• SOURCE YOGA STUDIO



    The Yoga at our Studio is rooted in the powerful and transformational lineage, Krishnamacharya-which is bold, courageous, innovative, exploratory and has a single-pointed devotion to Freedom and the Freedom of All Beings!
    We invite you to join us in cultivating a way of life where joy and vitality are celebrated
    as the very essence of who we are. Read More

    Ten Reasons to try Yoga
    Nicole Inglish established Source as a Community Center. Source is an energetic and Soulful Yoga Community blossoming in the heart of SANTA BARBARA and has been rooted in SB’s rich Yoga Community in various incarnations for over 20 years. We are devoted to creating an atmosphere in which your unique expression of you is nourished and cultivated.

  • JOIN US


    Address:

    1911 De La Vina "G" (@ Mission St. behind "Wash 4 Less")
    Santa Barbara, CA 93103 (view map)

    Phone: 805 - 569 - 2505
    Email: asksource@sourceyogasb.com




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  • TEACHER TRAINING

    Whether you become a teacher or wish to deepen your practice, this is one of the most fulfilling choices
    you will ever make. Our comprehensive training will give you the foundation to teach safely and skillfully while
    honing your unique voice and style.This September Our 200hr Teacher Training Main Module Begins 9/16/11.
    Course can be taken as a 200 hour certification or courses can be taken individually to deepen one's practice or
    work toward 500 hour certification. Start date extended to January 2012. New dates will be posted shortly.

    200-Hour Teacher Training


    Main Module taught by Nicole Inglish

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    Early bird Price until Aug 1st $2,288.00, after that $3,288.00
    New schedule to be up soon. All dates available upon request.
    Questions? Contact nicole@sourceyogasb.com

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    Source Yoga, 1911 De La Vina "G", Santa Barbara, CA 93103

    Note: If you wish only to sign up for individual sessions please pay by check or cc in studio Application must be approved before payment can be made.

  • TEACHERS

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    Nicole holds the honor of teaching for more than 12 years. Her investigation into the body began at a very young age dancing and has expanded through Ashtanga, Kriya Yoga and Tibetan Meditation practices. Throughout her life, she has been graced with many great teachers, some of which include; Erich Schiffman, Richard Freeman, Sri K. Patthabi Jois, Pischet, Swami Vidyadisananda, Saul David Raye and her folks, Jeff and Carole. She is so stoked to be part of what she likes to call, "this big beautiful mess."
    Nicole's classes emphasize the use of and patterning of breath tehnique. Principles of bio-mechanics are used through out asana practice to experience deep levels of awareness and ease within the body. Currently, all Nicole's classes are vinyasa based emphasizing core connection and strengthening, but she also specializes in yoga therapy for prevention and recovery from ailments and teaching the new student basic asana, pranayama and principles. In addition to classes at Source, she is available for private lessons.
    Nicole’s ultimate inspiration lies at seeking the truth, not the relative truth, but the truth of all truths, her current favorite is "we all die." Nicole owns and teaches at Source Yoga Studio, a little gem here in Santa Barbara. In addition to being certified in Yoga, she is Certified in Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Bodywork with a Masters in Reiki and Astrology. She also obtained her BA in Literature from UCSB. Writing is still a great source of inspiration. Nicole pays rent so her cat, Sunny can live on the Mesa in a magical little garden with the skunks and raccoons.

    In B.K.S. Iyengars' book, Light on Yoga, savasana is discussed: "By remaining motionless for some time and keeping the mind still while you are fully conscious, you learn to relax." This will be applied to a variety of asanas. Passive inversions, as well as active inversions for the more advanced student, will be featured. These are particularly important for many health benefits including improving immune function and emotional stability. Come un-do, unwind and destress through asana and breath in the Iyengar tradition.

    Jans' background as a dressage rider and surfer led her to yoga. She has practiced Iyengar yoga since 1998 and studied with Manouso Manos for the past 5 years. Her first opportunity of study with Mr. Iyengar came in 2005 at the week long conference in Estes Park, Colorado. Jan teaches in Carpinteria and Santa Barbara.

    Sven Holcomb began studying and practicing yoga at age 12 and has for many years been a student of Ganga White and Tracey Rich at White Lotus Foundation. He completed his teacher training in 1989 and has since had ongoing advanced training at White Lotus with these world renowned instructors, and he serves as a lead instructor at the White Lotus teacher training programs. Sven has also traveled extensively studying Yoga and Hindu traditions in India, Nepal and Thailand, and has taught in Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. "Yoga is a re-awakening and re-balancing of the body, mind and spirit. It brings about personal transformation and profound self-understanding, much needed in our age of distraction and uncertainty."
    "Sven is a much beloved, sensitive and insightful yoga instructor. He was surrounded by artists, yogis, and the White Lotus lineage from an early age. Sven is a musician, photographer, and recording engineer, trained in many fields and many disciplines, all of which inform and inspire his yoga teaching. He is one of our leading instructors who is able to communicate the perspective we honor and share at White Lotus."
    --Ganga White and Tracey Rich

    Jennifer Green has been teaching yoga for the past 14 years. She has a background in classical and contemporary dance. She was first introduced to yoga by a fellow dancer, who took her to a class. Jennifer was immediately drawn to the fundamental grace of movement that comes from the integration of body and mind in yoga. The fluidity of movement in Ashtanga mirrored what she loved best in dance. After studying Ashtanga intensively for 3 years, she went on to train as a teacher at White Lotus. She credits the following teachers with shaping her practice and her approach to teaching: Sarah Powers, Max Thomas, and John Norris.
    Jennifer seeks to honor the different intentions that students bring to their practice. Her classes emphasize coordination of body alignment and breath as a means to freeing the mind of personal judgements that limit individuals ability to discover themselves.

    Maureen embraces a heart-centered approach to teaching. Through a creative blend of Hatha, Gentle, and Restorative Yoga, Maureen instills in her students feelings of strength, peace, openness, and overall well-being. She also teaches Family-Focused Yoga including: Teen, Pre & Post Natal, Family Workshops, and Children’s classes ranging from ages 2-11. Her training was completed locally at the Santa Barbarar Yoga Center.

    Megan De Ainza tuned into Yoga and Meditation in 1999. Having practiced at home and in the studio, she decided to take herself on the road. Megan's path brought her to study primarily with Saul David Raye, Shiva Rea, and Mark Whitwell; becoming a certified Thai Yoga Therapist in 2003, and a Young Persons Yoga Instructor with Indigo Yoga in 2004. Living through yoga, buddhist and tantric meditation, surfing and creativity, Megan continues to promote health and wellness in all stages of life.
    It wasn't until after experiencing a severe physical injury did Megan begin to truly surrender to the foundations of yoga. Wanting to share the vision and awareness found in the practice and study of the Yoga Sutra, Megan has been teaching a style of total integration. Megan's yoga works to align the human being with healing and transformation by presenting challenging and grounding postures. Keeping a balance between work and play, connecting within relationship, Megan welcomes you to her Breath of Yoga.
    Megan is also available for one on one sessions of Yoga Therapy.
    "The candles are different, but the light is the same." - Sri Sai Kaleshwara Swami

    Kristin is a devoted yogini who imparts her wonderful passion for life in her teaching. Her style pulls from multiple yogic disciplines, and is both intuitive and steeped in the traditional aspects of yoga.
    Kristin’s love lies in learning ~ she has a B.S. and B.A. from CU, Boulder and M.A. in journalism from USC. While she continues to enjoy writing and film making, her commitment is to her yoga practice and teaching. Kristin is always living life to the fullest and believes in boldly facing apparent fears- dissolving the illusion that they exist. Whether it’s running with the bulls in Pamplona or swimming with great whites in South Africa or logging over 50 flights in sailplanes. She is passionate about living life courageously and living truth fearlessly.
    www.kristinjordan.com


