Workshops
2023 Trauma Informed Outreach Training w/Connection Coalition (Sept 22-24)
INSTRUCTORS: Marisol Tamez of Connection Coalition
DATES / TIMES:
- Friday, September 22 | 6-9pm
- Saturday, September 23 | 8am – 6pm
- Sunday, September 24 | 8am – 12pm
TUITION:
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$389 Standard Rate
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$299 Non-Profit/Social Services/Educator/College Student Rate (must show from of organization affiliation ie: work email address, business card, work ID, license #, etc)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
$195 Partial Scholarship – Two partial scholarships are available for each of our host locations. Applications can be found directly on CoCo’s website and recipients will be chosen by your facilitator.
LOCATION: 3707 PORTOLA DRIVE, Main Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION:
2023 Trauma Informed Outreach Training
Host Studio Agreement & Terms
September 22-24, 2023
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The CoCo Training is a deeply powerful weekend intensive that will leave you feeling inspired and hopeful. Learn how your body and brain have been impacted by trauma, and how mind-body practices can help manage your nervous system and support your overall wellbeing. Through group experiences, dialogue, lecture, yoga, meditation and breathwork, we will cultivate a sense of belonging and increase your hope for humanity.
The Connection Coalition 15-hour Trauma Informed Outreach Training, “The CoCo Training” is for anyone who would like to learn about and provide outreach yoga, meditation and mindfulness programming in communities most affected by trauma, poverty and oppression. This certification weekend will prepare you with the skills and approaches necessary to effectively connect with yourself and participants in a variety of settings (including your own home) who are directly impacted by trauma.
This course will cover:
- Intro to trauma
- Neuroscience of trauma & mindfulness
- How trauma affects the body
- Privilege & Access
- Intersectionality
- How to create authentic connection
- Appropriate touch
- Sequencing, lesson plans & practice teaching
Connection Coalition (aka CoCo) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2003 which offers yoga & meditation outreach programs throughout the country in schools, shelters, foster homes, rehabilitation centers, jails or through other non-profit organizations. As of 2019, CoCo has connected with over 32,000 youth and trained more than 5,000 volunteer teachers across the US!
Training Facilitator:
This 15-hour certification is taught by Marisol Tamez, on behalf of Connection Coalition (501c3).
Rates:
$389 Standard Rate
$299 Non-Profit/Social Services/Educator/College Student Rate (must show from of organization affiliation ie: work email address, business card, work ID, license #, etc)
Scholarship/Trades
$195 Partial Scholarship – Two partial scholarships are available for each of our host locations. Applications can be found directly on CoCo’s website and recipients will be chosen by your facilitator.
Kirtan w/Johanna Beekman & Vaidehi Amair: A Pre-Bhakti Love Event (Sept 25th)
INSTRUCTORS: Johanna Beekman & Vaidehi Amair
DATE: Monday, September 25th
TIME: 7:45pm – 9:15pm
COST: $27 Suggested Donation. Passes Apply – no one gets turned away for lack of funds
LOCATION: 3707 PORTOLA DRIVE, Main Yoga Studio
ALL VOICES WELCOMED!
DESCRIPTION:
Kirtan w/Johanna Beekman & Vaidehi Amair
A Pre-Bhakti Love Event
Heart Beats One : a benefit for the Yoga for All Movement w/Hannah Muse & Johanna Beekman (Sept 26th)
INSTRUCTORS: Hannah Muse & Johanna Beekman
DATE: Tuesday, September 26th
TIME: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
COST: Regular Class Pricing and/or incremental donation
LOCATION: 3707 PORTOLA DRIVE, Main Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Heart Beats One : a benefit for the Yoga for All Movement
Yoga with Hannah Muse & Music by Johanna Beekman
Tuesday sep 26
5:30-7pm
Pleasure Point Yoga
All donations go to providing yoga and mindfulness access to individuals who are incarcerated, in recovery from substance abuse, youth in schools, youth experiencing incarceration, survivors of domestic violence, isolated seniors, people with mental health needs, people with lower-incomes and other community members who have historically not been served by the yoga industry.
