Pleasure Point Sanctuary

💃🔥 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 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. 💛

🌙 Some days we are overflowing with energy, creativity, and joy.

And some days… we move through a little fog.

We’re slower. Less inspired. Maybe questioning what we’re doing and why.

Cycles. 🌿

This is the nature of being human.

And perhaps one of the greatest gifts of practice isn’t that it makes every day feel good—but that it gives us somewhere to return.

Back to the mat.
Back to the breath.
Back to movement.
Back to ourselves. 🧘‍♀️✨

We don’t have to feel the same every day to be whole.

And we don’t have to move through it all alone.

Some days we have energy to give. Other days, we need to lean into our community and allow ourselves to receive. 💛

We are woven together—supporting and being supported, giving and receiving, moving through our many seasons together.

So wherever you find yourself today, may you meet yourself there with a little more tenderness.

And may we all benefit from the practice.

“Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu” (Sanskrit Mantra):

May we all be happy.
May we all be healthy.
May we all be free. 🙏✨

And perhaps this week’s offerings can be part of your return…

💃 THIS WEEK
✨ FREE Community Barre with Makenna Brown — Aug 17
🔥 Street Jazz Performance Workshop with Joy Smith — Aug 22

🌟 COMING UP QUICK
💃 Inspire Dance Pop Up with Deborah Yates — Sept 6
🎶 Soul Stirring Kirtan with Govind Das — Sept 7
🤲 The Temple of Touch: Thai Massage with Sidney Nicol — Sept 19
🎵 Community Kirtan with Rob & Melissa — Sept 21

🌿 TEACHER TRAININGS
🌬️ Advanced 300HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — Begins Sept 3
🧘‍♀️ 200HR Embodied Breath Yoga + Breathwork — Begins Oct 2

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

Whatever season you’re moving through, there is a place for you here. 💛

Come practice. Come move. Come listen. Come connect.

And when you need to… simply come back.

With love & devotion,
Pleasure Point Sanctuary

What if your next chapter could fit into real life? ✨

Maybe becoming a yoga teacher has been calling you.

Maybe you’ve imagined yourself teaching, guiding, serving, or simply going deeper into a practice that has already changed your life.

And maybe you’ve also wondered:

“How would I possibly fit a Yoga Teacher Training into my life?”

That’s exactly why we created The Embodied Breath™ 200hr Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Training.

🌿 One immersive weekend a month for six months
🌬️ Dual certification in Yoga + Breathwork
✨ Deep study of yoga, philosophy, anatomy, breathwork, meditation & embodied leadership
🤍 Mentorship with Kayla Copeland + an extraordinary faculty
🌊 A supportive community to grow alongside

October 2026 – March 2027 | Santa Cruz, CA

And if you’ve been curious but haven’t quite made the leap...

Come meet us this Sunday. 💛

FREE YTT INFORMATION SESSION
Sunday, August 16 | 12–1 PM
with Kayla Copeland

You’ll have the opportunity to learn more about both our 200hr and 300hr Yoga Teacher Trainings, meet the lead teacher, ask your questions, and get a feel for the experience before making your decision.

And here’s a special invitation:

✨ Attend Sunday’s Info Session + enroll in a training, and you’ll receive our Early Rate Tuition of $2,999.

That’s $301 in savings—an opportunity we’re extending exclusively to those who attend the Info Session and choose to enroll.

And if you’re able to join us earlier, Kayla will also be teaching :
Strong Bhakti Flow
10–11:30 AM

Come practice with the women who will be guiding this next chapter.

Experience their teaching.
Feel the community.
Ask the questions you’ve been carrying.

Then stay for the Info Session.

You don’t have to feel ready.

You just have to start 💛

🌿 The Embodied Breath™
200hr Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Training
October 2026 – March 2027
Santa Cruz, CA

$500 deposit secures your spot.

✨ Come meet us Sunday.

💃❤️ SHE’S BACK!!! ❤️💃

Oh, how we have MISSED this woman!!!

Our beloved Deborah Yates is back in the studio this week, and we could not be more excited to welcome her home. 🥹❤️

If you’ve ever taken a class with Deborah, you already know there is something really special about the way she teaches. She brings ENERGY. She brings JOY. She brings decades of experience. And she brings that beautiful combination of dance + fitness + pure love of movement that makes you want to get up, move your body, and have a ridiculously good time doing it. 💃🔥

After taking some time away for medical leave, Deborah is officially BACK—and we are celebrating!!! 🎉

Because Deborah isn’t just one of our teachers. She’s part of the fabric of our community. She’s one of those people who makes a room feel more alive simply by being in it. ❤️

And her love for dance is contagious.

