Workshops
New Moon in Aquarius Sisterhood Circle: The Courage to ASK for What You Want (Jan 29th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair
DATE: Saturday, January 29th
TIME: 5:00pm – 7:30pm
COST: $35
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
AUDIENCE: PRONOUNS SHE / HER ONLY PLEASE
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Monthly New Moon Events
- January 29, February 26, April 2, April 30, May 28, June 25, July 30, August 27, September 24, October 22, November 19, December 17
DESCRIPTION: This new moon in Aquarius lands in Aquarius season, at a time where new beginnings are still fresh, and still need a little work. Venus leaves its retrograde just a few days before, giving us the impetus to courageously initiate those projects, practices, habits, and new beginnings we have been striving for. It’s a reset. An opportunity to try something new. To think like there is no box, and go against the grain. It also invites you to ASK for what you want. To boldly put who you are and what you are ready for in your life in the forefront of your conversations, endeavors and initiatives. It is a time to clean up your finances, plant seeds, step into new relationships, up-level existing relationships, declutter, and bring order and attention into whatever it is you want to grow. What are you wanting to grow? What are you ready for?
Join me for this New Moon Ceremony dedicated to bringing clarity to what is next for you through activities and practices to help reset your vision, your ask, and how you choose to move forward into 2022.
Here is what we will cover and practice during the workshop:
What this New Moon in Aquarius has in store for You
Re-Defining Your Goals Journal Exercise
Defining Your Inner Visionary – Mindset Reset
Vision Board Creation
Special New Moon Ritual
Self Love Cacao Ceremony + Mirror Work
What to Bring:
Journal and pen
Small cup/mug for your hot cocoa
Cacao will be provided
Colored markers, journals, pictures, cut outs for your vision board
(poster board will be provided)
Sounds of the Ocean – An Outdoor Sunset Beach Concert with Joshua Sam Miller & Elise Lein of Embodied Sounds (Feb 5th)
INSTRUCTORS: Joshua Sam Miller & Elise Lein
DATE: Saturday, February 5th
TIME: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
COST: $40
LOCATION: Sunny Cove Beach, Santa Cruz, CA
DESCRIPTION: Sounds of the Ocean is an immersive mindful experience to connect with marine life in support of ocean conservation. Come join us on a sound journey beneath the sea combining recordings of whales, dolphins and other marine life with live instruments including clarinet, piano, singing bowls, melodic percussion and vocals. We offer a multi-sensory experience that combines music, dance and immersive visuals to build a deep connection to oneself and to the ocean. This offering supports stress reduction and improves mental health, leaving participants in a deeply restful state. We raise awareness around the importance of protecting the oceans and fundraise for non-profit organizations around the world. We have participated in festivals and conferences around the world including: The UN COP26 Climate Conference, Burning Man Festival, Garbicz Festival, Total Length: 90 Minutes
What to bring?
Participants are invited to bring a yoga mat, water bottle and comfortable clothing to feel relaxed and comfortable to either lay on their backs or sit in chairs for the duration of the experience.
Wireless Headsets will be provided.
About Performers:
Joshua Sam Miller – Director/Producer & Composer
Joshua Sam Miller (IG: @joshua.sam.miller) is an international recording artist, immersive media producer and ocean conservationist from the United States. He has performed across North and Central America, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia at festivals, conferences and retreat centers to spread the power of sound as a healing modality. Joshua grew up scuba diving and has developed a deep appreciation for the oceans. He loves guiding groups on a journey within to improve their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. He hosts The Embodied Sounds Podcast and composes music for meditation apps, yoga studios and conservation organizations around the world https://www.joshuasammiller.com/
Elise Lein – Co-Director/Producer, Dancer
Elise Lein, (MPhil, IG: @elise_lein) is an acclaimed dancer, musician and environmental conservationist from Germany. Elise believes in dance and music as one’s true language of the soul and offers her authentic expression as a process of deep healing and spiritual transformation – for oneself, our society and the environment. Growing up in a classically trained musical family, Elise began studying ballet and piano at age five, participating in many concerts and competitions. She has also worked as a producer on climate action documentaries in Europe and believes strongly in the path of transformation from mental/personal health to our global and environmental health.
FREE INFO SESSION: Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training (Feb 6th)
INSTRUCTORS: Emily Perry
DATE: Sunday, February 6th
TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
COST: FREE!
