Santa Cruz County
Simple, Effective, Rejuvenating: Experience Svaroopa® Yoga.
Let us introduce you to a new way to care for your body, mind and soul. Svaroopa® Yoga is very different from what most of us think of as yoga. It is a form of hatha yoga for which flexibility is not a requirement, it is a result.
With the support of blankets, beginning students relax into easy poses designed to release the deepest tensions in the body along the spine. This release deeply relaxes the body, quiets the mind, reduces pain, accelerates injury recovery, and promotes better overall health.
Students experience relief from back pain, headaches and stress, improved flexibility and strength, increased energy and concentration, and an overall sense of ease and well-being.
How Svaroopa® Yoga Works
Svaroopa® Yoga practice includes a unique therapeutic approach to reduce muscle tension. Reducing pain is easy with the spinal decompression we call "Core Opening." Core Opening lifts pressure off your internal organs and glands so everything functions better, giving you optimum health along with stress relief and deep relaxation. You may find that your back pain eases and neck and shoulder tensions dissolve starting with your first class.
Aptos Yoga - an Educational Center
In addition to offering group yoga classes, we offer private yoga therapy sessions that support you even further in your journey to optimal health and inner peace. Options include Yoga Therapy, Private Classes, Vichara Therapy, and Embodyment® Therapy. (The benefits of one Embodyment® Therapy session are equivalent to six yoga classes). Part of our mission as an educational center is to teach you how to care for yourself to create your own healing at home.
Aptos Yoga Founders
Aptos Yoga, the only Svaroopa® Yoga center in Santa Cruz County, was founded by local Svaroopa® Yoga instructors and successful business owners: Christine Hernandez and Lizabeth (Liz) Darling. They have joined together to establish Aptos Yoga as a non-profit, educational organization to promote health among Santa Cruz yoga practitioners and the general community.
Luma is a family-focused yoga center that nurtures and supports parents and children. We are a yoga studio, family retreat, wellness center, and gathering place. Voted Best Yoga Studio in Santa Cruz in 2014, Luma offers an array of yoga and movement classes catered to the needs of adults and children from birth to adolescence.
Our wellness center supports expectant parents and growing families. On-site services include massage therapy, acupuncture, and nutrition consultations. At Luma, you'll find experienced instructors, simultaneous programming for parents and kids (including childcare free to members!), and a family-friendly lounge where we invite you to relax and take a break.
Megan Hawk teaches Vini style Prental Yoga classes that weave in circular movements of the ancient art of Belly Dance. It has been known for generations that Belly Dance originated as a powerful means of helping women prepare their abdominal muscles for labor.
Beginning with a gentle Vini style yoga warm up, Megan then invites the expecting Mama to explore these pelvic moves making them their own so these same movements are theirs ready to assist during the first stages of labor, helping to spiral the baby down, and dance through their contractions. Megan then guides the Mama in appropriate yoga asanas building strength and space within, while practicing the mindful connection to breath, body, and baby!
Classes offered at two locations!
Santa Cruz Yoga www.santacruzyoga.net, Tue/Thurs. 1:15-2:30 (prenatal yoga with some Belly Dance woven in), and
Santa Cruz Village www.santacruzvillage.com, Mon. 12:00-1:30 (Prenatal yoga warm-up and cool-down, and mostly Mama Belly Dance!)
Welcome! Pacific Edge is Kid and Parent Friendly and full of after school activities.
Pacific Edge is the premier alternative health club experience in Santa Cruz! Offering ROCK CLIMBING, YOGA, MAT PILATES and more! Rock Climbing combines balance, flexibility, strength, and focus providing a physical and mental challenge.
Pacific Edge's Yoga studio offers a selection of fifteen diverse classes each week to keep you stretched out & relaxed.
The weight-room, cardio-deck, & sauna complete your choice of work-out options.
Pacific Edge Climbing Gym offers fitness value in a captivating environment!
Birthday Parties include two hours of fun-filled top-roping and bouldering!
* Celebrate with climbers of all ages 6 and up.
* Two hours of fun-filled top-roping and bouldering as well as an additional hour before climbing for party activities.
* $135 for the first six climbers, $15 each additional climber.
* Maximum party size is ten climbers.
* Party room available with tables, chairs, counter, sink and a refrigerator w/freezer.
* Call at least one week in advance for reservations.
* 6 - 8 weeks advance notice is recommended!
* Price includes shoes, harness, and instructors.
* A minimum $70 deposit must be made with all birthday party reservations.
* Deposits are non refundable for cancellations within 7 days of the event.
Available time slots: * 1:30 - 3:30 PM Tuesday through Sunday and 5:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday. Party size is limited to 10 participants during regular gym hours.
After hours: * Saturdays & Sundays 8:15 PM to 10:15 PM.
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