Pleasure Point Sanctuary

Pleasure Point Sanctuary Yoga and Dance Studios - Two Studios in One Complex We offer a pathway to peace, health, and happiness, for all beings. Classes 7 days a week!
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We are a transformative yoga, dance, and movement sanctuary that offers a 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, to live in presence, to heal, and to sit with what is, live with compassion to self and others, and to live vibrantly. Our classes, trainings, instructors and beliefs are about crea

ting a sacred space for you to heal, move and expand as a human being and soul. We support growth and healing to empower individuals and build a healthy and happy community. We offer Workshops, Local Daylong Retreats, Global Yoga Retreats & Experiences, and are a Teacher Training Center for both Yoga Alliance Certified 200 hour and 300 hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training programs. We are also a Dance, Movement, & Healing Arts Studio, with a dedicated Dance Studio (Pleasure Point Dance) only steps from our Main Yoga Shala. We offer Dance (ranging from Street Jazz and Urban / Hip Hop to dances originating from the African Diaspora & Latin America), Dance Fitness & Choreography classes, Conditioning Classes (Barre, Pilates Flow, Core Foundations), and Floating Sound Baths (silk hammocks) to provide alternate pathways out of your head and back into your heart. We offer Global Dance & Wellness Retreats that are sensational and life changing! It's never too late to find your happiness!

✨ MORE DANIELLE! ✨We’re delighted to officially add a SECOND Mixed Flow class with the wonderful Danielle Vaden Barr to ...
08/31/2026

✨ MORE DANIELLE! ✨

We’re delighted to officially add a SECOND Mixed Flow class with the wonderful Danielle Vaden Barr to the weekly schedule!

You can now practice with Danielle Tuesdays AND Thursdays at 11:00 AM. 🤍

If you’ve experienced her teaching, you already know: Danielle brings a beautiful balance of strength + softness, clarity + curiosity, effort + ease.

A longtime yoga and meditation teacher, Danielle’s classes weave thoughtful sequencing, functional alignment, breath-led flow, ancient teachings, and just a touch of soulful magic. Her intention is always to help you feel more at home in your body — stronger, softer, and more present from the inside out.

And there’s even more Danielle coming this fall…

🌿 HANDS-ON ASSISTING
with Danielle Vaden Barr

Danielle will be sharing a special 2-hour experiential workshop as part of our 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training — and this workshop is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Presence · Integrity · Attunement 🤍

Drawing from more than a decade of assisting alongside Janet Stone, years of teaching diverse communities, and 30+ years of devoted personal practice, Danielle offers a thoughtful exploration of conscious touch and compassionate assisting.

Together, you’ll explore:

✨ Consent + nervous system awareness
✨ “Support, not fix” philosophy
✨ Physical + subtle body alignment
✨ Clear, compassionate assists
✨ Discernment + respectful touch
✨ Caring for your own body while supporting another

Because hands-on assisting is not simply about technique.

It’s about presence.
It’s about listening.
It’s about relationship.

Whether you’re an experienced yoga teacher, a teacher-in-training, or a dedicated practitioner curious to deepen your understanding of the practice, you’re welcome.

🌿 Mixed Flow with Danielle
Tuesdays + Thursdays • 11:00 AM

🌿 Hands-On Assisting Workshop
Saturday, November 28 • 12:30–2:30 PM
Early Bird $45 • Day of $55
(Pre-registration required ~ Spots are limited!)

Come practice with Danielle.
Come learn from Danielle.
Come experience the beautiful way she holds space.

We’re so happy to have more of her at the Sanctuary. 🤍

Reserve your class + workshop through the link in our bio.

🍂 SEPTEMBER IS HERE 🍂As summer begins to soften at the edges, we find ourselves at the threshold of another seasonal shi...
08/31/2026

🍂 SEPTEMBER IS HERE 🍂

As summer begins to soften at the edges, we find ourselves at the threshold of another seasonal shift.

Equinox approaches, inviting us to slow down.
To tune in.

To turn our gaze inward. 🌿

Spring and summer asked us to plant seeds, to reach outward, to create, explore, and grow.

And now, as autumn approaches, we are invited to ask:

What do we want to harvest?

What is ready to be gathered?

Where do we want to place our precious energy? ✨

Equinox illuminates this beautiful push and pull—the places where we are called to expand and the places where we are invited to soften.

So this month, may we trust the seeds we’ve planted.
May we honor what has grown.

And rather than rush through the harvest, may we slow down enough to savor it. 🍁

May we root down into what is true.
May we listen for what is calling.
May we gather our energy with intention.
And may this season bring us closer to ourselves, to one another, and to the deeper rhythms of this beautiful life. 🌙

September is a time to root, reflect, move, gather, and connect.