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive – Main Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION: FREE INFO SESSION: The Embodied Breath Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training
Join us for a FREE Q&A for this years’ Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training, Spring 2022. Learn about all the things with Lead Instructor Emily Perry.
Yoga & Breathwork Transforms Lives…
Yoga and breathwork have changed your life, and now it’s time to share that gift with the world.
And, as you might have noticed, this isn’t any ordinary yoga teacher training.
Our 200 Hour Yoga and Breathwork Certification program takes you deep into the aspects of the practice that create authentic healing and transformation, including:
Embodiment Practices
Transformational Breathwork Tools
Yoga Postures & Techniques
Chanting & Mantra
Philosophy & Meditation
But at its heart, this program is about stepping into your gifts as a leader and yoga teacher.
TAKE CLASS BEFOREHAND:
SWEATY FLOW
w/Emily Perry
10:00-11:30am
COST: $18 Drop In
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz or via Livestream
Danceography: Sexy & Playful Dance Routine Workshops (February 12th)
INSTRUCTORS: Shannon Ketterman & Myra Ryan
DATE: Saturday, February 12th
TIME: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
COST: $18 Drop In / $150 10 Class Card / First Class Free
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
DESCRIPTION: DANCEOGRAPHY is a combination of choreography and musical geography! Super fun dance routines set to current top 40, old-school Hip-Hop, and mutli cultural music. Danceography is co-created by Myra Ryan and Shannon Ketterman with a focus on having FUN dancing together to
choreography ranging from Hip Hop and Dancehall & Afro Beats to Polynesian to Chair and Heels. Come enjoy a fabulously fun and friendly atmosphere with a workout for your body, brain, and smile.
Danceography is all about F U N, sweaty choreography where we get to laugh and dance together in pure joy!
Shannon and Myra have been dancing in the community for many years. Shannon has a background in Hip-Hop, Caribbean Dancehall, Afto Beats, and loves all forms of dance. Myra has a background in Polynesian, Hip-Hop, and Pop dance.
ALL LEVELS WELCOME – No prior dance experience necessary
What to Bring:
Face Mask, Water, and hand towel.
The Dancer in your heart!
Masks are Required at all times in our Dance Classes.
Full Moon Community Ceremony (Feb 13th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair
DATE: Sunday, February 13th
TIME: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
COST: $35
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Monthly Full Moon Events
- February 13, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 12, July 10, August 7, September 11, October 9, November 6, December 4
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
Activating The Crystalline Light Body: Creating a Bridge Between Heaven & Earth with Kim Molloy (Feb 20th)
INSTRUCTORS: Kim Molloy
MONTHLY DATES: Sunday, February 20
TIME: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
COST: $40
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Upgrade your physical body and energy body to a new 13 Chakra Crystalline Light Body that creates a bridge between Heaven and Earth.
In this workshop you will learn about the upgrades from the seven chakra energy body system to the new thriteen chakra energy and light body system. You will experience a guided activation that will bring the new chakra system light body fully online. The Crystal bowls and Crystal Lyre resonate light vibrations and light codes that assist in activating the Crystalline Light Body.
The Light body is an energetic container for our evolving Souls to access all of our Spiritual skills
and abilities.
The Light Body is a reconciliation between the Soul and the dense physical body, a reconciliation
between the physical and the Spiritual.
As the atomic structure within the cells of our body is rising in frequency. We are shifting from a
third dimensional carbon based body to a fifth or higher dimensional crystalline light body that
matches the atomic frequency and spin of crystal.
This guided activation and sound infusion will:
• Activate a heightened state of consciousness and Spiritual awareness
• Activate the 13 Chakra Light Body
• Release the dominance of the Ego/mind and shift the center of balance to the Heart
• Establish a connection between Heaven and Earth within your body
• Reconnect you with Divine Love, Compassion, and Abundance
As you activate, build and integrate your Light body, you reorganize your molecular structure,
allowing your body to be less dense and more free to express itself with the source of the universe.
