GOOD News!

Thank you for your feedback! I have revised our Registration Page for the Rasayana Yoga Retreat in January 2026 and made it easier to navigate!

If you have missed this so far, there is still time to join in and be a part of a joyful and holistic experience to start next year off with!

We have four suite styles for your to choose from starting at $2781!!!

Ocean View Suites

Garden View Suites

Guest Room Suites

Dorm Style (up to 4 persons)

IF you wish to travel SOLO, please register as a Single and click on the Single Room Button in your preferred Suite style.

IF you are traveling as a COUPLE, two people sharing a bed or in two separate beds, please register on the Double Room Button, in your preferred Suite style. Fee is per person.

ALL of the YOGA (twice a day and some evening gatherings), ALL Organic meals daily, plenty of snacks, teas, coffee, and filtered clean water is completely included. Airport Transport is not included but, we will arrange it for you and cost accordingly to how many are in your van.

Loads of fun adventures are available for you to partake in outside of our daily schedule.

Register NOW, Select Your Suite Choice and either pay the deposit or in full and you will know you put this on your calendar and may rest assured you have already made a fantastic and healthy decision to begin 2026!

Corinne and I are so very excited to welcome you not only into 2026, and into this nourishing and relaxing experience. We are planning intimately curated classes, just for our group, please join us!

Reach out with absolutely any questions denise@divinelightyoga.com

REGISTER NOW! Then relax and enjoy your summer!!!

Thank you for putting some heartfelt thought into this, and we hope to see you there! Meantime, see me online or in class starting

June 11th, 2025 @Santa Cruz Yoga! Wednesdays, Yin Restorative with the Gong Sound Healing, 7:15pm.

Life Changes, So Do You

What are you up to my friends? Besides attempting to retain a sense of calm and safety in the storm, how do we retain our vibrancy when it feels like what has held us is shifting so fast? What we may have depended on for that safe container of our family, community and work may have changed over these past 5 years since Covid and more. Change can be destabilizing and chaos creates a deep sense of fear and instability. It depletes our vibrancy without a strong platform within and without a connection to our personal relevancy and Spirit, we may loose our footing. What can we do individually, intimately, to calm the chaos and stabilize the unstable parts of ourselves? How can we find our footing again and have change be our friend not a foe?

Mar de Jade Retreat Center

Well, I have a couple of ideas for you:).

Shake it up and come on a fantastical and healing Yoga retreat in January 2026! Corinne LeBlanc and I are thrilled to collaborate to bring you this 7 day journey into a fully renewed and restored sense of calm, JOY and vibrancy.

Imagine once January arrives, this year is behind us all and we are ready to embark to heal, balance and dance our hearts out.

Reserve your room now with your deposit and your final payment is not due until August. Just do it for yourself, bring a friend and know that come post holiday season, you will be more than ready to head to a sunny beach and find your way home back to your tender hearts, healthy body and calm mind.

We have a superb week planned, see all the details here, and register now to get that special room that you want!! Register now.

Since 2007 I have LOVED leading yoga retreats. What a gift to gather away from our daily demands and sink into our bliss! Some past retreat comments: “You touched my heart, opened it up and inspired me so much this week. Thank you for creating this amazing gathering.” Read More!

Let’s Embrace Change and Stop Bracing Against it

Change is the only constant that does not change, it is always here with us. Our perspective is what we can control, our outlook and “inner looking”. Shifting our relationship to change is where we can learn to thrive and move beyond surviving. Embracing change as a constant instead of pushing back against it gives us more physical, mental and emotional energy to place in the areas we want to focus on. Some practices I do remind me that, the basics are there because they work. You know them, eat balanced meals at regular times, eliminate snacking, rise and sleep at regular times, get out into nature, notice the smallest of creatures and remember you are all of that which is, always was and always will be. Here are some soft reminders.

Gratitude for Mother Nature

Use your 5 Senses to keep balanced:

• Eyes guide feet: Stay Active: Regular exercise is essential for maintaining physical and mental well-being. Consider activities like walking, swimming, yoga, and dancing.

• Tongue and taste: Healthy Eating: Pay attention to the quality and taste of your food. Seasonal, fresh, fragrant and chemical free foods bring more pleasure. Include plenty of organic fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains in your meals.

• Touch and feel: Explore New Hobbies: Discover or rediscover your passions. Whether it's painting, gardening, playing a musical instrument, or learning a new language, engaging in hobbies can bring excitement and creativity into your life.

