Yoga: Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Sound Healing, Kirtan, Satsang, Raj Yoga, Dream Yoga, Accessible Yoga
TO ENROLL CLICK HERE: Pre-Register / View Live Schedule / MindBody App
All Levels, All Bodies, All Ways are Welcome Always!
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu ~ May all beings be happy. May all beings be healthy. And may all being be free everywhere.
Dive Deeper with Our Yoga Events & Workshops: Click Here to Read More
TO ENROLL CLICK HERE: Pre-Register / View Live Schedule / MindBody App
Thank you for your continued support!! This has been such a tremendous journey – – your commitment to your yoga practice and to our community and studio specifically, has touched our souls and hearts to the core! We would not still be here if it weren’t for your tremendous support. We Love You!
We cannot wait to see you on your mat – – whether it’s in person, online, or outdoors, we cherish your presence and have so much gratitude to the energy you add collectively!
Mind Over Matter, Heart Over Mind!
Yoga: is a practice, way of life, and healing modality that all bodies can do. It helps to balance mind, body, and spirit and supports the integration of all parts of a person. While cultivating a compassionate and loving inner voice, it allows one to sit with self while noticing, honoring, and processing not only the times of abundance, balance, and flow but the harder, challenging, even darker times of struggle, hardship, pain and suffering. It builds compassion for self, others, and the collective experience both on and off the mat. Pleasure Point Yoga is here for you. We support growth and healing to empower individuals and build a healthy and happy community. Cultivating a lifelong yoga practice requires a sustainable approach and methods which continue to challenge, as well as relax us on a daily basis. Located in the heart of the Pleasure Point neighborhood we serve all of Santa Cruz County. Our dedicated and highly trained teachers are here for you 7 days a week. Whether you are brand new to yoga or have been practicing for years, you will feel warmly welcomed as you step through our doors. Each breath is an opportunity to grow, each breath is an opportunity to change. A mindful practice, yoga asks us to pay attention, to become aware of what we’re doing while we’re doing it, and to take responsibility for our mind, body and spirit. It is a practice of coming home to what we already know to be true. To support you on your path of well-being, we offer 40+ classes per week. We are a Yoga studio and loving container, holding space for our community to go inward on a journey deeper to self, to the jewel of your heart, and your soul’s calling.
All Levels, All Bodies, All Ways are Welcome Always!
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu ~ May all beings be happy. May all beings be healthy. And may all beings be free everywhere.
Accessible Chair Yoga with Hailey Kinter
INSTRUCTORS: Hailey Kinter
DATE: Thursdays | 1:30pm – 3pm | Every Week
COST: $20 drop-in fee, sliding scale pay what you can at the door. First class is free. Caregivers welcome at no cost.
LOCATION: Held in our Dance & Movement Studio at 3603 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:
Return hOMe to your body while finding cOMmUNITY in a class taught by and for yogis with disabilities & illness.
This seated-only slow flow is beginner friendly and includes breath work, mindfulness & meditation. Enjoy extra time in shavasana (resting pose) as well as time at the beginning and end of class for guided social activities.
Power chairs, manual chairs and other mobility devices welcomed and encouraged. Service dogs only, no ESAs please.
Chairs, props and name tags will be provided.
Caregivers welcome at no cost. First class is free. $20 drop-in fee, sliding scale pay what you can.
Masks are not required but strongly encouraged. Our bathrooms are not yet accessible but there are ADA bathrooms down the way at Mountain Mike’s Pizza or across the street at Cat n’ Cloud.
Aerial Soar Yoga with Vega Bluem (Sundays @ 6:30pm)
INSTRUCTORS: Vega Bluem
DATE: Sundays | 6:30-7:30pm
COST: $35 Drop In | $150 5 Class Pass | $250 10 Class Pass
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive (Dance Studio)
DESCRIPTION:
AERIAL SOAR YOGA – High hammock strength, flips, tricks, and flows
Let’s fly together!
The first part of this class will focus on strengthening, and the second part will focus on learning aerial flips, tricks, and flows in the double-point hammock. Get your Instagram account ready for your glam shots, and get your body, mind, and soul ready to feel improved flexibility, strength, joint mobility,…as well as the joy of play and the freedom of flying! Best suited for students who are comfortable inverting.