    Petra was born and raised in Southwest Germany, in a culture that emphasized a balanced and natural lifestyle. Inspired by her up-bringing, she has studied many different approaches to health and healing, including yoga, energy medicine, nutrition, and spirituality. Petra is a Certified Therapeutic Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master /Teacher, CranioSacral and Lymphatic Therapist, Advanced Energy Healing Practitioner, and Licensed Massage Therapist. She also holds an M.A. and an M.S.W. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has extensive experience as a psychotherapist and teacher.
    Petra currently teaches group, private, and semi-private Therapeutic Yoga classes, and maintains an active Energy Healing practice in Santa Barbara. She has dedicated herself to support those who cross her path in healing their body, mind, and emotions, so that they may live their lives to their fullest potential. She finds Therapeutic Yoga to be a powerful healing tool, because it so deeply connects us with our body, emotions, and mind, and with the true essence and wholeness that we are.
    Petra loves teaching Therapeutic Yoga, because it allows her to integrate yoga with some of the other healing modalities she practices into what she has found to be a very powerful combination, both, for her own healing, as well as for her clients.

    Defined by movement since childhood, Jami has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. Certified to teach at the Providence Institute in Tucson, her path brought her to Santa Barbara bringing the ocean air and water into her yoga practice and life. Committed to the yoga tenet of ahimsa or non-violence, Jami’s classes are dedicated to deepening your personal yoga practice in a way that is both supportive and challenging, focusing on integrating breath and movement appropriate for your needs.
    Come embrace the close of the day with an energetic practice that progresses from vigorous to gentle preparing the mind and body for evening and sleeping. Classical poses are integrated with mindful breath practices to increase strength, flexibility, balance and peace of mind.
    "Adventure is worthwhile in itself." - Amelia Earhart

    The fundamental purpose of Mary Cate’s class—not matter what the intensity, is to increase clarity, calmness, balance, alertness, confidence and ease. Perhaps most importantly, Mary Cate wants to help her students fulfill the desire to remember their best selves and rest in the feeling that is the real you, an everlasting source of tranquility and joy. She likes to joke and remind her students to have fun.
    Mary Cate first found herself practicing yoga in 2000 after a series of injuries from gymnastics and rowing forced her to take a medical leave from Brown University, where she was an undergraduate student. Instantly, she knew that she would be practicing yoga for the rest ofher life. In 2006 Mary Cate was trained to teach Iyengar style yoga, focusing on correct body alignment that allows the body to develop harmoniously in an anatomically correct way so that the student suffers no injury or pain when practicing. In 2007 her Iyengar teacher, Trishka Lemos, recognized her advanced ability to be present and focused during practice and recommended that she go to Pune, India, where she could learn from senior Iyengar teachers. Although infinitely grateful for her experience at the Iyengar center, including hearing Guruji speak on his 89th birthday, a desire to accelerate her spiritual path brought her to her teacher, Rod Stryker.
    Also a graduate student of clinical psychology, somatic psychology, she feels capable of addressing the needs of student’s bodies, minds, psyches, and souls.

    Mary started practicing yoga 13 years ago for physical benefits not realizing the array of mindful benefits experienced. Through her years in the fitness industry from teaching various fitness classes in the 90’s to owning a health club in Colorado later, she added a yoga certification to her repertoire. Now living on the Mesa with her husband, 3 children, 2 Labradoodle dogs, Mary has had the pleasure of reconnecting with Nicole Inglish and is offering a user friendly format at Source Yoga for those requiring a time efficient workout through Yoga Fitness.
    Yoga Fitness provides cardio conditioning interspersed with strengthening exercises coordinating with breath work through yoga flow movements (vinyasa) and poses (asanas). Mary’s epiphany with yoga is that the joy is in the practice (the journey), not in the result (the destination). "The journey is the reward" – Tao Saying

    Vivian completed the 200-hour yoga teacher training through YogaWorks© (a blend of Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, and the teachings of Desikachar). She has been practicing yoga for 20 years, and dancing all her life – trained in classical ballet and explored dance traditions from many cultures. She is a Ph.D. in neuroscience, and in her yoga classes she draws on her research and knowledge in the brain sciences and physiology to bring awareness to the amazing structure and function of the human mind and body. She puts great emphasis on the prevention of injuries, both, during yoga class, and off the mat by pointing out safe posture and movement for everyday situations. She has a special interest in balancing the hormonal system, especially during times of change, like during and after pregnancy, menopause, and women’s monthly cycles. She lives in love with her husband, 2 year old daughter and another little one on the way.




    In order to reduce stress from a corporate marketing job, Kellen took a yoga class in 1996. A year later she founded Fair Havens Yoga in North Carolina, teaching yoga part-time. In 2000 she made a life change and left the corporate world to teach yoga full time in Nashville. Certified by the White Lotus Foundation in 2003, Kellen has recently returned to Santa Barbara to live. She has practiced Ayurveda since 2004, graduating from The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque and studying extensively with Dr. Vasant Lad. Weaving ancient Ayurvedic healing principles with graceful movement of Vinyasa Yoga, Kellen's AyurYoga classes create balance in body and mind. AyurYoga uncovers both the physical and energetic experience of a pose. Classes explore the relationship of the poses with the 5 elements, 3 doshas, pranayama, and marma points. Offering students space to experience yoga on a personal level, Kellen helps students turn inward and uncover their true nature through the poses, breath and mindfulness. One of Kellen's yoga philosophies is: "All of life is relationship. When our relationships are balanced, our life is balanced. Finding balance and maintaining balance is a daily process and lifelong adventure." Besides teaching yoga, Kellen gives Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultations. www.fairhavensyoga.com.

    Blends the principles of Ayurvedic healing with the poses of yoga. Slow flow explores relationship of poses with the 5 elements, 3 doshas, pranayama and marma points. Practice attuned to the current season and weather. Enjoy balance in the body, mind and senses when you bring your doshas hOMe.

    After years of studying dance and classic Pilates, Rachel turned to yoga to bring emotional, physical and spiritual balance into her life. Rachel practices and teaches a strong Vinyasa flow that plays with the meditative synchronization of movement with breath, a subtle dance of control and surrender. Drawing from her dance and Pilates background, Rachel brings an intuitive grace and lightness to her classes, with a focus on moving from and strengthening the core. She is grateful for all of her inspiring teachers, especially Ganga White,Tracey Rich and Sven Holcomb from the White Lotus Foundation, where she completed her first teacher training.

    Rachel received her BA in Philosophy from Goucher College in Baltimore and is a self taught jeweler and fine artist. She is also the manager of Drishti Yoga Essentials in Santa Barbara. Through her art and teaching Rachel hopes to help guide and inspire other studentsʼ personal practice and exploration of being.

    After a varied career as attorney, dancer, psychotherapist, massage therapist, spiritual counselor and more, Lynette found yoga in 1997 and began teaching in 2002, working with performance students and in the Long Beach community. Based in the Iyengar and Viniyoga traditions, Lynette's classes focus on subtleties of the breath and physical sensation as well as proper alignment, eliciting the joy of deeply experiencing the body and the peace of present moment awareness. Lynette leads occasional retreats in the Santa Barbara area to immerse in nature and yoga. For more information, visit here.