A Full Moon Ceremony and Pole Dance Experience + Showcase (September 29th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair & Our Pole Team
DATE: Friday, September 29th
TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
COST: $35
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive – DANCE Studio
Description:
Full Moon Community Ceremony:
A Full Moon Ceremony and Pole Dance Experience + Showcase
All Welcomed
A magical and transformational evening dedicated to igniting your passion for expression, creativity, and community. This is an evening of ceremony, dance, and play. The evening starts with a full moon cacao ceremony in honor of this powerful and activating full moon in Aries. Learn what this full moon in Aries means for you, what themes to focus on during this time for your personal empowerment, and then sit back and relax and watch the showcase.
Our students at the pole studio at Pleasure Point Dance will be presenting and performing routines and choreography they have been working on. Pole dancing is an aerial dance form that showcases strength, flexibility, and storytelling.
After the performances we offer you a mini workshop so that you too get to play on the poles, learn fun tricks, moves and enjoy the evening in community.
Help us spread the word and invite your friends and share the link so they can register. We prefer pre-registration as it helps us know how much cacao to prepare.
Join me for a new moon ceremony that helps rekindle that sense of self through:
Full Moon WisdomCacao ceremony + Full moon affirmationsPerformancesMusic and more!
What to bring:
Journal and pen
Small cup cacao (cacao will be provided)
Flowers for the altar (optional)
432hz Floating Sound Metacine w/Shane Thunder (Sept 30th)
INSTRUCTORS: Shane Thunder
DATE:
- Saturday, September 30th
- Saturday, October 21st
TIME: 6pm – 8pm
SEATING OPTIONS / COST:
- Hammock / Floating; $45 Early Bird / $50 Regular Rate (after Sept 20)
- Floor: $30 Early Bird / $35 Regular Rate (after Sept 20)
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive (Dance Studio)
Benefits of Hammock / Floating Seating:
The sound healing is different when you are in hammock because of the way you experience it. Instead of being on the ground, experiencing the sound healing, you are floating, like you are in space, so its more zero-gravity experience, or like being in a cocoon.
Location: 3603 PORTOLA DRIVE – – located in our DANCE Studio to the LEFT of our Main Yoga Studio, in the same complex but located at the leftmost end, next to Dynasty Chinese Restaurant.
Logistics: Doors open 15 mins before event start time. We will guide you on how to get into your hammock. This takes about 15-20 minutes to get all you beautiful bodies comfortably nestled into your cocoon. Plan for a full 90 minus with a full 75 minute Sound Meditation.
What to Bring: An Open Mind for your Journey, Water. The event usually Sells Out, and I have props for each of you. However, some of us prefer our own snugly items to help settle in, such as Eye Pillow, Blanket, Bolster / Pillow. Optional items to bring:
Floaters: Eye Pillow, Blanket, Bolster, Pillow
Floor Meditators: Optional bProps: Yoga Mat, Eye Pillow, Blanket, Bolster Again, we have props for you but if you have your own, you we welcome you to bring them.
Bio: Shane is a California-based Master Sound Alchemist residing in Santa Barbara, CA. After self-inducing a kundalini awakening in Dec. 2011, he has traveled throughout the country for the last 8 years offering his 432hz Spirit Metacine in the passionate belief of unifying the body, mind, and spirit thru the healing arts. He has held space for workshops, instructional classes, and ceremonies guided by his Higher-Self to share his musical gifts with the crystal Gemstone singing bowls and many more instruments.
FREE Info Session: The Embodied Breath: 200hr Yoga Teacher Training (Oct 8th)
INSTRUCTORS: Kayla Copeland
DATE / TIME:
- Sunday, October 8th | 12pm – 1pm
COST: FREE INFO SESSION
LOCATION: IN YOGA STUDIO OR LIVESTREAM
Description:
Have you ever wanted to go deeper in your personal Yoga practice?
Are you considering becoming a Yoga Teacher?
Are you in the midst of deep healing and learning self-love?
Are you on a journey of personal exploration and transformation?
ALL great reasons why a 200hr Yoga Teacher Training may be for you.