Instructor: Vega Bluem
Vega Bluem fell in love with aerial yoga on the ocean view rooftop deck of Trilogy Sanctuary in La Jolla, and feels blessed to have received her teacher certification at that beautiful facility from the enormously talented teachers. When she is not doing flips and tricks in her aerial hammock, Vega works as a sales professional in the tech industry, and provides physiotherapy, personal training, and life coaching services at her Volo Volo studio in Santa Cruz. Vega holds a B.S. in Biology from Tufts University, a Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware, and an MBA from China Europe International Business School/Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy/Harvard Business School. In addition to her aerial yoga teacher certification, Vega is a certified mat yoga instructor with Trauma Informed and Ayurvedic training. She was a Division I scholarship track + cross-country runner, and a Varsity soccer player in college. When she is not at work or in the studio, you can find her performing at open mics, acro-jamming, running and hiking trails, surfing waves, lifting heavy things, cooking with plants & fungi, practicing world languages, and hanging out with her two amazing adult daughters.
Aerial Release Yoga with Vega Bluem (Sundays @ 7:45pm)
INSTRUCTORS: Vega Bluem
DATE: Sundays | 7:45-8:45pm
COST: $35 Drop In | $150 5 Class Pass | $250 10 Class Pass
LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive (Dance Studio)
DESCRIPTION:
AERIAL RELEASE YOGA – Low Hammock Stretch, Release, and Restore
Release tension in the muscles and chakras!
This class will begin with a gentle warm-up to bring heat to the body, and then will flow into active and passive stretches using a hammock positioned at knee-height to allow for gentle inversions and stretches supported by the floor and props. The class will end with a short yoga nidra (yogic sleep). This combination of aerial, yin, and nidra yoga will help melt your tension and stress away, and will allow you to move through the world with more mental and physical flexibility and resilience. All ages, experience levels, and bodies welcome.
Instructor: Vega Bluem
Vega Bluem fell in love with aerial yoga on the ocean view rooftop deck of Trilogy Sanctuary in La Jolla, and feels blessed to have received her teacher certification at that beautiful facility from the enormously talented teachers. When she is not doing flips and tricks in her aerial hammock, Vega works as a sales professional in the tech industry, and provides physiotherapy, personal training, and life coaching services at her Volo Volo studio in Santa Cruz. Vega holds a B.S. in Biology from Tufts University, a Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware, and an MBA from China Europe International Business School/Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy/Harvard Business School. In addition to her aerial yoga teacher certification, Vega is a certified mat yoga instructor with Trauma Informed and Ayurvedic training. She was a Division I scholarship track + cross-country runner, and a Varsity soccer player in college. When she is not at work or in the studio, you can find her performing at open mics, acro-jamming, running and hiking trails, surfing waves, lifting heavy things, cooking with plants & fungi, practicing world languages, and hanging out with her two amazing adult daughters.
TEMPLE BLISS: The Music of Yoga w/Dayakar Das & Friends (May 18th)
INSTRUCTORS: Dayakar Das & Friends
DATES:
- Saturday, May 18 | 7:30pm – 9pm
- Saturday, August 17th | 7:30pm – 9pm
- Saturday, November 16th | 7:30pm – 9pm
COST: $15 – $25 Suggested Donation – No one turned away for lack of funds
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive (Yoga Studio)
DESCRIPTION:
The Center for Devotional Living Presents…
TEMPLE BLISS
with
Dayākar Dās & Living Devotion
Kirtan is The Music of Bhakti Yoga
Relax – Chant – Meditate – Sing – Pray – Dance
FEATURING
Dayākar Dās – Harmonium & Vocals
Steve Robertson – Tabla
Anne Cleveland – Flute & Vocals
Robert Hansen – Sarod, Guitar & Vocals
Corinne LeBlanc – Harmonium & Vocals
ABOUT THE MUSIC OF YOGA
Kirtan is a spiritual service with five parts that is found in the path of Bhakti Yoga. One of the parts is the chanting of Sanskrit healing and empowerment mantras and the singing of devotional songs called bhajans. Kirtan is a musically guided meditation practice. Practicing this yog calms the mind, relaxes the body and energizes the Spirit. Reciting mantra with a devotional attitude, especially the singing of bhajans, has a calming effect on the brain, quieting the mind so that we can experience the opening of our hearts, allowing us to taste the blissful reality that is our true nature.
Come dive into the depths of your own heart in this safe, supportive environment. No previous yoga, meditation or singing experience is necessary to participate.
Practice is led by Dayākar Dās who is a Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and practitioner of 32 years, who has been teaching meditation for over two decades.