    Candice started practicing yoga as a meditation, not as a workout, so every time by the end of the practice she would be confused about how she got so sweaty. She is a mental health counselor who has studied the worlds' wisdom traditions (Religious Studies BA). She delights in all the offerings of Santa Barbara living, especially the summertime! As we move attentively through the practice, we investigate what is always available for us: breath, truth, expansion. Candice is YogaWorks trained in principles of alignment and offers a practice in which that is safe and fun, strong and nourishing, joyful and authentic. Above all, you get the privilege to continually meet and befriend your true self, just as you are. "The place to be happy is here, The time to be happy is now." --Wisdom from a coffee mug at Candice's workplace

    Morgan Balavage received her 200 hour RYT certification from the illustrious Source Yoga School. With an education rooted in Ashtanga (by way of Nicole Inglish) and a decade's worth of experience stemming from thoughtfully sequenced vinyasa flow, her classes explore a variety of increasingly intensified asanas, offering a multitude of hands-on modifications, bookended with pranayama and meditation. She's also been known to dabble in restorative, therapeutic, and pre-natal yoga.

    Mishaela discovered yoga while attending Santa Barbara City College and has been practicing Hatha Yoga religiously since. She was certified through Sue Anne and Jim Parsons from Let It Go Yoga in February of 2011. Practicing yoga has greatly benefited her emotionally, physically and spiritually and supported her through a lot of personal struggles while gifting her the great mind-body connection. She loves working with children: describing them as; free, fun, and exciting to be around. "I would love to teach people with addiction whether it be drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, etc. I would also love to teach people dealing with mental illness or trauma, loss, grief, anxiety, etc. By teaching, by giving these gifts of yoga that I have received, is the most amazing feeling and the greatest internal reward.

    Ray has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. He has studied several styles, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Power, and Flow Yoga. His sequences incorporate approaches used from these and other Yoga disciplines. He was trained as a yoga teacher by YogaWorks’ Jeanne Heileman.

    His class is vigorous, yet meditative. Breath is central to his practice and, as in Viniyoga, the breath is carefully coordinated with the postural movements. Additionally, Ray incorporates the conscious direction of energy to different parts of the body, as in Ananda Yoga. He inspires personal growth beginning with body awareness. Finally, he encourages the use of props, as in Iyengar yoga, in order to allow the student to focus on the body’s ability rather than the strict form of the asanas.

    Ray’s class is vigorous, yet meditative, focused on body awareness. Breath is central to the practice and the breath is carefully coordinated with sequenced movements. Focus is: transcendent awareness – Finding Inner Peace through Awareness. Prop use is encouraged, and physical well being as well as self-understanding is elicited through a pattern of body awareness movements and meditations.

    Kiaora Fox has been practicing the movement of yoga over half of her life. In her early 20s an integration of the spirit of yoga was infused into her movement. Thus, Kiaora was able to feel the higher purpose of asana which has led her to share her study of yoga as a teacher.

    At a very young age Kiaora's parents began her education in mind/body awareness by including her in their own studies. With her therapist father she would listen to Harvel Hendrix tapes on car rides to school, for her mother's chiropractic clients she drew stretches to aid their treatments progress. Kiaora's study of anatomy was furthered by a massage therapy certification at age 17, beginning her work in the realm of healing arts. Yoga and Pilates intensives and certifications followed over the next 7+ years, continually deepening her knowledge of the body and it's connection to breath.

    Kiaora has an excellent eye for alignment and has an inspired approach to guiding ones body and spirit to meet in asana. Her intention is to create a moving meditation that inspires you to continue your yoga practice off the mat and into life. When Kiaora is not teaching or massaging, you can find her dancing, biking, hiking and swimming with her 3 beautiful children and wonderful husband in Santa Barbara, Ca.

    Sarah Tuttle began her study of yoga and meditation in 1980. In 1992, she began teaching in a rural corner of the Northwest. Though the population there was not typically the type to seek yoga, Sarah’s passionate yet practical approach drew students from every age and walk of life. This quickly led to the opening of her studio.

    Teaching in the Iyengar style, Sarah is attentive to her student’s individual needs and capabilities. She inspires them to work deeply, fostering a self-awareness that is relative to every area of life. A sufferer of seizures in her youth, scoliosis since the age of 12, and a mother of four, Sarah knows firsthand the transformative benefits a yoga practice brings. As BKS Iyengar says, "Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence in spirit." Sarah’s many years of applied experience and her love of yoga guides her students on this path. Sarah is new to Santa Barbara and has been a registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance (RYT-500) since 2002. She was the original co-owner and founder of Bheka Yoga Supplies Company.

    "I’m not teaching yoga, I’m sharing it"
    Lillie completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in the world-renowned Nosara Yoga Institute on the gorgeous Pacific coastline of Costa Rica. She is also a graduate of UCSB with one of her concentrations being Kinesiology, the study of movement. Growing up as a dancer, Lillie was no stranger to the wonderful gift of movement: she spent most of her life practicing vigorous forms of dance, including ballet, salsa, hip hop, and bellydance. At such a young age, the dancer lifestyle was beginning to take its toll. It wasn’t until her first yoga class at the age of 17 that she discovered the connection between body movement, mind, and spirit to create a challenging practice that was both healing and nourishing. Lillie’s classes focus on body awareness, bringing attention to every emotional, physical, and energetic sensation that arises. This type of connection allows us to use our bodies, or as Lillie likes to call it our "organism," as powerful tools to reveal exactly what it needs from us to accomplish what we desire. Once we can learn to listen to our organism, we can overcome the physical and mental boundaries and open to infinite possibilities.
    Lillie has a passion for traveling and people, and at the age of 23, she has visited over 30 countries immersing herself in their cultures of dance and art. She also has a profound love for the ocean and has recently co-founded a non-profit called Save The Mermaids, an organization dedicated to spreading awareness about ocean health to children both locally and globally.

    Marty New is a recent transplant from New York City who specializes in gentle, vigorous yoga that leads to a smooth Vinyasa flow.  Methodically warming up each of the joints and muscle groups Marty encourages variations so each person may be guided by their own needs and abilities while also being attentive to their breath. She teaches three levels of Hatha yoga, incorporating sound vibration, breathing practice and deep relaxation.

      Marty began practicing Yoga twenty years ago as a young actress learning to reduce stress for performance and increase her strength and flexibility as an actor.  After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, Marty began teaching acting at NYU, incorporating Yoga into her classes.  Her fundamentally physical approach synthesized techniques drawn from Yoga, Alexander technique, and Swiss Balls with a deep understanding of performance and high-level performance flow. 

      Marty is a registered Experienced Yoga Teacher, trained and certified at Integral Yoga in New York (levels I, II and III Hatha yoga), where she made a profound decision to balance her passions for food, teaching and parenting with her love of Yoga.  ClimbTime Yoga, (a parent/child partnering program) was inspired and created with her son Somerset.  Marty continues her Yoga practice with Somerset attached and together they've developed a new frontier in parenting and Yoga.