Join Kayla Copeland for a FREE Info Session on our Fall 2023 The Embodied Breath: 200hr Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Training
Come and practice with Kayla in a Sweaty Flow yoga practice beforehand from 10am – 11:30am
Restorative Yoga + 432hz Sound Healing w/Magnolia & Shane (Oct 14th)
INSTRUCTORS: Magnolia Rassak & Shane Thunder
DATE:
- Saturday, October 14th
TIME: 4:oo – 6:00pm
COST: $40 Early Bird / $45 Regular Rate (10 days before showtime)
LOCATION: 3707 PORTOLA DRIVE, Main Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Shane Thunder and Magnolia Rasak have been offering their co-creation of yoga and sound for the past 7 years at festivals, retreats, and yoga studios throughout California and the US. By combining an eclectic blend of yin, restorative, hatha, and vinyasa flows with the healing vibrations of 432hz gemstone infused bowls, a unique healing experience awaits the body, mind, and spirit. Shane and Magnolia’s collaboration accelerates the body’s ability to drop into a state of deep relaxation, and rejuvenation, while allowing a deeper connection into the heart space. Participants will feel more grounded, aligned, and cleansed after this powerful combination of sound vibration and yoga!
MEXICO YOGA RETREAT 2023 – 3 SPOTS LEFT!!
Fire + Water | Flow + Restore 
Journey to where the desert meets the ocean for a vinyasa and restorative yoga retreat to ignite + rejuvenate, illuminate + reflect under the radiant + contemplative light of the full moon.
Honoring the seasonal transition between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice, and the embodied wisdom that this time of year invites, we’ll come together in community, movement, breath, ritual, and play.
Are you ready to come home to yourself? To stoke your inner fire? And soften into the watery depths of connection?
Pachamama Mexico Yoga Retreat + Boutique Hotel
~What’s Included~
- Five nights in authentic adobee teepes at Pachamama Mexico Yoga Retreat + Boutique Hotel
- Daily Solar (Yang) & Lunar (Yin) Yoga classes — lead by Jessica Weitzenhoffer & Katie Jacobson
- Three delicious and locally sourced balanced meals tastefully and artistically presented by onsite team of talented cooks
- Fresh Organic Fruit, Healthy Snacks, Daily fresh juices and smoothies for detoxing with alternative milk choices and Coconut water
- (Vegan, Gluten Free and Dairy Free Meals upon Request)
- Excursion to Cerritos Beach (swimmable beach)
- Fire Ceremony & Full Moon Rooftop Ritual
- Mala Making Workshop
- Infinity Pool
- Hammock Lounge
- Wood-burning Fire Pit
- Daily Transfers to Todas Santos
- Airport Transfer
QUESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL INFO@PLEASUREPOINTYOGA.COM
PURA VIDA DANCE EXPERIENCE 2024 – 2 SPOTS LEFT!!
Dance + Yoga + Rejuvenation Retreat & Experience
with
Joy Smith and Megan McAllister
Nosara, Costa Rica (Located in a BLUE ZONE!)
January 13th – 20th, 2024
The salt of the ocean. The tranquility of the Nosara jungle.
Your journey to peace, balance, and rejuvenation begins at our Costa Rica Dance Retreat at
Bodhi Tree Resort
Pachamama Mexico Yoga Retreat + Boutique Hotel
Find Pura Vida. Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort is the ideal escape for every dancer, yogi, surfer and wellness enthusiast looking to discover the magic of Costa Rica.
~What’s Included~
- Seven nights of luxury accommodations at Bodhi Tree Resort
- Daily morning Dance Classes overlooking the Nosara Jungle — lead by Joy Smith
- Balance your dance regimen with incredible Yoga & Other Class options — lead by Megan
- McAllister and faculty at Bodhi Tree Resort (Yoga, Martial Arts, Pilates, Spin, & More!)
- Morning Meditative Beach Walk
- Sunset ecstatic dance & swim sessions on the beach — lead by Joy Smith & Megan McAllister
- Three healthy balanced organic meals daily prepared by onsite chef at Bodhi Tree Resort
- Excursion to local waterfall
- World class surf
QUESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL INFO@PLEASUREPOINTYOGA.COM
BRAZIL CARNIVAL SAMBA TOUR 2024
Dance + Carnival + Land + Culture
with
Gisella Ferreira and Megan McAllister
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
February 3rd – 12th 2024
Come enjoy a journey to the land of Samba! Awaken your soul and experience the joy of Samba and what it personally means to you. Discover your desires and reflect on areas in your life around dance, healing and the calling of the drums. We will be dancing Samba in the heart of Brazil’s Carnaval, visiting the Samba Schools and experiencing the culture, people, places and spirit of this gorgeous land.