• Ears and Speech: Socialize: Maintain an active social life. Spend time with friends and family, join clubs or organizations, and engage in community activities. Social connections can bring joy and a sense of belonging. Come to yoga class!

• Smell and scent: Spend Time in Nature: Nature has a rejuvenating effect on the mind and body. Spend time outdoors, whether it's hiking, gardening, or simply taking leisurely walks in a park, notice the smells of nature.

• Overall: Laugh and Have Fun: Keep your sense of humor alive. Laughter is a great way to boost your mood and add vibrancy to your life. And one day, we will look back.

NEW exciting LIVE in person classes! I am finally back in the classroom at Santa Cruz Yoga (all classes are also Live Streamed).

Check out my new schedule including some fun summer subbing AND two courses that you can add to your library on line when you cannot get in to class.

NEW SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND COURSES

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is on going and virtual for your convenient learning. If you are local, the Mentoring hours can be in person in my home studio. If you live away, I welcome you on Zoom for Live Mentoring.

Beyond a typical advanced training, this course carries you into and through one of your most extraordinary journeys to find your deepest wisdom, your clearest voice and strongest connection within. Every graduate has shared their life changing stories and has lived their Heroine’s Journey to the fullest. I invite you to look into it, whether you are a teacher or eternal student wishing to deepen into your own Self Mastery, this is a doorway.

Look into the doorway, what will you find?

Friends, Thank you for your loving support, comforting words and genuine presence in my life. When I hear from you and remember who I am from your reflecting words and care, I feel better. I hope you know how grateful I am for you! Be well, stay steady on the path.

Love, Denise  

NEW 8 WEEK On line Class Begins Monday, July 8th

Contemplation in Nature

Hello friend!

I hope you will join me in a new Summer Class on Line Session that returns us to inner stability with a renewal of our practice of the 8 limbs of yoga. Each week we will gently explore how YOU can apply the 8 Limbs of Yoga to your sacred daily practice.

Even if you don’t practice daily, weaving these 8 Limbs into your life gives you a strong and stable position to ground into, to come back to and to remember your inner heart quietude. When things outside are stressful, this can become your comfort.

NEW CLASSES ON LINE

8 Classes, Live on Zoom

A Somatic Yin & Restorative

Practice for Resiliency and Therapeutic Recovery from Stress

Based on the 8 Limbed Path of Yoga

These NEW classes will focus on ways to rebound you from long and short term stressors, balance your nervous system and settle your worries. Perfect for anyone who feels any anxiety, depression, ruminating thoughts, and just is over it all! Here are practices that will stay with you and you will retain the video classes for repeat sessions!

Feel a renewed sense of lasting peace, attainable joy and the beauty of being at ease in yourself.

Suggested Reading for the 8 Limbs of Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

July 8th: Yamas/ How We Relate to Others in the World

July 15th: Niyamas/ How We Relate to Ourselves in the Daily Life

July 22nd: Asana/ How We Relate to Our Body in Postures

July 29th: Pranayama/ How We Relate to Our Breath Moment to Moment

August 5th: Pratyahara/ How We Relate to our Sense Organs with What We Take In

August 12th: Dharana/ How We Relate to Our Mind in Thoughts, Words and Deeds

August 19th: Dhyana/ How We Move Beyond Our Mind, We are Not Our Mind

August 26th: Samadhi/ Inner Union and Deep Lasting Peace

Mondays:: 4:30 pm PST - 5:45 pm PST

$150 for the session, Please follow payment button below, Zoom Link will be emailed to you

July 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, August 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, 2024!

Please email me for any Scholarship needs, I want this to be available to all who seek it. denise@divinelightyoga.com

IF you miss a class, no problem! All are recorded and you will receive the recording to do in your own time, over and over!

Note: I am so excited to see you soon!!! contact me with any questions, denise@divinelightyoga.com

Sign up Now and Zoom Link For Summer Classes will be sent to you! We begin Monday !

NEW 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Begins September 12, In Person!

What questions are holding you back from diving into this deeply transformative exploration? Whether you wish to teach yoga or crave to deepen your understanding and practice, this course gives you the phenomenal tools you need right now to reorient towards a sustainable and joyful lifestyle! I will be on zoom Monday evening for your questions!

Info Session for the NEW 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Monday, July 8th 7:30 pm