This transmission of light codes into the physical body result in:
• Cognitive clarity and wisdom
• The ability to hold more energy
• Embody your Multi-dimensional self
New Moon Sisterhood Circle (Feb 26th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair
DATE: Saturday, February 26th
TIME: 5:00pm – 7:30pm
COST: $35
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
AUDIENCE: PRONOUNS SHE / HER ONLY PLEASE
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Monthly New Moon Events
- February 26, April 2, April 30, May 28, June 25, July 30, August 27, September 24, October 22, November 19, December 17
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
Acroyoga Workshop w/Kaelin Bovee & Chris Gay (February 27th)
INSTRUCTORS: Kaelin Bovee & Chris Gay
DATE: Sunday, February 27th
TIME: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
COST: $60
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive – Dance / Movement Studio
SAFETY: Negative COVID Test Required / Masks Recommended but Optional
DESCRIPTION: Create connection and community through learning the FUNdamentals of a acrobatics practice that nurtures playfulness, mindfulness, and trust. You’ll safely fly, base, and spot postures by learning proper alignment and spacial awareness. This workshop will invite you to be courageous by communicating what you need while strengthening your ability to listen. We’ll begin with a few group games as well as solo and partner warm ups in order to get us ready for L-basing partner acrobatics. Next well explore the healing side of acroyoga with some juicy therapeutic poses. Finally we’ll ground ourselves by giving and receiving a short guided Thai massage sequence. No experience or partner is necessary.
Negative COVID Test Required / Masks Recommended but Optional
Self❤Love Tour & Dance for Beginners w/Désirée Phillips (Mar 6th)
INSTRUCTORS: Désirée Phillips
DATE: Sunday, March 6th
TIME: 9:00am – 1:30pm
COST: $199 Regular Rate; $175 Early Bird Rate if you enroll by February 20th.
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Self❤Love Tour & Dance for Beginners
Sunday, January 9th 9am – 1:30pm
Intermediate Dance Class invited to join, support and share leadership as a dance mentor to new dancers
12:30-1:30pm (Regular Class Pricing)
The Self-Love Tour is a powerful day designed to unleash all of you from the inside-out in a loving, safe space.
“Self-Love is a lifelong practice of making peace within yourself.”
— DÉSIRÉE
Open your heart and stretch towards more compassion and love— for your body, your being, and the visions you imagine for yourself.
Let go of the things that don’t matter, practice, and embody the things you need most.
Birth within yourself the courage to expand.
Come discover the authentic experience of expressing the real, true, and powerful YOU!
This experience loves you back and gives your heart, mind, body, and soul energy.
This tour is for adults, all ages and fitness levels.
The tour will have 4 parts with a half hour break:
1. Learning to enjoy the process of Self🤍Love ~ as a practice.
A loving conversations/icebreakers/Understanding the Power of BodyLove through dance.
2. Breakdown of common choreography terminology/moves. We remove the significance of feeling awkward.
3. Learning songs & moves at different speeds from slow-motion to regular speed in group setting with dance mentors close by.
4. Dance Full – Out!!!
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Désirée Phillips is a local dancer with a 20+ year background of promoting self-esteem and body-love through movement, dance, workshops, and motivational seminars worldwide. People of all backgrounds, ages, and fitness levels benefit from her passion to spread the experiences of self-love through urban hip-hop moves and dance.
FREE INFO SESSION: Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training (Mar 6th)
INSTRUCTORS: Emily Perry
DATE: Sunday, March 6th
TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
COST: FREE!
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive – Main Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION: FREE INFO SESSION: The Embodied Breath Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training
Join us for a FREE Q&A for this years’ Yoga & Breathwork 200hr Teacher Training, Spring 2022. Learn about all the things with Lead Instructor Emily Perry.
Yoga & Breathwork Transforms Lives…
Yoga and breathwork have changed your life, and now it’s time to share that gift with the world.
And, as you might have noticed, this isn’t any ordinary yoga teacher training.
Our 200 Hour Yoga and Breathwork Certification program takes you deep into the aspects of the practice that create authentic healing and transformation, including:
Embodiment Practices
Transformational Breathwork Tools
Yoga Postures & Techniques
Chanting & Mantra
Philosophy & Meditation
But at its heart, this program is about stepping into your gifts as a leader and yoga teacher.