    Nicole Inglish
    Jan Wilson
    Sven Holcomb
    Jennifer Green
    Kristin Jordan

    Jami McDowell
    Lillie Francis
    Mary Chang
    Ray Kolbe
    Natalie Sampila

    Lynette Rintoul
    Bonnie Crotzer
    E. Bonnie Lewis
    Morgan Balavage
    Kellen Brugman

    Rachel Wilkins
    Kiaora Fox

  • LOVE LETTERS

    Would you like to write a love letter? Please send to LoveLetter@Sourceyogasb.com
    "Nicole has a highly professional approach to managing the Source yoga center. She selects only the best teachers, creates a comfortable, inviting space and maintains a clean, well furnished center to offer the best experience possible for clients. Nicole's yoga teaching is also deeply nurturing. I am especially enchanted by her deep, soothing voice and relaxed delivery. Here is one of those: 'you must try - and then try once again'!"
    June 18, 2011 - Diyana Dobberteen - Grant Writer and Analyst at UCSB

    "Nicole Inglish is as passionate as they come in the fields of yoga instruction and Thai massage. Her expertise in these arts is transmitted to her students and clients in a manner which accomplishes healing and empowerment. She radiates a powerful energy and has a graceful way of bestowing it on anyone fortunate enough to work with her." - Tyler Blue - Freelance Writer
    Service: Yoga and Thai Massage
    First hired: 2006 (hired more than once)
    Top Qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity

    "...an honor to be there with you."

    "...no one would ever have known it was your first class if you had not told them."
    -Brett Land

    "...you have an immediately soothing effect: your voice, the pacing of the instructions, the pauses between the instructions: it creates a swirl of calm. I feel great today."

    "...an honor to be there with you."

    "...no one would ever have known it was your first class if you had not told them."
    -Brett Land

    "It was a pleasure to be in your class. You lead a very even flow class. Nice work!!! Loved it!" –Amber York
    Yoga Student Testimonials For Ray Kolbe

    "I've known Nicole for over ten years now - and whether it was a Yoga class or a Thai Massage or just meeting for a sandwich, I always walk away from her feeling amazing. She is sweet smiling compassion, a total professional and genuine all the way through."
    -Jeff Arch, screenwriter, Sleepless in Seattle

    "I've been taking classes from Nicole for over 8 years, and she continues to be an inspiration for me. Her delicate adjustments and her sensitivity to creating a sensual resonant field in the class is why I keep returning. Her classes are small and intimate so that the true spirit of Yoga is maintained. Her spiritual guidance is always appreciated because it is light without being dogmatic. I always leave her class feeling a lot more balanced, strong and at peace. For me, Nicole is an integral part of my feeling at home in Santa Barbara."
    -Deanna Cohen

    "We've had the pleasure of receiving Thai massage and private Yoga sessions with Nicole for several years. She is professional, always on time, and brings an energy of sweet springtime to our home. We're happy to recommend her services."
    -Stan and Cheryl Tomchin

    "Source Teacher Training is absolutely life-changing! It has made me a better human being – more confident, more resilient, more communicative, and more participatory in my community. The instructors are incredible: as a student, you benefit from their many years of experience as practictioners and instructors, but, additionally, all the teachers were adept at training or teaching how to teach. I liked that each teacher employed several tools during their modules - handouts, demonstrations, various media – to make each session interactive and avoid information overload. The comprehensive range of topics and the amount of time required to practice teaching equipped me with the knowledge and skills to teach yoga, but most importantly, to live it! Yes, the time and money is significant but the returns on your investment are truly beyond measure." Maren Mochizuki, Agricultural Scientist, Washington D.C.

    "To Whom It May Concern:
    I have not been to a yoga class for over a year and a half. I had the pleasure of attending Mr. Ray Kolbe's level 2 Yoga class. I felt so comfortable re-entering my practice with the soulful guidance Ray provided. One would never know it was his first instruction class.
    I have rediscovered my love and need for yoga in my life and hope to be able to attend Rays growing following. He truly has a gift in his awareness of each person that attended the class. I have been to many different yoga classes for years in the past and believe Ray has the center and passion to truly become one of the best yoga teachers in our beautiful community.
    Thanks again Ray for one of the best night's sleep I have had in some time.
    Sincerely yours."
    Scott E. Teter
    President
    Strategic Wealth Management

    "The urge to get my teacher training certification built like a wave over the course of a decade, reaching its apex one foggy evening on holiday in San Francisco, when I cut an evening out short to rush to a computer to fill out the application. Epiphany-fueled compulsion aside, I wasn't completely sure what I was getting myself into or what would come of it, but I knew I wanted more yoga in my life, and I knew Source would lead me down the right path. Months after I received my 200-hour certification from Source, the teachings of Nicole and all of the talented, kind, intelligent yogis who imparted their wisdom throughout the six-month training continue to influence my life every single day, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. My yoga practice on the mat has improved exponentially, and I was able to get in touch with a spirituality and wholeness that has brought me an overarching sense of peace - not to mention a new career! But most notably, and most surprisingly to me, I learned how to take the philosophy and spirituality of yoga off the mat and into the rest of my life. With a lot of work, and a lot of help, I gained greater access to intuition, personal relationships improved, and physical and emotional issues I've struggled with for years began to heal. With the guidance I received over those intense weekends, I found a true passion. The training I received fully prepared me to become a yoga teacher, and I'm so proud to be able to share that with yogis at Source and other studios in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. There was never any question in my mind of where I wanted to complete my yoga teacher training, and I wholeheartedly believe anyone, regardless of intent or ability, will achieve better understanding of yoga, themselves and their place in this world by taking any or all of the teacher training workshops at Source."
    Morgan Balavage

  • WORK TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

    Source is not only a community of dedicated students and teachers, but an entire team of yogi’s that helps Source run/function. If you would like to contribute to Source and receive yoga classes in exchange, please fill out the application below and drop it off to Source. All app’s will be considered, if you are already a student at Source, you will have priority. There are lots of jobs the trade yogi’s do although the positions are not always available.

    A comprehensive list of Jobs Source offers: ** Positions Available Now

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    Office Yogi:

    (check in class/ready room for class)
    This entails arriving 20min b4 class, take class, finish up when class ends. For example: 9am class~you would arrive by 8:40 ready the room, check in the folks, take class, then close up shop when class is over.
    Commitment: 1hr week.

    **

    Cleaning Yogi:


    The loving devoted cleaning of our studio. Cleanliness is next to Godliness and since we often have our faces near the floor this is very important:) This Job is 1-2 x’s a week 90min sessions.

    Shopping Yogi:


    The purchasing of Source’s supplies.
    Commitment 1hr a week.

    **

    Media Marketing Yogi:


    Please be knowledgeable on Web interface programs such as Constant Contact, Word Press, Digg, Facebook etc and have experience and/or understanding on marketing to a Yoga Community. Must be impeccable with deadlines. .

    **

    Gardener Yogi:


    The care and maintenance of our beloved outside plants and garden.
    Commitment: 1hr a week.

    Graphics Yogi:


    Creating in InDesign and Photoshop for fliers and emails. Knowledge of Adobe Suite and Constant Contact Necessary (Must have Portfolio).
    Commitment: 6hrs monthly

    Data Entry Yogi:


    Knowledge of Quickbooks helpful, impeccability and speed a must.
    Commitment 1-2 hrs monthly.

    Fliering Yogi:


    Post Schedules and fliers in businesses and bulletin boards around town. Having a bicycle is helpful.
    Commitment 4 hours monthly

  • TEACH AT SOURCE

    If you are interested in Teaching at Source Please visit and take a class at Source and Then, once you have done that; send Resume to nicole@sourceyogasb.com include your specialties, class preference times and why specifically you think you would be a good candidate for the Source Team.
  • Work/Trade Information

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  • Workshops

    Sunday, Dec. 11th
    7pm - 10pm

    Purify the Body, Clear the Mind:


    Winter Soltice & Holiday Detox

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  • Kirtan

    Sat. April. 9th
    8:00pm

    An Evening of Kirtan


    With Kabir
    Free community chant...tons of shakti. Chanting pure deep amazing Maharastra style chanting like David stringer, Namdev, Tulsidas, Tukaram, Muktananda, Gurumayi
    Sunday, April 24th
    7:00pm

    Kirtan & CD Release Celebration with Prema Hara


    Kamaniya & Keshavacharya Das with Sri Rama on mridanga
    More Info Here

  • Retreats

    No Retreats at this time. Check back soon!

