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!

☀️JUNE WORKSHOPS & EVENTS: 🙏Sunday June 7 at 10am BHAKTI FKOW Co-Led with Kayla Copeland & Katie Jacobson👉FREE YTT INFO ...
06/01/2026

☀️JUNE WORKSHOPS & EVENTS:

🙏Sunday June 7 at 10am
BHAKTI FKOW
Co-Led with Kayla Copeland & Katie Jacobson
👉FREE YTT INFO SESSIONS at Noon
💰Attend and will extend the Early Rate Tuition!!!

💃Saturday, June 7th at 10am
STREET JAZZ WORKSHOP
with Joy Smith

🌿Saturday, June 13th - June 19th (online/self paced)
RADIANT SUMMER RESET
A 7 Day Ayurveda and Yoga Immersion Cleanse for Summer Balance
with Kayla Copeland & Kate Bentley

💃Saturday, June 13th at 10am
SALSA CUBANA POP UP
with Ana Saroj

💨Saturday, June 13th at 4pm
LIFE TRANSFORMING BREATHWORK
with Lily Webber & Buck Shelton

🙌 Sunday, June 14th at 12pm
HANDS ON ASSISTING WORKSHOP for Yoga Teachers
Presence ~ Integrity ~ Attunement
with Danielle Vaden Barr & Emily Strzalkowski

🪷Monday, June 15th at 7:30pm
Kirtan
with Johanna Beekman

🙏Tuesday, June 15th at 5:30pm
Awake Heart Yoga Somatics with Live Music
with Hannah Muse & Johanna Beekman

🪷Saturday, June 20th at 7:30pm
Temple Bliss ~ The Music of Yoga
with Dayakar Das & Living Devotion

🧘🏼‍♀️YOGA STUDIES & TEACHER TRAININGS

🙏Live Your Yoga: 300hr Advanced Yoga Studies & Training
September ~ November ~ January
Co-Lead with Kayla Copeland & Katie Jacobson, Kenny Graham, & Jessica Weitzenhoffer
Plus Expert Guest Teachers

🙏The Embodied Breath: 200hr Yoga Studies & Teacher Training
October 2026 - March 2027
with Kayla Copeland & Guest Teachers

🚨 EARLY BIRD TUITION ENDS JUNE 1 🚨If you’ve been feeling the call to deepen your practice, refine your teaching, and ste...
05/29/2026

🚨 EARLY BIRD TUITION ENDS JUNE 1 🚨

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

this is your invitation. 🌿

✨ Save $350 when you enroll in our
300hr Advanced Embodied Breath Yoga Studies + Teacher Training by June 1st.

Early Bird Tuition: $4,250
Regular Tuition: $4,600

Over five transformational months, students journey through:

🌿 Yin Yoga + grounding practices
🔥 Soulful and intelligent Vinyasa Yoga
✨ Advanced Meditation + Breathwork
🤍 Nervous system awareness + embodiment
🌊 Dharma exploration + sacred leadership

Led by Kayla Copeland and co-led with Kenny Graham, Katie Jacobson, and Jessica Weitzenhoffer, this training is designed to support not only your growth as a teacher — but your growth as a human being.

🌿 Payment plans available
🌊 Space is intentionally limited
📍 Pleasure Point Sanctuary | Santa Cruz, CA

Apply through the link in bio.

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✨ Things no one tells you about teacher training…You may begin the journey thinking you’re simply learning how to teach ...
05/28/2026

✨ Things no one tells you about teacher training…

You may begin the journey thinking you’re simply learning how to teach yoga…

…but somewhere along the way, something deeper begins to unfold.

🌿 You learn to trust yourself more fully
🤍 You discover your authentic voice
🔥 You move through fear and self-doubt
🌊 You build meaningful community
✨ You reconnect with purpose, practice, and presence

Inside our 300hr Advanced Embodied Breath Yoga Studies + Teacher Training Program, students are guided through five months of transformational study, practice, mentorship, and community.

Led by Kayla Copeland and co-led with Kenny Graham, Katie Jacobson, and Jessica Weitzenhoffer, this training weaves together:

🌿 Yin Yoga + grounding practices
🔥 Soulful and intelligent Vinyasa Yoga
✨ Advanced Meditation + Breathwork
🤍 Nervous system awareness + embodiment
🌊 Dharma exploration + sacred leadership

This is more than learning how to teach yoga.

It is an invitation to deepen your relationship with yourself, your practice, your voice, and your path.

And perhaps one of the most beautiful parts of the experience…

is realizing you do not walk the journey alone.