After more than 30 years as a dance-fitness instructor, Veteran Fitness Pro, and National Aerobic Champion, Deborah still says:

“I love combining my dance training with fitness and will continue as long as possible.”

And honestly?

We hope you do too, Mama Yates.❤️

Because we LOVE having you here. We love watching you teach. We love watching you dance. We love the energy you bring into the room. And we LOVE seeing our students light up when the music starts. ✨

So if you’ve been dancing with Deborah for years…

WELCOME BACK. WE MISSED YOU. 🥹❤️

And if you’ve never taken one of her classes? Consider this your invitation. Come experience what happens when decades of dance and fitness experience meet someone who genuinely LOVES sharing movement with other humans. 💃✨

💃 FIND DEBORAH IN THE STUDIO

✨ Inspire Dance
Sundays | 10:00–11:00 AM

🔥 Barre Fitness
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:15–11:15 AM

💪 Core Foundations
Mondays | 11:30 AM
Fridays | 10:30 AM

Come dance. Come move. Come get stronger.

But mostly…

COME WELCOME DEBORAH BACK!!! ❤️

We are SO happy you’re here, Mama Yates. 🥹💃

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🔥💃 MEET MEG + LEARN THE ROUTINE! 💃🔥

Okay, dancers… THIS ONE IS FIRE. 🔥🔥🔥

Meet the lovely and sensational Meg King—one of the kindest, most generous, and genuinely supportive humans in our studio community. Meg is a nurse, a natural caretaker, and the kind of person who is always cheering everyone else on. ❤️

And now… SHE’S TEACHING US A DANCE! 🙌

Meg is bringing us the routine she originally created for her daughter’s bridesmaids to perform at a wedding—and we are SO lucky that she’s sharing it with our studio dancers so we can perform it together at the Capitola Art & Wine Festival on September 12th! 🍷🎨💃

And friends… it’s FIRE. 🔥

Think:
✨ A little Brazilian Samba
✨ A lot ACDC Thunderstruck
✨ Cheerleader energy
✨ Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders-inspired flair
✨ A whole lotta sass
✨ And SO. MUCH. FUN.

This is one of those routines that makes you feel like you’re part of something bigger than yourself. You get to learn, laugh, dance, and create something together—and honestly? The workshops and all the prep leading up to the performance might just be MORE fun than the performance itself. 😉

And remember: performing at the festival is completely optional! ❤️

But if you’re dancing with us this season, we HIGHLY encourage you to jump into these workshops and learn the routines anyway. You don’t have to perform to enjoy the magic of learning a fun new dance with your people.

📅 DATES: Saturday, July 25th + Saturday, August 15th
⏰ TIME: 11:00 AM–12:30 PM
📍 LOCATION: 3603 Portola Drive – Yoga Studio
💰 COST: $25
👯‍♀️ INSTRUCTOR: Meg King

Come learn the routine. Come get your cheerleader on. Come shake off your serious adult responsibilities for 90 minutes. 😂

And come dance with us. ❤️

Because THIS is what we’re creating together—not just a performance, but a community where we cheer each other on, try new things, and have a whole lot of fun along the way.

🔥 LET’S GET READY TO BRING THE FIRE TO CAPITOLA! 🔥

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✨ Curious about Yoga Teacher Training?

Join us this Sunday for a FREE Yoga Teacher Training Information Session and discover whether one of our upcoming programs is the next step in your journey.

Meet Your Guides ✨
This Sunday you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the incredible women leading our Fall Teacher Trainings.

🌿 Kayla Copeland brings together yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, and psychology into a deeply embodied approach to transformation.

✨ Jessica Weitzenhoffer inspires students through intelligent sequencing, joyful practice, and a wholehearted commitment to living yoga both on and off the mat.

Join them for a special co-taught Strong Bhakti Flow from 10:00–11:30 AM, then stay for our FREE Yoga Teacher Training Information Session from 12:00–1:00 PM.

🗓️ Sunday

🧘 Strong Bhakti Flow
10:00–11:30 AM
Co-taught by Kayla Copeland & Jessica Weitzenhoffer

☕ FREE Information Session
12:00–1:00 PM

Come experience the teaching, meet the faculty, ask your questions, and learn more about both of our Fall programs:

🌿 The Embodied Breath™
200-Hour Yoga & Breathwork Teacher Training

✨ 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

Whether you’re considering your first certification or continuing your path as an experienced teacher, we’d love to connect with you.

💛 Special for attendees:
Anyone who attends Sunday’s Info Session and enrolls will receive Early Registration Tuition.

No pressure.
Just community, conversation, and the opportunity to explore what’s possible.

We’d love to see you there.

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