LIVE in person back at Santa Cruz Yoga!

My New Class Beginning June 11th:
Wednesday nights are back! 7:15-8:30pm
Yin, Restorative and Gong Sound Healing

Subbing on Saturday, June 21st, 4:00 - 5:15pm
Yin, Restorative and Gong Sound Healing

Subbing on Tuesdays, July 1st - August 5th, Noon - 1:15pm
Deep Slow Flow Vinyasa with Meditative Savasana

All classes also available for Zoom Live Streaming, Register at Santa Cruz Yoga on the Schedule Page

Yin and Restorative Yoga is a testament to our growing awareness of the need for balance in our lives. Try balancing your strength and endurance yoga practices with Yin and Restorative Yoga for a new Super Power Yoga – a practice that prioritizes gentle yet profound healing, relaxation, and increased overall well-being. Refilling your reserves will have life enhancing results, your return on investment will be marked! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a beginner looking to embark on a journey of self-discovery, Yin and Restorative Yoga might be the missing piece in your pursuit of a healthier, more balanced life. All latest research on Poly Vagal Theory as well as Neuroscience is continually pointing towards the benefits of returning our nervous systems to Parasympathetic release. The awareness of the stress response, of Fight or Flight is recognized as the leading factor in the Inflammatory conditions that now underlie the biggest health issues. Specifically, slowing the breathing down, movement down and increasing awareness as we do in Yoga is unequivocally life changing. Yin and Restorative yoga offers a respite that is unprecedented in harmonizing our minds, emotions, body and hearts. I welcome you to my classes!

New!

The classes we all loved together are now available as short “courses” for you to enjoy again or for the first time! Simply follow these links and enjoy at your leisure.

Somatic Yoga for Resiliency and Ease
(click here)

A Somatic Yin & Restorative
Practice for Resiliency and Therapeutic Recovery from Stress
Based on the 8 Limbed Path of Yoga

These 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! Each class ends with a nourishing Yoga Nidra relaxation to retire you completely.

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

Class 1: Yamas/ How We Relate to Others in the World

Class 2: Niyamas/ How We Relate to Ourselves in the Daily Life

Class 3: Asana/ How We Relate to Our Body in Postures

Class 4: Pranayama/ How We Relate to Our Breath Moment to Moment

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

Class 6: Dharana/ How We Relate to Our Mind in Thoughts, Words and Deeds

Class 7: Dhyana/ How We Move Beyond Our Mind, We are Not Our Mind

Class 8: Samadhi/ Inner Union and Deep Lasting Peace

Chakra Yoga to Explore Your Inner Strengths with Yin and Restorative Yoga
(click here)

A Somatic Yin and Restorative Practice
for a complete exploration of the Chakra System
to empower and harmonize you.

Embark on a transformative journey that harmonizes body and spirit as you explore the depths of Yin and Restorative Yoga, unlocking the healing power of your chakras for profound inner peace and balance. We will explore each chakra and how it can benefit you and what to do when the flow is out of balance. A delightful way to learn while moving and breathing, tapping into our wisdom and feelings. Each class ends with a nourishing Yoga Nidra deep relaxation to retire you completely.

Suggested Reading to supplement Chakra Yoga: Eastern Body, Western Mind, by Anodea Judith

Class 1: Root Center: To Ground and Calm

Class 2: Pelvic Center: For Creativity and Sensuality

Class 3: Solar Center: For Motivation and Self Esteem

Class 4: Heart Center: For Compassion and Self Love

Class 5: Throat Center: For Expression and Deep Listening

Class 6: 3rd Eye and Crown Centers: For Intuition, Insight and Spiritual Connection

Why choose Divine Light Yoga?

Within you is that Divine Light that desires to be fully shining. Rooted in compassion and heartfelt understanding, Denise Divine knows these practices give us a way, a place and a means to uncover that inner light, that inner balance to live fully and wholly, in exactly the way each of us are meant to live. Accepting each of us as we are, beginning where we are, seeing the Light and Shadows in all, come experience and learn how to create and maintain balance, peace and more love in your life. Choose from a myriad of ways to begin to heal and balance with classes, yoga teacher training, ayurveda or a private holistic yoga therapy session.

Denise's classes are functional alignment based slow flowing vinyasa or yin and restorative based in the Krishnamacharya lineage, that the yoga must be fit to the individual. An abundance of compassionate cues, keen observations from over 22 years on the mat, humor and vibrant encouragement make each class a unique and uplifting experience. 

Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy is a viable and sustainable means of healing and restoring our vibrancy and well being using breath, movement, mantra, mind and meditation connecting to Heart and Soul. From physical injuries, mental and psychological stresses and traumas, to spiritual and emotional upheavals, yoga as a therapy works and is now being utilized across all spectrums, from cancer recovery therapies to PTSD. The combination of yoga and ayurveda are a superb companion for your healing modalities. Contact Denise for a private Yoga Therapy session or just to inquire if you will benefit from this healing modality. denise@divinelightyoga.com