And there are so many ways to do that together at Pleasure Point Sanctuary. 💛

✨ THIS MONTH AT THE SANCTUARY

💃 DANCE + MOVEMENT
New classes, performance workshops + Inspire Dance Pop Ups

🎶 SOUND + KIRTAN
Weekly Sound Bath Journeys
Soul Stirring Kirtan with Govind Das
Community Kirtan with Rob + Melissa

🤲 THE TEMPLE OF TOUCH
Thai Massage Workshop with Sidney Nicol

🌬️ TEACHER TRAININGS
300HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — begins September 3

200HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — begins October 2

🌴 RETREAT
Wellness in the Rainforest
Yoga + Ayurveda • Costa Rica
October 11–17

Whatever this season is asking of you, there is space for you here.

Come move.
Come breathe.
Come learn.
Come gather.
Come root down.
And most of all, come savor the harvest. 🌾💛

With love & reverence,
Pleasure Point Sanctuary

The fourth trimester deserves preparation, too. 🤍We spend so much time preparing for birth.But what if we also prepared ...
08/27/2026

The fourth trimester deserves preparation, too. 🤍

We spend so much time preparing for birth.

But what if we also prepared for the sacred, tender, sometimes overwhelming weeks that come after?

Join postpartum doula, prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic Postpartum Care Specialist Eliza Veta for Postpartum Nesting: The Ayurvedic Way — a 90-minute workshop designed to help you prepare for a more nourished, grounded fourth trimester.

Together, you’ll explore:

🌿 What your body actually needs after birth
🏡 How to prepare your kitchen + home for recovery
✨ Simple grounding rituals to support your hormones + nervous system
🥣 The art of postpartum nourishment — what to eat, and why it matters
🤍 Practical ways to create more support, softness, and rest in those early weeks

Whether you’re expecting or newly postpartum, you’ll leave with tangible tools to help you feel more prepared to care for yourself as you care for your new baby.

Because postpartum care isn’t a luxury.

It’s part of the preparation 💛

✨ Postpartum Nesting: The Ayurvedic Way
with Eliza Veta
Saturday, October 24 | 10:00–11:30 AM
Pleasure Point Sanctuary | Dance Studio
$45

Come learn how to create a postpartum nest that truly nourishes you.

🤍 Space is limited. Reserve your spot through the link in our bio.

💃 THE RUEDA CONTINUES! 🕺Our first 8-week Salsa Rueda series was such a success that the dance circle is staying together...
08/26/2026

💃 THE RUEDA CONTINUES! 🕺

Our first 8-week Salsa Rueda series was such a success that the dance circle is staying together! ❤️

The group is continuing to meet every Tuesday morning—and we’re opening the circle to NEW DANCERS who want to join us.

✨ WHAT IS SALSA RUEDA?

Salsa Rueda is a dynamic Cuban partner dance where dancers form a circle, follow calls and hand signals, and continuously rotate partners.

It’s social. It’s playful. It’s challenging. And it’s SO MUCH FUN.

🌶️ NEW TO RUEDA?

You’re welcome!

This class is a great introduction to Salsa Rueda, and Kirsten breaks down the patterns and calls so you can build confidence and practice your fundamentals.

Because we dance in partners and the class builds on Salsa fundamentals, we do recommend that new students already have some basic Salsa experience—including the basic steps and rhythm, even if you’ve only practiced suelta (solo).

No Rueda experience necessary!

💫 ALREADY DANCING CUBAN SALSA?

Come join us!

If you’re taking Ana’s Cuban Salsa class, this is a wonderful opportunity to take those Salsa fundamentals into a whole new format—and practice them with a community of dancers.

And for our returning Rueda dancers...

We’re so happy you’re continuing to grow this circle with us! ❤️

📅 EVERY TUESDAY
🕘 9:00–10:00 AM
📍 Pleasure Point Dance
💰 $22 Drop-In
🎟️ Class Passes & Memberships Apply

Come dance with us, learn something new, and become part of the growing Santa Cruz Salsa Rueda community.

The circle is waiting for you. 💃🕺

✨ WELCOME TO THE SANCTUARY, JAMIE LIGHT ✨We are so happy to welcome Jamie Light to the Pleasure Point Sanctuary Sound Ba...
08/26/2026

✨ WELCOME TO THE SANCTUARY, JAMIE LIGHT ✨

We are so happy to welcome Jamie Light to the Pleasure Point Sanctuary Sound Bath rotation! 🤍

Join Jamie THIS THURSDAY evening for a special Sound Bath Journey — and come experience the beautiful space she creates through sound, presence, and intentional energy work.

