About
A practice built from close attention — to bodies, to seasons, to what women actually need.

I'm Alysa Naomi Ojeda. I teach private vinyasa in Orange County — most often in clients' homes or a small private studio — with a quiet focus on women looking for a steadier, more attentive practice. A dedicated prenatal offering opens this fall.
Before this practice, I spent four years inside a Beverly Hills maternal‑fetal medicine office, where I helped coordinate care for high‑risk and high‑acuity pregnancies alongside specialists across cardiology, fetal surgery, and reproductive endocrinology. I sat with hundreds of women during some of the most uncertain weeks of their lives — and it changed how I understood what care actually looks like.
That experience shapes everything about how I hold a session: which questions I ask before we begin, how I modify, when I refer you back to your provider, and the slower pace I prefer over performance.
Years in maternal-fetal care
4
Personal practice
Since 2016
Prenatal yoga certification
2026
Languages
EN · ES
Background
A quiet thread, from clinic to mat.
- 2019
First steps in clinical settings
Frontline patient communication at dermatology and women's health offices in Orange County while studying biological sciences at UC Irvine.
- 2020 — 2024
High-risk maternal-fetal care, Beverly Hills
Four years at a concierge maternal-fetal medicine practice, coordinating care for complex pregnancies and building referral relationships across the women's health ecosystem.
- 2026
Co-founded Evoura
Launched Evoura, a women's wellness club, with a sold-out pilot event and a growing waitlist.
- 2026
Prenatal yoga certification & private practice
Completing prenatal yoga certification and quietly opening Asana with Alysa to a small group of private clients.



Beyond the mat
Co‑founder of EVOURA, a women's wellness community.
Alongside this private practice, I lead EVOURA — a women's wellness club in Orange County hosting sold‑out gatherings, conversation, and partnerships with clinical and community voices. The two practices feed each other: the mat is personal; Evoura is the wider room.
Visit Evoura↗

Evidence
Yoga, grounded in the research.
A short list of peer‑reviewed studies and medical journal articles that inform how I sequence and adapt private sessions.
- 2017
Yoga for improving health‑related quality of life, mental health and cancer‑related symptoms in women with breast cancer
Cochrane systematic review of 24 randomized trials concluding that yoga improves health‑related quality of life and reduces fatigue, anxiety and depression compared with no therapy.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- 2015
Effects of yoga on labor outcomes and maternal comfort: a randomized controlled trial
Prenatal yoga participants showed shorter first‑stage labor, higher maternal comfort scores and lower perceived pain than the standard‑care control group.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- 2012
Exploring the therapeutic effects of yoga and its ability to increase quality of life
Review synthesizing evidence that regular yoga practice down‑regulates the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system, improving stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms.
International Journal of Yoga
- 2016
Effects of prenatal yoga on women's stress and immune function across pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial
Twice‑weekly prenatal yoga over 20 weeks lowered salivary cortisol and improved immune function biomarkers versus the routine prenatal care control.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- 2020
Yoga as a complementary therapy for clinical depression: meta‑analysis of randomized controlled trials
Pooled analysis of 19 RCTs (1,178 participants) found a moderate, statistically significant reduction in depressive symptoms with yoga compared with usual care or active controls.
British Journal of Sports Medicine