FREE Satsang Community Circle: Yoga Philosophy – Mantras, Mudras, & Sutras (Livestream)
INSTRUCTOR: Sherry Cassedy
DATE: Every Monday
TIME: 7:30 – 8:30am
COST: Free and open to all!
LOCATIONS: Livestream AND Moving IN STUDIO on January 8th!
Mantras, Sutras and Mudras, Oh My!
Pleasure Point Yoga’s Monday morning Satsang is a unique (and free) opportunity to delve deeper into the esoteric teachings of Yoga in the company of one another. It is a great introduction for anyone who is curious to learn more, and an open invitation to revisit and share in the supported space of the Sangha as we deepen our practice.
Come clear your mind and refresh your soul.
In Satsang, we gather together, in community to seek truth or, more simply, to be with the truth. We create the space with chanting, light, and intention, gentle rituals that help us to dedicate this hour to our study and practice and to one another.
FREE Community Yoga – Taught by our 200hr YTT Graduates
ROTATING INSTRUCTORS
*DATE / TIMES: Saturdays 12:30 – 1:30pm
- 3/30: Julia Romrell
- 4/6: Joan
- 4/13: Julia Romrell
- 4/27: Julia Romrell
COST: Free and open to all!
LOCATIONS: IN STUDIO – 3603 Portola Drive
*ALL LEVELS Mixed FLow*
**Please check MindBody for Current Schedule
Beach Yoga: Offered All Year Round!
CLASS TYPE: Slow Vinyasa Flow (unless otherwise specified)
CLASS LEVEL: Welcome to ALL Levels / All Bodies / All Ways!
Outdoor Yoga is here to stay! Practice outdoors in a fun and beautiful environment with your friends. Breath in that fresh, crisp air while looking out into the sea or up into the cosmos. Ground down, find your center, and let go of what no longer serves. In with the good, out with the no longer needed! In with a fresh start, out with the old.
Outdoor Yoga is offered Year Round – – weather permitting. Please see live schedule for updates. You will NOT be charged for any class cancellations due to weather and you will be notified via email if/when cancellations happen. Please understand weather cancellations may happen last minute and are hard to plan for – – PLEASE check the live schedule for any cancellations when in doubt!
- Sunday 9am-10:15am – Slow Flow w/Katie Jacobson or Rayne Fall
- Wednesday 9am-10:15am – Slow Flow w/ Katie Jacobson
- Saturday 9am-10:15am – Gentle Yoga with Melissa Mikolitch
- Yoga mat and / or large beach towel
- Water, Sunscreen, Sunglasses and Layers of Clothing (particularly in the winder / colder mornings)
- Wintery / Misty / Foggy Mornings: Suggest sweatshirt, socks, hat / beanie, sweatpants over your yoga clothes (get cozy in Shavasana)
Asana: Vinyasa Flow (Slow, Mixed, Sweaty) In Studio & Livestream
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive, Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION:
Mixed Flow : Vinyasa Flow – All Levels
Vinyasa Flow builds strength, flexibility, balance, and helps to align mind, body and spirit by consciously directing, using, and linking each breath to movement seamlessly from one “asana” or posture to another. Each class is a dynamic, flowing practice, that builds on itself – – no two classes are alike. Each class will use yoga elements of Pranayama (breathwork), Asana (physical postures), and Meditation and hopes to promote a pathway to inner peace and happiness. It’s an awesome full body physical workout too! Welcome to All Levels, All Bodies, All Ages, All Ways!
Slow Flow : A slower paced Vinyasa Flow – All Levels
Slow Flow builds foundation, strength, and proper alignment. Poses are held for longer periods of time, allowing students to find their edge (that place in between exerting too much and not enough) and soften into the fire. Extended pranayama and meditation practice is also weaved into this all levels practice.
Sweaty Flow : A more vigorous Vinyasa Flow – All Levels
Be ready to move, flow, sweat and let go! A ramped up version of our mixed flow class with a faster pace and more vigorous flavor. Previous yoga experience and foundation is required.
Gentle Yoga & Gentle Yin Classes (Deep & Functional Stretch) IN STUDIO
CLASS NAME:
- GENTLE YIN: Wednesdays 11:00am – 12:15pm
- GENTLE YOGA: Fridays 11:00am – 12:15pm
LEVEL: All Levels – Great for Beginners or experienced yogis who want a more gentle yoga practice
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive – Main Yoga Studio
PAY/REGISTER: Please Pre-Regiser via MindBody CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CLASS
Drop Ins are always welcome!
