, Faune Riggin
August 13, 2018 - America Meditating with Sister Jenna
August 13, 2018 - Answers for the Family, LATALKradio with Allen Cardoza
August 15, 2018 - Book Passage Sausalito - Book Reading
August 2, 2018 - Books, Inc, Berkeley - Book Reading
July 28, 2018 - SF Ferry Building Chef Demo and Book Talk - See RECIPE!
July 26, 2018 - BookShop West Portal - Book Reading
July 25, 2018 - Kathryn Zox Show - Your Social Worker with a Microphone
July 24, 2018 - Kathleen Ink - 52+ Nudges
July 18, 2018 - Chapter 2 - Second Edition
July 18, 2018 - Journey's of Life - Book Reading
July 17, 2018 - Private Corporate Book Reading
December 4, 2017 - City College of San Francisco - Creative Writing Program Presents Saeeda - Memoir Reading & Writing/ Publishing Discussion Interviewed by Instructor - Jackie Davis Martin 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 pm
October 29, 2017 - Write Your Food-Yoga Story 1 - 4 pm at Bernal Yoga
October 14, 2017 - Lit Crawl San Francisco Reader on Saturday, - I'm excited to attend "Birds of Paradise" at Lit Crawl San Francisco. Come with me? #litcrawl2017
Summer 2017 - Yoga by Candace Mantra Box product
September 22, 2016 - KPOO - Judy Drummond on “Connecting the Dots”
April 4, 2016 - KRUU Radio Interview - Writers' Voices
November 20, 2015 - Fairfield IA, Revelations Cafe and bookstore
November 11, 2015 - A Literary Migration - Oakland Magazine
November 11, 2015 - Private Book Club Reading in Vacaville
October 22, 2015 - Bookshop West Portal - 7pm
September 26, 2015 - AT MACY'S - AUTHOR SAEEDA HAFIZ! Cooking Demo Book Signing
June 8, 2015 - Northwest African American Museum, Seattle WA - Book Reading
May 15, 2016 - CUESA - Food as Medicine: Why We Are What We Eat
December 8, 2014 - YMCA Embarcadero San Francisco - An Evening with Saeeda
October 6, 2014 - Samovar & Saeeda - Let's Talk Tea, Food, Family, and Yoga
September 11, 2014- Private Book Reading, Los Altos Hills
May 17, 2014 - One World SF Event with COPIA Health, Speaker Holistic Health & Yoga at the Women's Building SF
January 2014 – Bay Area Nutrition Physical Activity - Panel Speaker
November 2013 - PG&E - Staff & Employee Wellness, Food and Mood
June 2009 - Well Woman Radio Retreat - on WEDO 810 AM
September 2007 - Diligent Nutrition Coordinator - Alliance for Healthier Generation
July 18, 2006 - NPR/KQED - Planets for Pluto
June 20, 2006 - NPR/KQED - Dealers
February 26, 2003 - Saeeda's Hum - Sight of Stillness
December 2000 - Saeeda quoted in - Like a Natural Woman: by Ziba Kashef
November 2000 - Speaker at the Manchester Citizens Corporation (MCC) - yoga/stress
March 9 2000 - Awarded Role Model and Respected Female Figure
January 24, 2000 - Excerpt from an article in The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon's student newspaper
January 2000 - Saeeda is quoted in an article for the eFit network.
November 27, 1999 - Hafiz is putting the 'w' in holistic health - feature article in the New Pittsburgh Courier.
October 29, 1999 - Post-Gazette People on the Move
February 22, 1999 - Press Release: YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh Names New Health and Wellness Director
January 1999 - Excerpt from an article in Essence magazine
September 1, 1998 - Excerpt from "Breathing lessons" article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 1998 - Excerpt from an article in Essence magazine
Spring 1998 - Article in Shady Ave magazine
Spring 1998 - Breathing Lessons
February 14, 1995 - Excerpt from an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.