  • TEACHER TRAINING

    Whether you become a teacher or wish to deepen your practice, this is one of the most fulfilling choices
    you will ever make. Our comprehensive training will give you the foundation to teach safely and skillfully while
    honing your unique voice and style.This September Our 200hr Teacher Training Main Module Begins 9/16/11.
    Course can be taken as a 200 hour certification or courses can be taken individually to deepen one's practice or
    work toward 500 hour certification. Start date extended to January 2012. New dates will be posted shortly.

    200-Hour Teacher Training


    Main Module taught by Nicole Inglish

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    Early bird Price until Aug 1st $2,288.00, after that $3,288.00
    New schedule to be up soon. All dates available upon request.
    Questions? Contact nicole@sourceyogasb.com

    Payment Instructions



    Payment options coming soon. Contact nicole@sourceyogasb.com with questions.


    Pay online, at the studio with a credit card or make checks payable to Source Yoga and mail to:
    Source Yoga, 1911 De La Vina "G", Santa Barbara, CA 93103

    Note: If you wish only to sign up for individual sessions please pay by check or cc in studio Application must be approved before payment can be made.

  • PRIVATE TEACHINGS

    Offering Personally Designed Yoga & Pranayama/Meditation Privates
    For an appointment, contact 805.569.2505 or email nicole@sourceyogasb.com
    Cost: 1 hour session $90
    or four sessions $325
    (Add 20% for house calls)

    Ayurvedic Yoga Privates with Nicole Inglish RYT-500, RTT, CHTP


    - also available for small groups at an additional cost Work one-on-one with certified yoga teacher, Nicole Inglish, to create your unique yoga practice that may include the following: yoga postures, pranayama, mudra, kriyas, mantra and meditation techniques especially for your body and mind's needs and goals.

    Through a variety of diagnostic and intuitive tools, discover what imbalances you have (vikruiti) and help bring yourself back into balance (prakriti) with this holistic and ancient way of using yoga. Learn what yoga poses help balance your dosha, as well as proper breathing techniques, meditations, and more. Nicole's focus in each session is to help students find their Sva Dharma, or (individual destiny) through use of Ayurvedic principles, Vinyasa Krama (proper sequencing), Tapas (purification & discipline), Smarana (rememberance of the self) as well as breath awareness, energetic alignment, and ancient tantric hatha yoga techniques including kriya, bandha, chakra work, mudra, and mantra practices. As Nicole also specializes in Thai Yoga Therapy, which is deeply rooted in Indian Ayurveda, she will recommend acupressure points, passive bodywork stretches, and mindfulness techniques.

    Help uncover the secrets to not only a successful yoga practice, but also helping you to eliminate habits in your body, mind and spirit that keep you from feeling your best.

    For Beginners:


    Get started with yoga. Learn proper breathwork, basic yoga poses, and meditation techniques. Depending on your goals, work on stress relief and relaxation, or kick-start your practice with a detoxifying and health-conscious vinyasa or Ashtanga practice.

    For Intermediates:


    Tweak bad habits and move forward. Start working towards inversions and deeper poses that include backbending and binds. Choose also to learn a 45 - 90 min sequence that you will eventually be able to do on your own that includes breathing and meditation techniques. The sky is the limit!

    For Advanced:


    Now that your body has less resistance, move forward to a flowing yet more intense practice to open those hard to reach spots. Choose also to bring in more of the ancient yoga teachings with studies on yoga philosophy, assigned readings, and more subtle techniques of the asana practice such as mudra, bandha and visualization.

    Meditation/Pranayama Privates


    These private one-on-one sessions are based on the Sri Vidya and Tantra Yoga teachings of the Himalayan tradition, and helps students match a specific breathwork (pranayama), concentration technique (dharana) and meditation (dhyana) practice to enhance their intentions (sankalpa) and prepare them for deep peace and bliss (samadhi).

  • THAI YOGA BODYWORK (ALSO KNOWN AS THAI MASSAGE)


    For an appointment, contact 805.569.2505 or email nicole@sourceyogasb.com
    $90hr - 60 min
    , 75 min, 90 min and 120 min available in studio/ or in your home (add 20% for travel time)
    Package discounts also available.

    Thai Yoga Bodywork Sessions

    - from 60-120 minutes long
    Available with all Thai Yoga Bodywork Therapists
    This clothes-on, one-on-one therapeutic session aims at stimulating the flow of healing energies within the body, opening the areas which are blocked and bringing the body, mind and spirit back into balance and harmony. Whether you have a yoga practice or not, this healing therapy will leave you feeling refreshed, rested, and alive. Our practitioners specialize in MS, fertility issues, fibromyalgia, neck/back pain, and more.

    Thai Mama Prenatal

    - recommended length: 60-75 min for all stages of pregnancy
    Available with all Thai Yoga Bodywork Therapists
    Treat your mama right! As above but we'll work specifically with a pregnant woman's aches and pains (i.e. sciatic, low and mid back issues) while restoring a sense of rest and well being. Propped up on pillows and bolsters, or laying on her side, we'll work the feet, legs, hips, back, shoulders and neck in a nurturing way to support this time in her life. Sessions can also help initiate labor with specific acupressure techniques (38 weeks and up only).

    Thai Mama Postnatal

    - recommended length: 60-120 min
    Available with all Thai Yoga Bodywork Therapists
    This special Thai Yoga session treats new moms in their recovery from the transition from pregnancy to motherhood. Specifically designed out the knots in the upper back and shoulders from breastfeeeding and/or holding baby, as well as a long hip and back sequence to help adjust the pelvis and spine from the physical stresses of pregnancy. Also work with the stomach to improve muscle tone, restore hormonal balance and create a sense of emotional well being. Recommended for women 4-6 weeks postpartum. Please get a doctor’s ok before the session.

    Thai Yoga Bodywork w/Energy Work Combo Sessions

    - 75, 90 or 120 min long
    Available with all Thai Yoga Bodywork Therapists
    As above, but end the last 30 minutes with the benefits of subtle energy clearing. This transformative therapy works with the body directly in the Thai Yoga portion, and infused an even deeper sense of calm, grounding, and ease upon completion with the Energy Work. Great for people with chronic issues that never seem to heal, or try it as a way shed old patterns in body, mind and spirit.

    Thai Yoga Bodywork w/Yoga Private Session

    - 90 or 120 min long
    Work with certified yoga teacher, Nicole Inglish, in this complimentary yoga approach that mixes the best of assisted yoga therapy from Thai Yoga Bodywork with the vast riches of yoga in one session. As you move through yoga poses, Nicole will adjust with Thai Yoga Bodywork techniques to blossom open and/or strengthen your pose. Plus gain assistance in defining a yoga practice suitable for your body and experience. We’ll work with your range of motion, injuries, fears, and triumphs to create a great healing program just for you.

    Based on the northern style of traditional Thai Massage (Nuad Boran), Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient ayurvedic healing art. Through application of pressure along the energy meridians known as the "Sen," and an array of assisted stretches, performed with the hands feet, knee’s and elbows, you can experience profound release of tension and chronic pain within that is held within the body. Thai Massage is also a great preventative health measure, helping to keep circulation of blood flow strong and muscles and tendons stretched and relaxed. As the receiver, you will experience deep relaxation and meditation helping to ease the stress of the mind. Thai Massage is performed on a futon mat specifically designed for Thai Bodywork on the floor. Wear loose comfortable clothing, as you relax more deeply you may cool off, so layers are recommended.