TAKE CLASS BEFOREHAND:
SWEATY FLOW
w/Emily Perry
10:00-11:30am
COST: $18 Drop In
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz or via Livestream
Intro to Pole Dance: 6 Week Series (March 11 – April 15th)
INSTRUCTORS: Vaidehi Amair
DATE: Fridays, March 11th – April 15th
TIME: 6:15pm – 7:30pm
COST: Full Series $180 ($30 per Class) or Drop In Rate: $35 per Class
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive – Dance Studio
LEVEL: BEGINNER LEVEL
CO-REQUISITE: We ask that you please enroll in a weekly class that supports your Pole Journey: Abs & Splits, BUTI Yoga, and/or Pole Conditioning
LIMITED TO 6 PER CLASS
DESCRIPTION: Intro to Pole is a 1 hour and 15 min class dedicated to showing you the basics of pole movement such as holds, climbs, sits, and transitions. This is a great class to begin your pole journey and give you fun moves to practice on your own and share with your friends.
CO-REQUISITTES: Please commit to a full 6 week series AND you also enroll in a weekly Pole Conditioning, Abs & Splits, and/or BUTI Yoga Weekly Classes.
LIMITED TO 6 PER CLASS
What to Wear: Shorts, and sports bra and tank top
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Vaidehi Amair is a lover of movement. Whether it is dance, yoga, aerial dance, freestyle movement, or stretching, she truly believes in the power of movement to heal, nurture and recharge the human being on all levels of body, mind and spirit. As a movement instructor and soul purpose coach, she loves to incorporate her different movement backgrounds into her daily life and work through her own practice as well as through teaching others and creating sacred space for others to participate. She is a certified BUTI Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Pole Level 1-2 instructor that has a deep connection to music and its dynamic catalytic effect on the body and is ready to help her students develop not only their own practice and physical expansion, but an awakening love for a personal movement quality they can call their own.
Pleasure Point Goddess with Daisy Duke & Sunny Daze (Apr 16th!!) PLUS OPTIONAL GIFT OF THE GODDESS SEXY PHOTOSHOOT
INSTRUCTORS: Daisy Duke and Sunny Daze
DATE: Saturday, April 16th
TIME: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
COST: $25
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our DANCE Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Original Goddessexotics Daisy Duke and Sunny Daze are back to help you find that Goddess Groove. Take back your power with sexy moves from Lap Dance, Funk, Exotic, Pole, Belly Dance, Burlesque, and More! This is about female empowerment and sisterhood building body and emotional confidance for all women. This is about feeling good in your own skin. The Trouble Starts Saturday, April 16th.
Dress in what you makes you feel most comfortable! Costumes are welcomed! So are sneakers and baggy pants!
Ladies Only Event!
ALL LEVELS WELCOME – No prior dance experience necessary
What to Bring:
- Water and hand towel
- The Goddess Within
- An Open and Supportive Mind
- Attire: Dress in what you makes you feel most comfortable and / or most sexxxy! Costumes / Sexy Outfits are welcomed! So are sneakers and baggy pants! Heels are not required and not recommend for the dance portion of this event.
Richard Humphrey’s Rollerdance Workshop Morning Session (TBD)
INSTRUCTORS: Richard Humphrey
DATE: MARCH TBD
TIME: 10:30-12:30pm
COST: $60
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our dedicated DANCE and Motion Studio.
Please note, there are 2 session options: 10:30am and 2pm – Enroll in one or both!
featuring OG Roller Dance Skater Creator, Richard Humphrey
There are lots of mirrors to work on our instruction, and a great sound system so we can Vibe 
We will email class participants with what to bring the day before event and any requirements set by County health guidelines as it gets closer
. Thank you 
Stay Safe , I’m excited to Roll with you “My career as a professional skater began in 1978 at the height of rollerdisco when I was selected to participate in a television pilot called, “Dancing Wheels,” directed by Saul Zants Productions. That year, I formed a group of San Francisco based skaters called the, “Golden Rollers.”
Richard Humphrey’s Rollerdance Workshop Afternoon Session (TBD)
INSTRUCTORS: Richard Humphrey
DATE: MARCH TBD
TIME: 2-4pm
COST: $60
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive, in our dedicated DANCE and Motion Studio.
featuring OG Roller Dance Skater Creator, Richard Humphrey There are lots of mirrors to work on our instruction, and a great sound system so we can Vibe We will email class participants with what to bring the day before event and any requirements set by County health guidelines as it gets closer
. Thank you Stay Safe , I’m excited to Roll with you “My career as a professional skater began in 1978 at the height of rollerdisco when I was selected to participate in a television pilot called, “Dancing Wheels,” directed by Saul Zants Productions. That year, I formed a group of San Francisco based skaters called the, “Golden Rollers.”