https://www.maxkopeikin.com/aboutbio daily 1.0 2026-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1597256608411-5PT7CJWEDTW4M83NPYS4/SANSON+_+KOPEIKIN+01+-+20.jpg About/Bio Max Kopeikin is Bay Area based psychotherapist and Iyengar Yoga teacher. He is a member of the LGBTQQI++ community and does much of his work in this community. Max specializes in therapy and yoga that celebrate diversity and he is committed to Queer Feminist and Anti-Racist organizing and action. Max grew up in Southern CA and was involved in movement-centered performing arts throughout his childhood and teenage years. As a part of his high school’s pre-professional dance program, he choreographed and performed around the globe. He moved to the Bay Area at the age of 18 to attend U.C. Berkeley, where he received his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Minor in Dance and Performance Studies. After graduating, Max worked in LGBTQQI++ centered and Jewish community nonprofits. During this time, he also became a yoga teacher after years of practice and study. Continuing his educational path, Max moved to Barcelona where he studied at la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Dance/Movement Therapy. While in Catalunya, he also became a certified Level 1 AcroYoga teacher and started to teach that practice in Barcelona, San Francisco and around the world. Max came back to San Francisco, and got his Masters in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was certified as a Level 2 AcroYoga teacher and immersion instructor in Mexico in 2015. He became a level one Iyengar Yoga teacher in 2025. He works in San Francisco and around the globe as a Iyengar Yoga teacher, AcroYoga instructor and teacher trainer. Max also works as a psychotherapist. Max has extensive experience offering psychotherapy to fellow members of the LGBTQQI++ community. He did his trainingship at Queer LifeSpace, a therapy clinic in the Castro District of San Francisco. Max completed the Advanced Associateship Program at The Liberation Institute, a Liberation Psychology-centered community mental health clinic in San Francisco. As part of this program, he saw a wide range of individuals and couples in psychotherapy. He currently works in private practice in the Mission District of San Francisco. Max has dedicated the past few years to working with trauma from a yoga-centered perspective and teaching trauma-informed yoga teacher trainings. A teacher's teacher, Max is the lead teacher in yoga teacher trainings and mentors new teachers. He is also in the process of becoming a certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner. Max began his yoga and AcroYoga teaching in Barcelona, and continues to travel and teach in Barcelona, the rest of Europe and around the world. https://www.maxkopeikin.com/therapy daily 0.75 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1597258319375-QB48Z4O75RF6I40JV650/Max-Headshots%287of64%29.jpg Therapy - Max Kopeikin (L-MFT #141147) Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1597258700255-1WOI1I3MQD6YRW8REVZV/57504797_10109226639063163_6381579085478363136_o.jpg Therapy - Experience & Training PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & EXPERIENCE Advanced Associateship Program, The Liberation Institute, Therapist (MFT Associate), San Francisco, CA, 2019-2020 Certificate Program in TeleMental Health & Digital Ethics: Ethical, Legal, Clinical, Technological and Practice Considerations, The Zur Institute, Online, 2020 Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1, Level 2 & Level 3 Trainings, The Gottman Institute, Online, 2019-2021 Trainingship at Queer LifeSpace, Therapist (MFT-Trainee and MFT Intern), San Francisco, CA, 2016-2017 Queer Theory-informed Somatic Psychotherapy Individual Supervision with Aaron Hagaman, San Francisco, CA, 2016-2017 Expressive Arts Therapy Supervision from California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA 2016-2017 EDUCATION Masters in Counseling Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapy at California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA 2017 Postgraduate Diploma in Dance/Movement Therapy from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2013 Bachelors of Arts at the University of California, Berkeley, 2010 Major: Interdisciplinary Studies, Minor: Dance & Performance Studies https://www.maxkopeikin.com/yoga daily 0.75 2026-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1602295378278-HEFPZBUF9MSPZH4WM4YG/49574563_1873026572803152_4847372627968262144_o.jpg Yoga - Max offers classes, workshops, private lessons, teacher trainings and Yoga Therapy sessions. www.facebook.com/MaxwellYoga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1602295300385-3WVYHHODZI9R3TZV25RU/Max-Headshots%2824of64%29.jpg Yoga - Yoga Bio Max Kopeikin (Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor; E-RYT500, Trauma-Informed Yoga Trainer) is a yoga nerd with a true passion for the practice. He is both a lifelong student of yoga and a teacher’s teacher. He has been practicing yoga for 20 years and teaching for over a decade. He now teaches Iyengar Yoga classes, workshops, retreats and teacher trainings all around the world. He is also a level 2 AcroYoga instructor. Max’s classes are always alignment-centered but can range from vigorous and dynamic Iyengar practices to ones that are more gentle or restorative. He incorporates a variety of influences into his teaching style. He in now fully in the Iyengar lineage, but has had teachers from many styles, lineages and spiritual traditions: this includes his teachers include Sean Haleen, Abby Tucker, Jeremy Simon, Jill Ableson, Amanda Moran, Jason Nemer and . His current Iyengar Yoga mentor Athena Pappas (Level 3 CIYT), Brian Hogencamp (Level 3 CIYT), and Scott Hobbs (Level 3 CIYT). He has also studyied extensively in Barcelona with Iyengar Teachers - Silvia Ros, Jordi Martí and Melanie Barber. Max currently works teaching regular classes at Lotusland Yoga SF and subs at HAUM SF. In addition to teaching regular classes at LotusLand Yoga SF, Max is on the faculty of their teacher training program. He co-created and taught in YGSF’s Trauma-Informed Yoga Training, in addition to being core faculty in their 200hr and 300hr yoga teacher training programs and teaching classes there for many years. He was also a regular teacher and teacher training assistant at Yoga Tree SF. Max began his yoga and AcroYoga teaching in Barcelona at yoga con gracia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f342680597a10564206226f/1602295487982-TDAGLKP1BPCX2RCGZ4AG/887109_341251799313978_689411706_o.jpg Yoga - Current Offerings Come to Maxwell Yoga's CLASSES at Lostusland Yoga SF WED & FRI 4:00p-5:10p Iyengar Yoga: All Levels w/Max K. Also subbing at HAUM SF, castro room and Lotusland so check the schedule for more options! https://www.maxkopeikin.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2020-10-09 https://www.maxkopeikin.com/book-a-class daily 0.75 2020-10-09