    THAI YOGA BODY WORK CAN BE HELPFUL WITH


    Improving Your Yoga Practice
    Inflexibility | Rehabilitation
    Neck and Back Problems
    Stress Relief | Anxiety Reduction
    Aches & Pain Relief | Insomnia
    Range of Motion Issues
    Restless Leg Syndrome
    Fibromyalgia | Depression
    Multiple Sclerosis (early stages)
    Headaches/Migraines
    PMS | Infertility
    Pregnancy Back & Sacral Issues
    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    Disease Prevention
    Spiritual Enhancement
    General Well-Being

    Ethical Practices



    The intention of each session is always for the client's highest good of balancing their energies of the body, mind, and spirit. All of our practitioners follow the code of ethics put out by the Thai Healing Alliance International (THAI).

  • REIKI

    For an appointment, contact 805.569.2505 or email nicole@sourceyogasb.com
    Cost: 1 hour session $90
    or four sessions $325
    (Add 20% for house calls)
    Sessions with Nicole Inglish RYT-500, RTT, CHTP

    What is Reiki?



    Reiki is a Hands-on healing technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

    The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy." So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy."

    A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Many have reported miraculous results.

    Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.

    An amazingly simple technique to learn, the ability to use Reiki is not taught in the usual sense, but is transferred to the student during a Reiki class. This ability is passed on during an "attunement" given by a Reiki master and allows the student to tap into an unlimited supply of "life force energy" to improve one's health and enhance the quality of life.

    Its use is not dependent on one's intellectual capacity or spiritual development and therefore is available to everyone. It has been successfully taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.

    While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It has no dogma, and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn and use Reiki. In fact, Reiki is not dependent on belief at all and will work whether you believe in it or not. Because Reiki comes from God, many people find that using Reiki puts them more in touch with the experience of their religion rather than having only an intellectual concept of it.

    While Reiki is not a religion, it is still important to live and act in a way that promotes harmony with others. Dr. Mikao Usui, the founder of the Reiki system of natural healing, recommended that one practice certain simple ethical ideals to promote peace and harmony, which are nearly universal across all cultures.

    During a meditation several years after developing Reiki, Dr. Usui decided to add the Reiki Ideals to the practice of Reiki. The Ideals came in part from the five prinicples of the Meiji emperor of Japan whom Dr. Usui admired. The Ideals were developed to add spiritual balance to Usui Reiki. Their purpose is to help people realize that healing the spirit by consciously deciding to improve oneself is a necessary part of the Reiki healing experience. In order for the Reiki healing energies to have lasting results, the client must accept responsibility for her or his healing and take an active part in it. Therefore, the Usui system of Reiki is more than the use of the Reiki energy. It must also include an active commitment to improve oneself in order for it to be a complete system. The ideals are both guidelines for living a gracious life and virtues worthy of practice for their inherent value.

    The secret art of inviting happiness
    The miraculous medicine of all diseases
    Just for today, do not anger
    Do not worry and be filled with gratitude
    Devote yourself to your work. Be kind to people.
    Every morning and evening, join your hands in prayer.
    Pray these words to your heart
    and chant these words with your mouth
    The founder , Usui Mikao

    To try to define reiki through the mind alone is like trying to grasp a handful of water, the tighter you grip the more that slips through your fingers. It would seem that attempts to grasp at understanding shuts down your intuitive understanding of what Reiki is and how it can benefit you. Receive support in allowing grace and healing to flow through your body

  • Yoga and/or Hula Hooping available for your party


    For an appointment or more info, contact 805.569.2505 or email nicole@sourceyogasb.com
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Ashtanga Yoga as taught by our teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, is a practice of mindfulness guided by conscious breathing. A string of intelligently sequenced asanas are learned and practiced over time to assist in removing the layers of conditioned existence which hinder us from embracing the truth of who we are. Knowledge of Sun Salutations and Ujjayi breath recommended. Strong Beginners welcome on Mondays. Intermediate+

Come embrace the close of the day with a balancing evening class. An integration of mindful breath and yoga asana practices to create flexibility, strength and peace of mind. Classes begin wtih rejuvenating standing flow, winding into gentle transitions to prepare the mind and body for evening.

Gentle movements that ground and stabilize. Empowering the body with strength and flexibility. At the same time, the graceful movements and gentle breathing effect the mind, creating focus and ease. Perfect for beginners and those who like a gentler class.

Emphasizes structural integrity, stabilization, and coordination of breath and movement in a light non-competitive environment -perfect for beginners and those who wish to deepen their technique.

Emphasis on deepening the mind-body connection, exploring intermediate poses, experience surrender and ease. varies in difficulty & pace according to teacher- all levels.

A fluid and energizing series, tuned to the individual, reawakening and rebalancing body, mind and spirit, facilitating self-awareness and self-transformation to meet the evolving needs of each person.

A Yoga Class designed for students interested in a strong, yet relaxing Yoga practice. Instructor, Maureen Clair, will teach foundational poses that will give students heightened core strength, balance, endurance, flexibility, and peace of mind. Whether you are brand new to Yoga or have an established practice this class will offer a moderate to intermediate workout while also incorporating stress-reducing techniques and deep breathing.

Sweet Flow(multi level): Nurture and Energize the body through asana and pranayama, sometimes we will flow, other times we will pause and witness. Embodiment of you as Source is the intention. Emphasis on alignment, breath and connection to your heart chakra. Intermediate+

Ayur Yoga blends the principles of Ayurvedic healing with the poses of yoga. Slow flow in asana explores relationship of poses with the 5 elements, 3 doshas, pranayama and marma points. Practice will be attuned to the current season and weather. Enjoy balance in the body, mind and senses when you bring your doshas hOMe. All levels and ages welcome

Therapeutic Yoga: Create the relaxation that comes from a great massage through this passive practice. Like restorative, we use props to support easy and deep stretches, while using breath and meditation to bring deep ease to the body and nervous system. All levels and ages welcome

Structure and Flow is a Vinyasa based class with emphasis on structural integrity and breath. Expand your knowledge of alignment while building heat, strength and flexibility.-prior experience recommended.

Restorative Yoga is a therapeutic style of yoga that promotes deep relaxation for the body through supportive poses. In full relaxation, there is no movement, no effort and the mind is silent. While the body relaxes in restorative yoga poses, health is promoted throughout all of the organs, tissues, and body systems. This class is perfect for the beginner and those who wish to experience deep peace and healing. All levels and ages welcome

Sweet Flow(multi level): Nurture and Energize the body through asana and pranayama, sometimes we will flow, other times we will pause and witness. Embodiment of you as Source is the intention. Emphasis on alignment, breath and connection to your heart chakra. Intermediate+

Developed by B.K.S. Iyengar is a series of poses which are supported through the use of bolsters and blankets. Very relaxing-all levels, suitable for beginners.

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Yoni's teaching style fuses happiness and laughter through the empowerment of the body, mind, and soul. He teaches a non-intimidating yoga flow class that will strengthen your body and your musical taste.

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Combines precision with props for a supported practice-all levels.