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
- GENTLE YOGA:L Gentle & Deep Stretch + Functional Movement – All Levels. Imagine the possibility of finding a way to combine deep stretch, functional movement and yoga all together. This yoga class focuses on moving from pose to pose linking the movement with breath and deep stretch. The instructor will offer a variety of modifications to encourage Participants to enjoy a deep and connected practice. This class helps you to slow down, take a breath and deepen the connection with your mind movement and breath. We are able to explore how to adapt each pose to ourselves and benefit from the gentler and kinder approach to movement. Melissa has combined her 21 plus years of training in aquatic therapy, massage therapy and yoga to share this movement with her class. This class is perfect beginners and seasoned yogis who are welcome to intensify their practice. Paired Class: Gentle Yin
- GENTLE YIN: Gentle Yin Yoga & Relaxation – All Levels
This Yin Yoga class helps participants with balance and flexibility. It works deeply into the connective tissues of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine. This class is suitable for all levels of students. It gently incorporates breath connection and is a perfect blend of stretch and relaxation. Melissa has combined her 21 plus years of training in aquatic therapy, massage therapy and yoga to share this movement with her class. This class is perfect beginners and seasoned yogis who are welcome to intensify their practice. Paired Class: Gentle Yoga.
What to Bring:
Yoga Mat and Water
Props are Available for Use
Pre-Registration is Requested / Walk-Ins Welcome!!
Dream Yoga: Somatic and Educational Experience (Mondays 7:30pm)
INSTRUCTORS: Niki Jaimes
DATES / TIMES: Mondays 7:30pm – 8:45pm
LOCATION: 3707 Portola Drive, Yoga Studio
DESCRIPTION:
DREAM Yoga is a 75 minute somatic and educational experience into our bodies and beyond with the intention of investigating our connection to our sleeping and waking dreams. Additionally we want this practice to embody itself into the physical, so we will move towards regulating ourselves in preparation for sleep and dream state.
My intention for this class is to connect you to your creative/soul-based nature by working with the yoga of dreams. We will utilize many practices and concepts such as: Yogic Philosophy, Jungian Dreamwork Practices and Philosophy, Indigenous Dream Concepts, Storytelling, the Tarot and Oracle Cards as tools to begin to deepen your intuition and ongoing reconnection with your soul. Additionally, you will occasionally do dreamwork with your classmates through guided partner practices, journaling experiences and active listening. Note that permission is key in my classes and you always have a choice of what you wish to participate in or not.
Yoga means to “yoke” or bring together. Dream Yoga is living yoga; yoking together our dream and waking states so that we can see the world through a more magical, embodied and loving lens. In the Tibetan Dream Yoga practice, this is understanding how we can cultivate Right Thought so that we can create Right Action in our lives. This leads to Right Dream and ultimately, Right Bardo. In other words, when we heal our wounded mind, we can show up in the world more fully in love. When we do this, our dreams shift and gift us more understanding of what our true nature is. This in turn, can lead us to a conscious transition from this life to the next.
This class will be unique each time but will always begin with grounding and connection followed by a lesson/practice, and closed out with somatic physical movement and a deep Nidra or Shamanic journey-based mediation to close the space.
You will learn about how to begin to work with your dreams and as well as grasp a foundational concept of Dream Yoga.
My hope is that you leave this class with a regulated nervous system and a feeling of a deeper connection to your community, your dreams and your soul as you head home and drift into the magical realm of dreams.
This class is suitable for all levels and a perfect addition to anyone doing WILD Dreamwork with me!
Recommended props: Dream journal, mat, block, strap, bolster/pillow, eye pillow, blanket
Raj Yoga: Akhanda Hatha-Raja (Bhrāmarī Prāṇāyāma (honey bee🐝 breath): IN STUDIO
CLASS NAME: Raj Yoga
DAYS / TIMES: Mondays 1:00pm – 2:00pm
LEVEL: Mixed Levels / All Levels
LOCATION: IN STUDIO: 3707 Portola Drive – Main Yoga Studio
PAY/REGISTER: Please Pre-Regiser via MindBody
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CLASS
Drop Ins are always welcome!
