Best 3 Yoga Teachers in San Diego for Postpartum Recovery in 2026

Yesica Rodriguez has taught for over 15 years and has stacked her training toward the perinatal years: a 200-hour foundation (2011), two prenatal trainings (a 100-hour in 2012 and an 85-hour at the Prenatal Yoga Center with Deb Flashenberg in 2022), a 300-hour advanced training (2022), plus a 100-hour Yoga for a Happy Back and a Body Ready Method Pro certification. Her Baby and Me series pairs a gentle postpartum practice with baby massage and a free postpartum support group in the same location, and she carries her own experience as a mother of two into how she holds the room.

• Postpartum Specialization: a dedicated Baby & Me page in the navigation with Postpartum Yoga named as a specialty, a recurring series and a free postpartum support group - postpartum is the prominent focus (20/20)
• Qualifications & Yoga Teaching Experience: 200hr (2011), two prenatal trainings (100hr 2012 and 85hr Prenatal Yoga Center 2022), a 300hr advanced (2022) and Body Ready Method Pro, with 15+ years teaching - every credential documented with provider and year on her own site. No Yoga Alliance registration string is published, but 185 hours of prenatal training plus 500 total hours and 15 years evidence the equivalent (15/20)
• Personal Postpartum Experience: first person on the Baby and Me page: after becoming a mother she 'felt lonely, anxious, and as if I was slowly disappearing' and found community through Baby and Me Yoga, which became the origin of her own offering (13/15)
• Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: a recurring community series with a free support group, but no on-site testimonials from postpartum mothers surfaced (5/15)
• Price (60min): transparent class pricing published: 5-class pack $100, drop-in $25, free postpartum support group; privates by request (10/10)
• 1-on-1 Private Yoga Focus: privates are offered; the core Baby & Me offering is a small group (7/10)
• Booking Accessibility: clear class page with livestream option and email registration (7/10)

Magdalena Patterson runs Body By Mags with an E-RYT certification and prenatal yoga studies completed at the Soul of Yoga Institute in Encinitas, pairing yoga with a clear focus on core rebuilding and pelvic-floor activation after birth. Her trauma-informed approach and personal connection to the postpartum journey come through in how she paces recovery, and she offers both an accessible prenatal/postnatal bundle and private sessions by appointment across San Diego.

• Postpartum Specialization: core and pelvic-floor recovery is the prominent focus of the Body By Mags proposition, with a named Prenatal & Postnatal bundle (20/20)
• Qualifications & Experience: 'MAGDALENA PATTERSON, MA, E-RYT' verified on her site, with yoga training at La Jolla Yoga Center (2010) and prenatal yoga training at Soul of Yoga Institute (2014); no RPYT registration is stated and no E-RYT level is given (7/20)
• Personal Postpartum Experience: her site states 'Being a mom herself, she understands the process of pregnancy and birth, and shares from both experience and her studies', so motherhood is stated without a description of her own birth or postpartum recovery (6/15)
• Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: testimonials present; reviews exist but are not specifically from postpartum mothers (8/15)
• Price (60min): Prenatal & Postnatal bundle published at $59.99 with a free trial on the online platform (10/10)
• 1-on-1 Private Focus: privates available (10/10)
• Booking Accessibility: appointment booking via the website (7/10)

Collette Simko Knauss teaches across North County coastal towns with a 500-RYT, an 85-hour prenatal certification and 16 years of teaching, plus a personal postpartum yoga practice dating to 2016. Her private sessions, in-home or virtual, blend vinyasa and yin with recovery and pain-management work, and she teaches bilingually in English and Spanish, which widens access for North County families. One practical note: her own website is currently offline, so the easiest way to reach her is through one of the studios she teaches at, including the Encinitas Community and Senior Center, the YMCA of San Diego County, Foundation Yoga and Four Moons Spa.

• Postpartum Specialization: prenatal and postnatal work is the prominent focus of her teaching, including an 85-hour prenatal certification (20/20)
• Qualifications & Experience: 500-RYT plus an 85-hour prenatal certification (the RPYT training route) and 16 years of teaching, per her LinkedIn listing; her own site is offline (404) so the registration string cannot be confirmed on a site she controls (13/20)
• Personal Postpartum Experience: her own postpartum practice dates to 2016; motherhood is indicated without a detailed birth or recovery account available on a live page (6/15)
• Client Reviews from Postpartum Mothers: testimonials existed on her own site, which is now offline (404), so none can be pointed to (1/15)
• Price (60min): no current published price - the rate she published is gone with her site (1/10)
• 1-on-1 Private Focus: private sessions, in-home or virtual, are the core of her offering (10/10)
• Booking Accessibility: her site carried online scheduling but is offline, so reaching her now means going through one of the studios she teaches at (3/10)