Introduction to yoga is specifically designed for you, the curious, the unknowing, the never before now ready to get your toes wet, or stretched or something right?
In intro to yoga you will learn how to breathe for energy, balance and relaxation you will learn a set of basic poses for a balanced practice of strength, flexibility and serenity You will learn body mechanics and ancient yoga techniques that can be applied to any pose or any activity to further enhance your over-all sense of wellness and quality of life. introduction to yoga is also a great way to fine tune an already consistent practice or return after a long hiatus.

A deeply healing, relaxing, and balancing practice, combining restorative and gentle yoga postures with hands-on healing, guided meditation, breathwork, and aromatherapy. This class is accessible to everyone, including those new to yoga or recovering from injury or illness. Bolsters and blankets are used to support you in relaxing deeply into the restorative poses so that you can experience their full benefit. As you rest in the poses, the body's energy channels open, allowing for increased flow of energy; this can greatly enhance the beneficial effects of the hands-on healing work, guided meditation, breathwork, and aromatherapy that are part of the class. In turn, these healing modalities can also enhance the benefits of the yoga postures. The goal of this class is to help you relax, heal, and rejuvenate on a deep level. It is designed to provide a powerful anti-dote to stress, an important balance to a more active practice, and to support physical, emotional, and mental healing and well-being.

Supports pregnancy, birthing, and the postnatal period by releasing tension, strengthening, and relaxing the body and mind. All levels are welcome.

Transcendent Awareness – Finding Inner Peace through Awareness
Ray’s class is vigorous, yet meditative, focused on body awareness. Breath is central to the practice and the breath is carefully coordinated with sequenced movements. Prop use is encouraged, and physical well being as well as self-understanding is elicited through a pattern of body awareness movements and meditations.

Ray has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. He has studied several styles, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Power, and Flow Yoga. His sequences incorporate approaches used from these and other Yoga disciplines. He was trained as a yoga teacher by YogaWorks’ Jeanne Heileman.

His class is vigorous, yet meditative. Breath is central to his practice and, as in Viniyoga, the breath is carefully coordinated with the postural movements. Additionally, Ray incorporates the conscious direction of energy to different parts of the body, as in Ananda Yoga. He inspires personal growth beginning with body awareness. Finally, he encourages the use of props, as in Iyengar yoga, in order to allow the student to focus on the body’s ability rather than the strict form of the asanas. View Flyer

This is a 1 hour class for folks who want a great yoga/total body conditioning workout or who may have been shy about trying yoga. Mary Chang brings us years of teaching experience and creates an easy going atmosphere.

Following the Iyengar method, students are taught a wide array of poses that develop stamina, flexibility, balance, and concentration. They become educated about the benefits of the poses and how to practice them correctly.

Due to the great attention to detail, students gain a sharpening of awareness that strengthens them physically, intellectually, and psycho-emotionally. They experience an increase in vitality as they develop methods for relieving stress. Props are used to aid in correct structural alignment as well as safely modifying poses for students who have limited mobility due to injury or illness.

Beginning level students build an excellent foundation for years to come. Experienced practitioners appreciate the depth and comprehensiveness of every class. Students of all levels and abilities are progressively challenged while gaining a personal understanding of how to continue on this path of lasting and therapeutic change.

Rise and Shine Embodiment - A fluid and rejuvenating yoga practice incorporating chi gong, viniyoga series, mindful breathing, core strength and spontaneity with the intention of creating more space, grace and ease in our embodied experience. All levels welcome.

A class designed to challenge edges and build core stability for safety and empowerment. You will experience amplified capacity and ability to move energy, eliminating inessentials, bridal and hone the beauties of melodic precision and graceful balance congruent to one's own flowing strength.

begins Friday April 30th, May 7th, May 21st 7:30-9:30 $20 or all 3 for $50

What is Acro-Yoga? A fusion of Partner Yoga and Acrobatics whipped up into a safe fun package for all levels of experience. In our 1st class you will learn the foundational principles of "flying" and learn to "fly" and "be flown" Hope to See You

CHANT:
No charge though donations gladly accepted, CELEBRATE. Kabir and Friends, doing traditional Maharastra chants Like Namdev, Tukaram & David Stringer. We all sing simple chants for extended periods building speed and tempo and then bringing it down again. Easy chants so you can go deep. Om Namah Shivaya.

CHANT: No charge though donations gladly accepted.
CELEBRATE. Kabir and Friends, doing traditional Maharastra chants Like Namdev, Tukaram & David Stringer. We all sing simple chants for extended periods building speed and tempo and then bringing it down again. Easy chants so you can go deep. Om Namah Shivaya

Join us for an evening of KIRTAN at SOURCE YOGA STUDIO.
Sarvatma will lead group chanting on harmonium, accompanied by other musicians and aspiring yogis on mridanga, tabla, and more.
Light prasadam snacks will be served no charge, though donations gladly accepted.

E. Bonnie Lewis believes there is a creative spirit inherent in all of us and part of our life's journey is to find and express that spirit.
E. Bonnie's first encounter with yoga was at the Integral Yoga Institute in the early 70's while she was studying Modern Dance and earning her BS degree in Applied Behavioral Sciences from UC Davis. She went on to earn her BA in Physical Education with a Dance Emphasis from California State University at Los Angeles and received her MA at University of California Los Angeles in Dance Movement Therapy. She has taught theatre, dance & movement, and yoga to pre-school students up to seniors and has gained insight from all the ages that have crossed her path. She has completed her 200 Teacher Training through Let It Go.
E. Bonnie has been an active part of the theatre arts, dance, and physical education community of Santa Barbara for over 17 years working in both the public and private sectors. At Santa Barbara City College, she is currently teaching yoga, Modern Dance and Pilates classes and incorporating yoga into the athletic training of the men and women's soccer teams and women's softball team.

Kirtan Night at Source Yoga will take us on an excursion within and without. The kirtan will lead us on an inner journey, and a heartwarming presentation will endear us to those who are without. We will gain a glimpse at how the poorest of the poor are being helped to holistically improve their own lives with the aid of Food for Life Vrindavan (FFLV).

The evening will include kirtan in addition to a multi-media presentation by Rupa Raghunatha (director of FFLV and winner of the Global Human Rights Protection Award) and a sumptous vegetarian meal!

For more info, call 805.562.8303

To learn about the multitude of works being sponsored by Food for Life Vrindavan

Alexis is committed to creating a world of peace, justice, sustainability and beauty. As she believes that love begins within, she has studied many forms of healing including yoga and other movement practices, meditation, prayer, bodywork, dreams, and ritual. Alexis has been practicing yoga for the past 15 years and teaching since 2001, she is a certified Therapeutic Yoga Instructor. Alexis holds an M.A. from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Santa Barbara. She works with The Ojai Foundation as a wilderness guide and a facilitator of council, a way of speaking and listening from the heart, has apprenticed in natural building techniques and permaculture systems, and for the past several years has co-directed a nature-based mentoring program for teen girls, Weaving Our World, in collaboration with Wilderness Youth Project.

All of her work is grounded in and informed by her love and connection with the natural world and her passion to support others remember their true nature. She incorporates awareness of the natural rhythms and elements into her teaching and guides others to feel at home in their body. Her classes focus on freedom and ease using mindfulness, awareness of breath and body, core strength, flexibility and spontaneity. Implicit in her cosmology is the understanding that all is interconnected and divine and that at this time we are each called to access our authenticity, truth and gifts on behalf of all our relations. It gives her great joy to be of service in offering a practice of embodiment.

