WholeBody Wisdom Center

WholeBody Wisdom
2122 Lakeshore Avenue, Suite #607
Oakland, CA 94606
510-836-2041

WholeBody Wisdom is located in a building across the street from Lake Merritt and a few blocks away from the Grand Lake Theater. The building has a green awning over the front door. It is an old, majestic building (built in 1929) and it is the largest building in that quadrant of the lake.

ENTRY into BUILDING:
* There is a phone at the front door.
* LIFT the receiver then PRESS 51 to ring the phone and you'll be buzzed in.
[Please ring the phone, even if the door is open, so that we know that you're coming up. Thanks!]
* Take the elevator to the top floor
* Exit the elevator and turn left - (#607) will be straight ahead.

WHEN:

It's useful to leave yourself extra time for parking and unexpected traffic. As both private sessions and workshops begins right at the scheduled time.

Workshops: Please arrive 20-30 minutes before the workshop so that you can complete your registration process and have time to get settled, grounded and prepped for the workshop. It's also a great chance to meet your fellow participants before the workshop begins!

HOW:

            SIMPLE DIRECTIONS:

        From the NORTH (San Francisco, Marin, Berkeley):
* Head East on Hwy 580 toward Hayward
* Exit at the Grand Ave. exit (this exit is in Oakland just 3 exits past the I-980 interchange)
* Go up to the second light and turn right onto Lakeshore Ave.
* Go down about a half mile to the next Stop Light. This will be Brooklyn.
* 2122 Lakeshore is the 3rd building on the left after Brooklyn & before Wesley.

        From the SOUTH (Hayward, Castro Valley):
* Head West on Hwy 580 toward Oakland/San Francisco
* Exit at the Lakeshore Ave. exit
* Turn LEFT at the bottom of the off ramp on to Lakeshore Ave.
* Pass underneath the freeway and THROUGH the Stop Light.
* Go down a couple of blocks to the next Stop Light. This will be Brooklyn.
* 2122 Lakeshore is the 3rd building on the left between Brooklyn & Wesley.

        From the SOUTH-WEST (San Jose, Santa Cruz)
* Head North on Hwy 880 Toward Oakland/San Francisco
* Take the OAK STREET exit toward LAKESIDE DR. for 0.19 miles
* Turn RIGHT onto OAK ST. for 0.43 miles
* Turn RIGHT onto 14TH ST. / INTERNATIONAL DR for 0.40 miles
* Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto 1ST AVE. for 0.17 miles
* Stay straight to go onto LAKESHORE AVE. for 0.44 miles
* 2122 Lakeshore is on the right between Wesley & Brooklyn.

                        PARKING:

It shouldn't be too hard to find street parking --
and it is a relatively safe neighborhood --
BUT this is a large city across the street from a
park [and, BTW, the oldest wild life sanctuary in North America :-) ] --
so it's safest to not leave anything visible in your car.

AND - Be sure and read the street signs for parking restrictions - each section of the street has different no parking times. Some sections have multiple applicable signs.

You can't park on the side of Lakeshore that is next to the lake, during the day on weekends or holidays. (or you can - but you might get a ticket ;-)

                MAPS:
Get free maps (with the route drawn out for you) and free door to door directions at
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py
or
http://www.mapquest.com

             PHONE HELP:

* Dial 511 for an amazing (and free) Bay Area Travel Guide -- get help on: Public Transportation, Traffic, Bicycling, Carpooling or Van Pooling.  It's very useful to call ahead to find out what roads are backed up.

            PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:

You can use this web site to see your different options:
http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp

It the on-line trip planner is useful but not perfect.

To come from downtown S.F. I like to take the NL line of the AC transit.
Most times of day it runs as an express and the Lakeshore /MacArthur stop is only the second stop on the line and then you only need to walk 3 or 4 blocks to get to Lakeshore & Brooklyn.

Call the operators at AC Transit to get live help with planning your trip.
* 817-1717 (from any area code in the Bay Area, then say "AC Transit" to reach AC Transit)
* 510-477-0192 (local call from Southern Alameda County -- avoid long-distance charges)

If you want to use BART they can tell you what BART station to get off of and then what AC transit bus to take the rest of the way. The Lake Merritt BART station is the closest and is about a 20-30 minute walk -- if walked at a quick pace.

                        DETAILED DIRECTIONS:
From Marin
Take the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (which is I-580 East).
* Go across the bridge and through the city of Richmond. Stay on 580 and it will eventually merge with I-80 West
* You'll be traveling South but the I-80 freeway will say I-80 West! You'll see the Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge on your right.
* Get over to the second to the farthest left lane. (The farthest left lane is the carpool lane and will go to the Bay Bridge into S.F. - you don't want that lane.)
* If you stay in the second to the farthest left lane, you will automatically get onto I-580 East toward Hayward.
* Stay on I-580 for about 3 miles or so. Be sure not to get into the right lane too early or you will accidentally get taken onto another freeway.

[If 80 is heavily backed up by Berkeley, and you want to take the streets around the maze, here they are:
Get off at Gilman or University and turn left
Turn right on 6^th St, and take it to Ashby and turn left
Or take the Ashby exit, and take Ashby towards the hills
On Ashby go up to Martin Luther King (MLK) and turn right.
STAY on MLK as it winds around by the BART tracks.
And stay in left lane and it will put you onto 24. Follow signs to 580 to Hayward.]

Once on 580 East, pass the Oakland/Harrison exit, then
* Exit at the Grand Ave. exit (this exit is in Oakland just 3 exits past the I-980 interchange)
* Go up to the second light and turn right onto Lakeshore Ave.
* Go down about a half mile to the next Stop Light. This will be Brooklyn.
* 2122 Lakeshore is the 3rd building on the left after Brooklyn & before Wesley.

Upcoming Public Events:

We're taking the Summer to re-vision the design of the workshops we'll be offering the public.

To receive a notice about upcoming events (and advance registration discounts) send an email to:

Events@WholeBodyWisdom.com

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