✨ Early Bird Pricing Ends June 1
📍 Pleasure Point Sanctuary | Santa Cruz, CA
🌿 Space is intentionally limited

Learn more + apply through the link in bio.

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05/26/2026

Many of us have learned to treat the body like a machine.

Push through exhaustion.
Ignore stress.
Disconnect from intuition.
Keep producing.
Keep going.

And eventually the body begins speaking louder.

✨ Fatigue
✨ Anxiety
✨ Burnout
✨ Digestive issues
✨ Tension
✨ Emotional overwhelm

Not because the body is failing us.

But because it is asking for care. 🌿

This October, we gather on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica for a week of yoga, Ayurveda, tropical nourishment, nature immersion, and deep restoration.

A space to soften.
To reconnect.
To breathe.
To return to yourself. 💛

🌺 Wellness in the Rainforest
October 11–17, 2026

Learn more here:
www.pleasurepointsanctuary.com/returntoself

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When we set an intention it is like a beautiful seed that needs watering. We do not simply let a seed sit without love a...
05/25/2026

When we set an intention it is like a beautiful seed that needs watering. We do not simply let a seed sit without love and attention. In this same way we can water our intentions. And with patience, love, and dedication we may just see this intention blossom. 

In this sanctuary we set intentions everyday. On our mats, on the dance floor, in front of the mirrors in barre and pilates. These movements act as living prayers for our deepest desires. When we show up for ourselves in this way, we water our intentions.

It takes humility to set intentions, and it takes courage to water those intentions. 

My prayer to you, is this: may you water your intentions like the most precious of seeds, and trust- that with time and with love- those intentions will blossom. 

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Below you’ll find this week’s workshops, special events, and upcoming offerings we are so excited to share with you.

 We hope to see you in the studio soon 💛

With love and devotion,
Pleasure Point Sanctuary

WHAT’S COMING UP THIS WEEK:
    💆‍♂️Temple of Touch Thai Massage Workshop with Sidney Nicol on May 31st

WHAT’S COMING UP QUICK!:
    💃Street Jazz Workshop with Joy Smith on June 7th
    💃Salsa Cubana Workshop with Ana Saroj on June 13th
    💨Life Transforming Breathwork Workshop with Lily Webber & Buck Shelton on June 13th
    🌿Radiant Summer Reset Ayruvedic Clease (virtually hosted) with Kayla Copeland & Kate Bentley starts June 13th

TRAINING PROGRAMS:
    👉FREE 200 & 300 YTT HR Training Info Sessions on June 7th
  🫶Hands on Assisting on June 14th - SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
    🙏Advanced 300hr The Embodied Breath Yoga and Breathwork Teacher Training - Early Bird Rate Expires June 1st - Starts September 12th
    🧘🏼‍♂️200hr The Embodied Breath Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Training - Starts October 2026! Apply Now!

RETREATS:
    🐒Wellness in the Rainforest- Yoga & Ayruveda Retreat in the beautiful rainforest of COSTA RICA on the Carribbean Coast October 11th - 17th Register Now!

✨ HANDS-ON ASSISTING ✨
Presence • Integrity • AttunementSunday, June 14, 2026
12:00–4:30 PM 🌿Join Danielle Vaden Barr & ...
05/22/2026

✨ HANDS-ON ASSISTING ✨
Presence • Integrity • Attunement

Sunday, June 14, 2026
12:00–4:30 PM 🌿

Join Danielle Vaden Barr & Ellen Strzalkowski for a deeply experiential workshop exploring the art of compassionate hands-on assisting as an extension of the yoga practice itself.

This is not about fixing.
It is about listening.
Supporting.
Attuning.
Being fully present.

Rooted in the teachings of the pancha vāyus, the 8-limbed path, and years of embodied teaching experience, this 4.5-hour immersion invites yoga teachers and practitioners to explore intentional touch through curiosity, consent, integrity, and deep awareness.

Together we will explore:
✨ grounded, embodied foundations for assisting
✨ “support, not fix” philosophy
✨ subtle + physical body alignment
✨ assists for foundational postures + flowing transitions
✨ consent, trust, autonomy, and attunement
✨ how to care for your own body + energy while supporting others

Through thoughtful touch, presence, and compassionate space-holding, assisting becomes more than technique — it becomes practice.

Danielle & Ellen bring over 25 years of combined teaching and assisting experience and offer this work with humility, reverence, warmth, and deep devotion to the lineage of teachers who shaped them.

Whether you are a yoga teacher wishing to refine your assisting skills or a student curious about the deeper layers of embodied practice, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn in a grounded, supportive, and heart-centered environment.