"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" - Babylonian Talmud

At the core of Rachil’s practice is the intention of leading the patient to access their own knowing and giving them the tools to heal from the inside out. With the use of balls and rollers her students are guided to feel and understand the somatic (body-mind) connection, release muscle and organ tension and to strengthen their core. These tools are easily used at home or on the road to address many physical and emotional aches and pains. The balls and rollers are essential tools for keeping our bodies and minds limber and healthy throughout life and into our twilight years. Snug clothing and hair ties are recommended.

Rachil B. Willig L.Ac., C.N. has an eclectic approach to health and wellness. She is trained in clinical nutrition, biodynamic craniosacral healing and has her master’s degree in Oriental medicine, which includes Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Constitutional Dietary Training, Shiatsu, Cupping, Tai Qi and Qi Gong (energetic healing.) Rachil enjoys helping people heal themselves naturally. By educating her students she empowers them to access their bodies’ own healing ability, creating health and preventing “dis-ease.”

Her class: at the core of Rachil’s practice is the intention of leading the student to access their own knowing and giving them the tools to heal from the inside out. With the use of balls and rollers her students are guided to feel and understand the somatic (body-mind) connection, release muscle and organ tension and to strengthen their core. These tools are easily used at home or on the road to address many physical and emotional aches and pains. The balls and rollers are essential tools for keeping our bodies and minds limber and healthy throughout life and into our twilight years. Snug clothing and hair ties are recommended. $20 per class or $15 each if prepaid for 6 classes.

Craig Rigsby holds a Masters in Oriental Medicine from the College of Oriental Medicine in Santa Barbara. He is a licensed acupuncturist, Qi Gong and meditation teacher, Reiki Master and has been practicing the healing arts for over 16 years. His passion is in helping others discover the power that lies within them so they can bring more of who they really are into their daily life.

Morning cup of Mojo
Learn to unlock your hidden reserves of energy, increase your Mojo and your zest for life!  This class will stoke your inner fire with invigorating and proven Chi building techniques involving breathing, movement and guided visualization. If you want to feel more of the power of who you really are coarsing through your veins, this is the class for you! Get hooked up to your Energy Source and enjoy the juice!

Power Hour: An intense, Vinyasa based workout focusing on breath, movement, balance and intention. This one-hour class emphasizes strength and heat to build flexiblity and endurance. Variations in poses for students of all levels.

Five years ago Whitney was asked the question: If today was your last day on earth, what do you wish you would have done more of? Her answer: Working out, helping other people, and being more spiritual. Today, Whitney strives for just that on a daily basis, and most enjoyably, through her sharing of yoga. Whitney has been practicing yoga for ten years, but found her heart in yoga three years ago when running took a back seat due to a back injury. "Yoga has not only strengthened my back and body, but my heart and mind." In her classes, Whitney creates a supporting environment to empower students to find their inner physical and mental strength. While Whitney loves a grueling practice coupled with her triathlon training, she realizes the importance of a restful and relaxing practice as well. Whitney very much enjoys sharing yoga with students who have special needs. After completing Source Yoga Studio's 200 hour certification program, she started a yoga course for elderly at a local senior center and also teaches with United Cerebral Palsy. Whitney has an AA in Psychology and a BA in Business.

Natalie Sampila
Natalie was introduced to yoga by her mother who still places a big influence on her teachings today, as well as the many teachers who have inspired her to go deeper over the years. The passion for all aspects of the practice took her on a eclectic journey of teachers; trainings with Eric Schiffman (Hatha Yoga), Lisa Walford (Iyengar yoga), Jasmine Lieb (Therapeutic yoga) as well as studying Ashtanga yoga in Thailand with Paul Dallaghan. After teaching with Yoga Works since 2004 she has returned to Santa Barbara to share her teachings and raise a family. "In every class I teach I do my best to create a space that is safe for you to explore the self through breath and movement, and in the end find peace of mind."

By donation all money raised to help pay for Homnath traveling costs. Most of these players are all students of Homnath for many years.

Musicians include:
HonathJi
Montino
Sudama
Jeffery Lidke
Matt Wright
Haribol
Justin
Max
Rob Wallace

Bu-Ka-Ba In this class you will experience your light spirit body like never before through a flow of Yoga exercises, Tai chi, breathing mind awareness. A class designed to challenge edges and build core stability for safety and empowerment.

Prema Hara continue their journey down the corridors of divine love with heart melting melodies and stirring rhythms." Jai Uttal

'Tears of Love' is both a memory and a new exotic taste; a journey through the villages of India and back, to where mantra music blends to meet the western world. At once rhythmic and melodic, grounding, yet uplifting, Tears of Love brings new relevance to the age-old devotional chant culture now burgeoning within yoga and ethnic music communities around the world. Keshavacharya's chants are deep and meditative, Kamaniya's, silvery and soothing. Both meld to the smooth beat of the mridanga and tabla drums.

The album features master musicians Steve Gorn on bansuri flute and clarinet and Benjy Wertheimer on the traditional Indian esraj, as well as a remix influence from New York City's conscious rap artist Srikala. Tears of Love imbibes the energy of a live kirtan concert experience: melodious, energetic and utterly infectious.

Since their last release, Sweet Surrender, Prema Hara has traveled across the country on three tours, quickly gaining recognition as one of the West's most prominent kirtan bands. The band is a regular at distinguished kirtan music venues on both coasts, including Jivamukti Yoga (NYC) and Bhakti Yoga Shala (LA), as well as at heavily attended music festivals such as Bhakti Fest and World Peace & Yoga Jubilee.

Prema Hara is currently on tour along the East Coast, from New York to Florida and then through Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Arizona to arrive for their album release party at the Spring Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree April 15-17. http://bhaktifest.com/

They are honored to share this sacred music with the Santa Barbara community. Please visit their website at http://www.PremaHara.com/ to learn more.

"A kirtan experience that melts the heart and touches the spiritual Self." ~ Swami Ramananda, President, Integral Yoga NY

"Listening to Prema Hara, one is transported to the sweet, sacred heart of devotion. In their music, one can hear the voices of Radha and Krishna, of Lover singing to Beloved." ~ Girish
"The haunting melodies & deep, soulful emotions in Keshavacharya Das' kirtan bring me immediately to the ancient temple inside of my heart… I love his singing." ~ Jai Uttal
"My favorite new kirtan record this year... I can't get enough of it!" - Govindas

Bonnie's body awareness wasn't always as refined as it is now, but she learned quick after sticking her foot in the toilet while dancing around in the bathroom. She was introduced to yoga in her teens; with much gratitude, realized how her yoga practice supported her physical wellness and dance career, but moreover, yoga has become a practice for spiritual wakefulness and expanded mindfulness.

Bonnie is a full believer of awareness through motion cultivated by internal examination, exploration and expansion, guiding us to our sukha(sanskrit for happiness/ease), our space of bliss. Rooted in the transformative yogic breath, various modalities such as dance and pilates inspire her playful and flowing practice. Bon is super stoked sharing the art and science of practicing yoga for the last five years: she thinks it's a killer way to help our inner light shine brighter and raise the vibration of this earth. Besides being a trained yoga instructor by The White Lotus Foundation, she currently dances professionally for State Street Ballet and teaches children dance for Santa Barbara Dance Institute.

Come enjoy the benefits of yoga by exploring poses, breathwork and meditation with a rotation of six instructors trained at Source. Each class varies in style and difficulty according to instructor but all levels are welcome. No cost; donations appreciated

Very Easy Yoga Description: Especially for those whose bodies are limited by inflexibility, age, injury, or over-/under-use. A very gentle class with plenty of time to relax into stretches and mild poses to help our strength and alignment. The emphasis will be to FEEL GOOD! If you would benefit from yoga but think you can't do it -- this class is for you!