Meet Adina Rose Bernheimer | Yoga & Art Instructor

We had the good fortune of connecting with Adina Rose Bernheimer and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Adina Rose, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
The most important factor behind my success is learning to listen to my intuition and have the courage to act on it. Through mindful practices such as breathwork, yoga asana, meditation, and sound healing, I can clear my mind and allow my intuition to come through. The more I follow this guiding force the more I come across job opportunities and collaborations that align with and support the work I do. It’s always a work in progress and I am always seeking to learn more on how best I can be of service to this world in a fulfilling and meaningful way.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
Since a young child I was always very physically active, sensitive, and creative. Never did I think I’d make a living out of those qualities. I grew up in the south side of Santa Monica in the 1980s and 90s where I had a lot of freedom and grew up fast. My younger life was wild, full of creativity, fun, and making something out of nothing. To me that is what art and life are, making something from nothing.

In my mid-twenties I finally enrolled into college where I majored in psychology and minored in fine arts. College is where I first fell in love with learning and eventually I began working towards a degree in Marriage Family Therapy. Despite excelling in school I could not shake a feeling of restlessness and anxiety. Life had been bumpy for the past decade and I struggled with concentration and had a free floating sense of unease. I ended up selling all my belongings and moving to the north shore of Kauai where I lived for the next two years. During this time I began avidly practicing yoga, spent a lot of time alone and endless hours in nature. While there, I noticed my nervous system relaxing, my mind starting to calm, and my priorities becoming clearer. My body felt different, more serene, and more open. Living on Kauai shifted my way of being in a way that has stayed with me ever since. When I eventually moved back to Los Angeles, I took the feeling of Kauai with me.

Cut to, it’s March 2020, and I’m a single mom with a 10 year old. I found myself unemployed for the first time in my life due to the COVID lockdown. As a single mother, this was daunting. Meanwhile, I had just completed my first 200 hour yoga teacher training and also had the opportunity to co-found an online after-school enrichment program called Camp Sassafras. Here, I began teaching yoga to children online. During this time of collective trauma and deep uncertainty I found this to be critically important for the children I was working with. I also began teaching art as a creative outlet for children to express what was going on in the world around them. Working with children who were isolated at home and providing them with mindful and engaging activities felt essential. This experience was a pivotal moment for me professionally.

Within a couple of years I found myself teaching yoga and art full time all over the city of Los Angeles. It was as if I blinked and opened my eyes to a career I could have only dreamed of, one that provides healing opportunities for all ages and capabilities. I teach yoga to staff and students at UCLA, I teach yoga and art for Barnsdall Arts, and I run my own company, Rose Yoga & Art, which provides services in a wide variety of the healing arts such as sound healing, mindful art, individual and group yoga classes, and so much more.

Now, in 2025, my professional life continues to grow and expand in new and exciting ways. For the past three years I’ve been honored to facilitate a program called Peace Lab, a mindfulness work internship for teenagers. Here, I train a group of teenagers in mindfulness and contemplative practices. Then they are taken through a teacher training to prepare them to run their own classes for younger students in their community. In this program, the students become the teachers. They are are equipped with compassionate leadership skills, a mindfulness practice of their own, and a sense that they have something to offer.

My approach to teaching is rooted in compassion and accessibility. Whether I’m teaching an art class to four year old’s, a private yoga session with a college professor, or a group of teens at a continuation high school, my approach is to always meet people where they are. Learning is different for everyone and therefore so is teaching. I feel incredibly blessed to be doing the work I do and I look forward to what lies ahead.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Fun question!
Unfortunately, our beautiful city of angels has just gone through a severe tragedy due to the wild fires and so life is different here.

But even so, we still have lots to offer!

On day one, we’ll go for a long walk at the beach right before the sun goes down. We’ll take in the fresh salty air and watch the bright and colorful sunset that is quintessential to the Santa Monica Bay. Then we’ll head to Fritto Misto for a delicious Italian dinner and a family friendly vibe like no other.

The following day, we have to go to Venice West, the best small music venue in the heart of Venice. The musical acts never disappoint and you can always make your way up to the front row where you experience an intimate and epic musical adventure!

On our third day together we’ll head down to Redondo Beach to take Candis Berens’ Iyengar yoga class, in her living room! This class is transformative in every way. Candis has a keen ability to make everyone feel at home while practicing yoga. You will laugh, open your body, learn yogic philosophy, and find a deeper meaning of what yoga asana is. After class we’ll hit up the nearby farmers market and then walk down to the bluffs for an incredible ocean view.

Next, it’s time to shop! We’ll visit secondhand clothing stores such as Crossroads, Buffalo Exchange, and Out of the Closet. After some good “finds” we’ll walk around Silverlake’s main drag which is full of interesting shops and delicious food.

On day five, we escape the city and go hiking at Sullivan Canyon. This hike has limited fire damage and still holds as one of my favorite trails in town. It’s shady, has streams of water, tree swings, and an ever changing terrain that keeps you enticed the whole time. After working up an appetite, we’ll stop by Wabi on Rose for the best happy hour in town! They have delicious margaritas, high quality sushi, and if you’re lucky, a live DJ to boot.

The following day we meet my good friend at ARTHA Yoga and Wellness Sanctuary in Studio City for a relaxing day of wellness including yoga, sound baths, cryotherapy, sauna, cold plunge, floating, and more! Afterwards, we’ll step out on to Ventura Blvd to window shop and eat at one of the many delicious restaurants nearby.

On our last day together we’ll travel to DTLA to visit the Broad Museum. The Broad has an inspiring art collection of Basquiat, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, and so much more. Next, we’ll top off our trip at Japantown in West LA for Dan Modern Chinese’s soup dumplings. For dessert, we’ll walk around the corner for Taiyaki and hot tea.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
There are several people I’d like to give a shoutout to!

My family is my biggest supporter and source of inspiration. My mother is perhaps the most giving and loving person I know. I am blessed to have her as the person who taught me to love, to give, and to follow my passions. And, of course, there is no one who inspires me more than my 16 year old son. Liam is hands down the most resilient, heartfelt, funny, and loving person in my life. As I watch him growing into manhood, it reinforces why I do the work I do. He embodies a growth mindset like no other and I find myself observing him in admiration. He is my love!

I would also like to show my gratitude to Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer, the Executive Director at Barnsdall Arts. Her commitment to the arts is immeasurable and radiates in all directions. With support, creativity, and a deep sense of community and family, she has shown me what leadership can look and feel like. She is one of my employers, a mentor, and lucky enough, a friend.

And lastly, a huge shoutout to Abby Wills, Co-Founder at Shanti Generation and author. Abby is one of the most committed people I know to empowering youth and adults alike through mindfulness and other related contemplative practices. Abby saw something in me before I could see it in myself. She is a master at collaboration and is so deeply committed to lifting everyone up around her. She embodies the idea that we are stronger together, and she courageously takes that out into the world.

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