Sliding Scale: $88 • $98 • $108
📍 Dance Studio
Sunday, June 14

Come explore the subtle art of supportive touch and the power of practicing presence together 🤍

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✨ RADIANT SUMMER RESET ✨
An Online Ayurvedic Cleanse + Seasonal Immersion
June 13–19, 2026 🌿As the heat of summer rises,...
05/21/2026

✨ RADIANT SUMMER RESET ✨
An Online Ayurvedic Cleanse + Seasonal Immersion
June 13–19, 2026 🌿

As the heat of summer rises, so can inflammation, exhaustion, irritability, overstimulation, and depletion within the body and mind.

In Ayurveda — the sister science of Yoga — summer invites us to slow down, cool the system, and return to rhythm.

Join us for a deeply nourishing 7-day guided immersion designed to support:
☀️ digestion + gentle detoxification
☀️ nervous system balance
☀️ grounded energy + vitality
☀️ emotional steadiness
☀️ reconnection to daily ritual and seasonal living

Guided by
🌿 Kayla Copeland, E-RYT 500, MA
🌿 Kate Bentley, MA, Ayurvedic Practitioner + Instructor at Mount Madonna Institute

This online cleanse includes:
✨ Daily yoga, pranayama + meditation practices
✨ Ayurvedic teachings + seasonal guidance
✨ Pitta-balancing nutrition support
✨ Herbal recommendations
✨ Live group integration calls
✨ Daily rhythm practices for sustainable well-being

Choose your experience:
▫️ Tier 1 — Full 7-Day Immersion
▫️ Tier 2 — Includes private Ayurvedic intake + personalized herbal support

This is an invitation to reset gently…
to cool the fire without losing your spark 🔥
and to move through summer with more clarity, vitality, and ease.

Enrollment now open 🤍

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✨ What actually happens during teacher training?People often think advanced yoga teacher training is only about learning...
05/21/2026

✨ What actually happens during teacher training?

People often think advanced yoga teacher training is only about learning:
🌿 sequencing
🌿 anatomy
🌿 cueing
🌿 philosophy

And yes — you absolutely deepen your skills as a teacher.
But something else happens too…

Over time, teacher training becomes:
✨ a practice of self-trust
✨ a space to find your authentic voice
✨ a container for growth and transformation
✨ a community that supports and witnesses you
✨ an invitation to live your yoga more fully

Inside our 300hr Advanced Embodied Breath Yoga Studies + Teacher Training Program, students journey through five months of:
🌿 Yin Yoga + grounding practices
🔥 Soulful and intelligent Vinyasa Yoga
✨ Advanced Meditation + Breathwork
🤍 Nervous system awareness + embodiment
🌊 Dharma exploration + sacred leadership

And somewhere along the way…

many students discover they are not only becoming stronger teachers — they are becoming more fully themselves.

If you’ve been feeling called to deepen your practice, your leadership, and your relationship with yoga, we would love to welcome you into this experience.

✨ Early Bird Pricing Ends June 1
📍 Pleasure Point Sanctuary | Santa Cruz, CA
🌿 Space is intentionally limited

Learn more + apply through the link in bio.

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✨ CURIOUS ABOUT YOGA TEACHER TRAINING? ✨
This is your invitation to explore what’s possible. 🤍Join us for a powerful Sun...
05/20/2026

✨ CURIOUS ABOUT YOGA TEACHER TRAINING? ✨

This is your invitation to explore what’s possible. 🤍

Join us for a powerful Sunday experience featuring a soulful Strong Bhakti Flow led by the co-leads of our upcoming Yoga Teacher Trainings… followed by a FREE Info Session where you can ask questions, connect with the teachers, and feel into whether this journey is calling you. 🌿

🗓 Upcoming FREE Info Sessions:
June 7 • July 12 • August 16
🧘 Strong Bhakti Flow: 10:00–11:30 AM
🕛 FREE Info Session: 12:00–1:00 PM

We’ll be sharing all about:
✨ Embodied Breath 300hr Advanced Studies + Teacher Training (Begins September 2026)
✨ Embodied Breath 200hr Yoga + Breathwork Teacher Training (Begins October 2026)

Whether you feel called to teach, deepen your practice, expand your voice, or reconnect with yourself on a deeper level… these trainings are designed to transform the way you move, breathe, lead, and live. 💫

AND — anyone who attends an Info Session + enrolls will receive an EXTENDED EARLY BIRD TUITION RATE. 🙌

These gatherings are FREE, inspiring, and incredibly valuable.

Come practice with us. Ask your questions. Meet your future community. 💛

Tag someone who’s been talking about doing a YTT 👇

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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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