Jamie is a local Sound Healing Practitioner, Reiki Master, and lifelong student of the healing arts. Through Crystal Tones® Alchemy Singing Bowls, intentional instruments, and Reiki-inspired energy work, she creates immersive spaces for deep listening, relaxation, presence, and reconnection.

Her intention is simple and powerful:

To offer a space where you can soften, slow down, and simply receive.🤍

And if you’ve been to our Thursday Sound Bath, you already know what a special offering this is. ✨

Every Thursday, we gather for an hour of restorative and uplifting sound with our rotating sound alchemists — Aubrey Padma, Justin Mosley, Lola Lovebyrd, Jazz LeiAmora, and now Jamie Light — sometimes even joining forces!

Breathe.
Receive.
Relax.
Let the sounds of singing bowls, harp, elemental chimes, voice, and more wash over you.

SOUND BATH JOURNEY
Every Thursday | 7:30–8:30 PM
Pleasure Point Sanctuary
All beings welcome 🤍

Bring your yoga mat and anything else that helps you get cozy. We provide bolsters, blankets + eye pillows.

✨ Come meet Jamie this Thursday and experience the magic of sound.

Reserve your spot through the link in our bio.

✨ LAST CALL ✨Our 300hr Advanced Embodied Breath Yoga Studies + Teacher Training begins September 3 — and our cohort is c...
08/25/2026

✨ LAST CALL ✨

Our 300hr Advanced Embodied Breath Yoga Studies + Teacher Training begins September 3 — and our cohort is coming together beautifully. 🌿

12 students have already said YES.

And we have just a few spaces remaining.

If you’ve been watching, wondering, feeling the pull, or waiting for the right moment to take your next step…

this is your invitation 💛

Over five months, we’ll journey together through:

🌿 100hr Yin Yoga + Grounding

🔥 100hr Vinyasa: Heart of Yoga + Dharma

✨ 100hr Advanced Meditation + Breathwork

Along the way, we’ll explore the deeper layers of yoga, teaching, leadership, embodiment, nervous system awareness, philosophy, voice, storytelling, dharma, and sacred practice.

Led by Kayla Copeland and co-led with Katie Jacobson, Jessica Weitzenhoffer + Kenny Graham, this is an intimate, mentorship-centered experience designed to support you not only in becoming a more skilled teacher…

…but in becoming more fully yourself.

If you’ve been feeling the call to deepen your practice, refine your teaching voice, and step into the next evolution of your path:

🌿 We’d love to have you with us.

📅 Begins September 3, 2026
📍 Pleasure Point Sanctuary | Santa Cruz, CA
✨ Limited spaces remaining
💰 $4,600 tuition
🌿 Payment plans available
🤍 $750 deposit to secure your place

Apply through the link in bio.

The journey begins in just 10 days.

Maybe this is your moment to say yes. ✨

✨ WHAT IF YOU FOLLOWED THE SPARK? ✨Sometimes it starts so simply.You meet someone who lights you up.You hear about an op...
08/24/2026

✨ WHAT IF YOU FOLLOWED THE SPARK? ✨

Sometimes it starts so simply.

You meet someone who lights you up.
You hear about an opportunity that makes something inside you say, yes.
You feel a little tug of curiosity… and decide to follow it. 🔥

And sometimes, that tiny spark leads somewhere you never expected.

A new practice.
A new community.
A new confidence.
A part of yourself you didn’t even realize was waiting to be awakened. 🌱

This is one of the things I love most about our teacher training programs.

I get to watch people arrive with a spark—and then witness what happens when they give themselves permission to follow it.

They leave with new skills, new friendships, deeper self-trust, and often a version of themselves that feels a little more fully alive. ✨

There is something powerful about creating a container where we can explore, practice, learn, and grow alongside one another.

A little bit of divine alignment, perhaps. 💫

So this week, we’re inviting you to notice your sparks.

The thing you’ve been curious about.
The class you’ve been meaning to try.
The practice you’ve been drawn toward.
The experience that keeps whispering, come see what happens.