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
Akhanda Hatha-Raja yoga, was developed by Yogrishi Vishvketu, Aubrey Padma’s root teacher in India. Akhanda Raj Yoga is a gentle holistic style of yoga which combines Bhrāmarī Prāṇāyāma (honey bee🐝 breath) and a meditative sequence of postures, designed to soothe the nervous system and support emotional balance and wellbeing, inviting moments of stillness and meditative inner awareness throughout the practice. Raj yoga provides stimulation to the Ājñā Chakra (3rd Eye), helping to calm the thought waves of the mind moving from active thinking to visualization and insight.
With an emphasis on attuning with our own healing inner vibrations, you will be guided through meditative asanas (postures) moving mindfully with a Bhrāmarī Prāṇāyāma. Making the honeybee sound with Bhrāmarī during postures helps to lengthen the breath and releases stress at a cellular level, bringing calm and harmony to your being through the vibration and sound you create.
Honeybee breath is like a sweet healing nectar for the nervous system. Through slowing down and connecting with your inner sound vibration, the body’s innate healing power is activated to restore balance, release tension and repressed emotions, ease anxiety, insomnia, pain and inflammation in the body, and so much more. The postures chosen influence the pineal and pituitary glands of the brain, which balance the hormonal system while calming and uplifting the mind, bringing you more easily into meditation.
With this Raj yoga class we will close the practice by receiving a relaxing Himalayan singing bowl sound bath before taking savasana to rest and integrate in the energetic field created within and without, receiving the benefits of this deeply restorative meditation. Raj yoga classes are accessible for all bodies and any experience with yoga. I welcome you in this beautiful practice to release what came before and enter into deep presence and harmonious nervous system regulation.
Yin Yoga: Relax, Rejuvenate, & Renew IN STUDIO & Livestream
CLASS NAME:
- Yin Yoga (In Studio & Livestream
- Gentle Yin (IN STUDIO Only
LEVEL: Mixed Levels / All Levels
LOCATION: “IN STUDIO” or “Livestream”
- IN STUDIO: 3707 Portola Drive – Main Yoga Studio
- Livestream: via Zoom
PAY/REGISTER: Please Pre-Regiser via MindBody CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CLASS
Drop Ins are always welcome!
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
- YIN YOGA: Relax, Rejuvenate, Renew – All Levels
The perfect compliment to your vinyasa practice. In Yin Yoga, passive floor postures are held for several minutes in order to create a positive and safe ‘stress’ on the deep layers of connective tissue in the body. Yin poses help to maintain healthy joints especially shoulders, spine and hips while restoring optimal energy flow in the body and preparing the mind for a deeper state of relaxation and meditation. Props are provided and used to encourage a more supported and relaxed state for deeper physical and mediatative practice. - GENTLE YIN: Gentle Yin Yoga & Relaxation – All Levels
This Yin Yoga class helps participants with balance and flexibility. It works deeply into the connective tissues of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine. This class is suitable for all levels of students. It gently incorporates breath connection and is a perfect blend of stretch and relaxation. Melissa has combined her 21 plus years of training in aquatic therapy, massage therapy and yoga to share this movement with her class. This class is perfect beginners and seasoned yogis who are welcome to intensify their practice. Paired Class: Gentle Yoga.
What to Bring:
Yoga Mat and Water
Props are heavily utilized and provided
Pre-Registration is Requested
Sound Bath Journey (Thursday 7:30pm)
INSTRUCTORS:
DATE: Thursdays
TIME: 7:30 – 8P:30pm
Props are available for use
Livestream Yoga Classes & Process
For those who prefer to practice in the comfort of their own home or hotel while traveling, please join us via Livestream!
Step 2: Please check your email for the link to class. We will email you this roughly 15 minutes before the start of each class. The email will come from pleasurepointyoga@gmail.com. Please click on the link in the body of that email. This will redirect you to the Registration step with Zoom. If you cannot find this email in your inbox, please check your Junk folder.
Step 3: Register with Zoom: Please check that the First Name, Last Name, and Email you see on the registration step matches with your account info you used to enroll in class via MindBody (Step 1). If this matches, Zoom will let you into the livestream environment.
Step 4: Drop in and enjoy class. Gather your mat, props, and water.
Props For Sale: We have props and mats for sale. Complete Prop Package for $150 (what a deal!) includes Bolster, 2 Blocks, Blanket, Strap, and Eye Pillow. Please email info@pleasurepointyoga.com for purchase.
Please check the live schedule via MindBody for the latest and greatest. CLICK HERE to register!