This is a special opportunity to learn and connect to Samba in Brazil with Samba Queen Gisella Ferreira and Megan McAllister, Owner of Pleasure Point Yoga & Dance as your guides
Your journey to enriched lands, connection to Self and Samba, and an awakened spirit begins at our Brazil Samba Tour & Retreat at Rio Othon Palace a very nice hotel that Gisella has been to and can attest to for its elegance, class, location, gorgeous views, safety, and beaches below.
Find the Dance of Your Heart. Discover the power of Samba! This is the ideal escape for every dancer or Samba enthusiast looking to discover the rich land and mesmerizing culture, music, and dance of Brazil!
SPOTS ARE LIMITED! ACCEPTING 6-8 Travelers
~What’s Included~
- 9 Nights Luxury accommodations at Rio Othon Palace (a very good breakfast is included)
- 1 Basic Portuguese Language Lessons with Gisella via Zoom before your trip
- Samba classes with the titled Queens and Kings of Samba!
- Reset and Rejuvenate with Beach Yoga to align mind, body, & spirit
- Excursions to Christ Statue and / or Sugar Loaf Mountain
- Beach Tour of the infamous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches Night Market
- Tour the night market of Copacabana
- Escada Mosaic Staircase
- Cidade do Samba House of Samba Floats
- Sapucai – Sambadromo
- Visit the historical Samba Schools such as Salgueiro and Mangueira
- Ticket to Carnaval to Watch the world’s most famous parade
- Carnaval Parade and Street Parties
- The Beautiful Land and Culture of Samba & Carnaval
QUESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL INFO@PLEASUREPOINTYOGA.COM
MONTHLY MOON CIRCLES: Full Moon & New Moon (Sept 1st & Sept 16th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair & Collaborators
COST: $35 / Workshop
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our dedicated DANCE Studio
FULL MOON COMMUNITY CIRCLES:
DAYS / TIMES: SATURDAYS 6-8pm unless otherwise noted
- September 1st (7pm – 9pm)
- September 29th (7pm – 9pm)
- October 28th
- November 25th
DESCRIPTION: The full moon represents the highest point of energy as well as the culmination of energy. It’s a time to release and let go and close a chapter.
The Full Moon is a time to:
Come to completion
Let go, release
Celebrate
WHAT WE WILL COVER:
The meaning of the Full Moon and how this Astrology impacts you
The Numerology and Astrology behind this Full Moon
Full Moon Specific Themes and Exercises
Journal Practice and Release Ceremony
Cacao Ceremony
Movement and Embodiment Practice
WHAT TO BRING:
Small cup/mug for your hot cocoa
Cacao will be provided
NEW MOON SISTERHOOD CIRCLES:
DAYS / TIMES: SATURDAYS 6-8pm
- September 16th
- October 14th
- November 11th
- December 9th
DESCRIPTION: The new moon represents end of one cycle and the beginning of a new 28-day cycle. New moons bring the opportunity for emotional balance and repose, so this is an excellent time for making a fresh start or starting a new project.
The New Moon is a time to:
Set intentions
Declutter
Rest
Plant seeds
Envision your next chapter
WHAT WE WILL PRACTICE:
What this New Moon has in Store for You
Somato Respiratory Integration Breathwork
Journal Practice and Guided Exercises
New Moon Ritual
Yoga Asana & Movement Practice
Cacao Ceremony
WHAT TO BRING:
Small cup/mug for your hot cocoa
Cacao will be provided
INTERESTED IN BEING A MOON CEREMONY COLLABORATOR?
In general we’re looking for artists, healers, musicians, painters, massage therapists, jewelry designers, creatives and more to come co-create our Moon ceremonies and share their gifts.
If you are interested in collaborating with Goddess Moon Temple by offering your gifts and/or creative expression as a presentation, performance, or service, I welcome you to apply by filling out our collaboration form.
As a Goddess Moon Temple collaborator, you get to attend the moon ceremony for free, network with other women, join our community and be invited to future events in person and online, and share your beautiful offerings before our lovely community and audience.
Once you apply and the form is received by us, Goddess Moon Temple will reach out to you if we are interested in your offering.
To Apply, Please fill out the application form here: https://www.goddessmoontemple.com/gmt-collaborator-application