What if you followed it? 🔥

✨ THIS WEEK
🎶 Sound Bath Journey with Jamie Light — August 27 at 7:30 PM
💃 Cheerleader Inspired Dance Workshop with Meg King - Aug 30th at 1pm

🌟 COMING UP
💃 Mixed Flow Tuesdays + Thursdays with Danielle Vaden Barr — begins September 1
💃 Inspire Dance Pop Ups with Debor — September 6 + 19
🎶 Soul Stirring Kirtan with Govind Das — September 7
🤲 The Temple of Touch: Thai Massage with Sidney Nicol — September 19
🎵 Community Kirtan with Rob & Melissa — September 21

🌬️ TEACHER TRAININGS
🔥 LAST CALL! Advanced 300HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — begins September 3
✨ 200HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — begins October 2

🌴 RETREAT
Wellness in the Rainforest
Yoga + Ayurveda • Costa Rica
October 11–17

Maybe one of these is your spark.

Imagine what might happen if you followed it. 💛

With love & devotion,
Pleasure Point Sanctuary

💃🔥 SEPTEMBER IS FOR INSPIRE DANCE! 🔥💃If you’ve been missing your Inspire Dance fix with Deborah Yates, we’ve got somethi...
08/19/2026

💃🔥 SEPTEMBER IS FOR INSPIRE DANCE! 🔥💃

If you’ve been missing your Inspire Dance fix with Deborah Yates, we’ve got something special for you.

Because September is bringing a little schedule shuffle…
…and we decided to turn it into MORE TIME TO DANCE. 😉

Instead of our usual 60-minute Sunday Inspire Dance classes on three September Sundays, we’re bringing you TWO SPECIAL SATURDAY POP-UPS—

✨ 75 MINUTES LONG! ✨

Yep.

75 whole minutes of music.
75 minutes of choreography.
75 minutes of sweating, laughing, moving, learning…
…and getting completely lost in the dance. ❤️

💃 INSPIRE DANCE POP-UPS
📅 Sunday, September 6
⏰ 12:30–1:45 PM

📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 12:30–1:45 PM

📍 3603 Portola Drive – Dance Studio
💰 $22 drop-in | Class passes apply!

WHAT IS INSPIRE DANCE?

Think of it as a recipe for a delicious jazz dance choreography experience. 😉

Deborah takes your favorite popular songs and mixes together:

🎷 Jazz
🔥 Hip Hop
🎶 Funk
✨ Contemporary
🎭 Musical Theater

Add choreography breakdowns.
Add a good ol’ sweat sesh.
Add Deborah’s infectious love of dance.

And you’ve got Inspire Dance. 💃

The best part?

NO professional dance skills are needed.

You don’t need perfect technique.
You don’t need years of dance experience.
You don’t need to already “know how to dance.”

Just bring your:
❤️ Passion for dance
🎶 Love of music
🔥 Desire to move
✨ Willingness to have FUN

Because sometimes you don’t realize how much you’ve been craving this until the music starts.

And then your body remembers:

Ohhhh. THIS is why I love to dance. ❤️

📣 SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE CHANGE
Our regularly scheduled Sunday Inspire Dance classes on:
❌ September 6, 13, & 20
will be cancelled due to our 300-hour training schedule.

But we’re making up the dance time with these two Saturday pop-ups—and giving you an extra 15 minutes each time!

So save the dates:
💃 September 6
💃 September 19

Come for the choreography.
Stay for the sweat.
Leave feeling a little more alive. ❤️

We can’t wait to get our Inspire Dance community back together! 🔥💃

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✨ A LITTLE GIFT FOR US THIS TUESDAY ✨Sometimes plans change… and sometimes the unexpected turns out to be a beautiful gi...
08/17/2026

✨ A LITTLE GIFT FOR US THIS TUESDAY ✨

Sometimes plans change… and sometimes the unexpected turns out to be a beautiful gift. 💛

We are so happy to share that Hannah Muse will be here after all, teaching her beloved Awake Heart Yoga Somatics this Tuesday evening.

And if you’ve experienced her teaching, you know what a gift it is to have her grace the Sanctuary. 🌿

AWAKE HEART YOGA SOMATICS
Yoga • Mindfulness • Mysticism

🗓 Tuesday | 5:30–7:00 PM

A welcoming class for new and experienced practitioners alike, weaving together:

🧘‍♀️ The deeper philosophy of the yoga tradition
🌿 Nourishing, familiar yoga postures
✨ Mindfulness-based somatics
💛 Heart-opening community
🌙 Inquiry, presence & compassion

This is a practice for coming home to yourself.

A place to slow down.
To listen.
To feel.
To explore.

Come if you want to feel truly alive. ✨

All beings welcome.

We’d love to share this unexpected Tuesday evening with you. 💛

Address

3707 Portola Drive
Santa Cruz, CA
95062

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 8:30pm
Thursday 7am - 8:30pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm
Sunday 8am - 7:30pm

Telephone

+18314799642

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