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Pacific Ashtanga Yoga

"Practice and all is coming" -Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
Our "Ocean Shala" located in Capistrano Beach, down the street from Dana Point, CA.

09/08/2025

Join Timea this Friday the 12th of September at 6-7pm for Friday evening chanting.

All welcome.

Donation based 🙏
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09/02/2025

Join Micha Sheiner on September 13th at 11:30am-1:30pm for a Tibetan Sound meditation.

Micah is a vibrational artist/healer. He travels extensively to learn from musical, spiritual, & healing traditions around the world. With inspiration from India, he has dedicated much of his path to the yoga of sound. In Nepal he has trained in Himalayan sound healing with singing bowls, gongs, & bells. In Europe he has apprenticed in gong playing, gong yoga, & Starhenge World Peace Bell Gardens with Don Conreaux.

He is currently studying Traditional Tibetan Medicine & Yoga with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang - integrating external therapies, herbal medicine, mantra & spiritual healing into his sound healing practice.

Micah received a Master’s degree in Education from UCLA. He explores and teaches sound through bowls, gongs, voice, didgeridoo, strings, & percussion instruments. He weaves these into resonant soundscapes for healing, meditation, yoga, & journeying. Micah conducts sound baths, workshops, individual sessions, & performances in California and internationally. www.resonantsoundscapes.com/

Register with me: diana@pacificashtanga.com
Payment options: Venmo -Christinson OR Zelle (949-246-7315), cash or check ✨
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09/01/2025

Join Diana for a self study and group share; discussions, reflections and practices using her book ‘Your Golden Journey’.

September 6th 11:30-1:00pm
$40

Zoom and Shala

Register with me: diana@pacificashtanga.com
Payment options: Venmo -Christinson OR Zelle (949-246-7315), cash or check ✨
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08/29/2025

✨Sub Schedule for this weekend✨

Saturday Mysore - Joyce .joyce.tu
Prep 9:30am- Yoshie .n.wakabayashi
Sunday Led 9:00am- Staci
Dragon 🐉 canceled
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08/29/2025

This mornings breath practice, our collective energy; Leanne in Ireland, Cathy in Texas, Laura in Colorado, Val in Manhattan Beach, Janet in Sonoma,
Parisa & Diana and Draco at the shala holding sacred space together this morning at 6:30 am.

What a great way to start the day!!!

Breath practice every Tuesday at 7:15am-7:45am on zoom only and 6:30am-7:00am on zoom and at shala ❤️
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08/28/2025

Zen Meditation Circle
Zazen Silent Meditation with Gina
1/2 hour seated, 1/2 Discussion
Fridays (every Friday except the 2nd of the month)
6:00-7:00pm
Fee: Donations
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08/27/2025

Join May every Friday for Yin Yoga 🤍

Yin is a quiet practice that specifically addresses the fascia and connective tissue.

A beautiful complement to the ashtanga practice.
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Fee: Donations to pediatric clinic for uninsured children
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08/25/2025

🙂TUESDAY SCHEDULE🙃
Join Diana Christinson on Zoom, or join on Zoom AND at the Shala! 🤗

All levels are welcomed and modifications are offered.

🧡Here’s our Tuesday line up🧡

✨7:15-7:45am
Tuesday Morning Meditation
with Diana~ZOOM CLASS ONLY
Raise Your Energy With Your Community

✨8:00-9:15am
Intro to Second Series Yoga
with Diana~ZOOM CLASS ONLY
(everyone welcome-modify as needed)

✨9:00-10:15am
Intro to Ashtanga Yoga @ the Shala AND ZOOM
with Timea
ZOOM ID: 8561763839

08/25/2025

“When one of those generous ones invites you into his fire, go quickly! Don’t say, ‘But will it burn me? Will it hurt?’”
~ Last line of Rumi’s poem “Work in the Invisible”

Tapas meaning - tapas signifies self-discipline, or burning enthusiasm, often described as an inner fire that fuels personal growth and transformation. It’s one of the Niyamas in the Yoga Sutras, urging practitioners to cultivate the willpower and determination needed to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. Tapas is about more than just physical discipline; it encompasses mental and emotional fortitude as well.

Gratefully,
Diana
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08/21/2025

Join Micha Sheiner on September 13th at 11:30am-1:30pm for a Tibetan Sound meditation. Micah is a vibrational artist/healer. He travels extensively to learn from musical, spiritual, & healing traditions around the world. With inspiration from India, he has dedicated much of his path to the yoga of sound. In Nepal he has trained in Himalayan sound healing with singing bowls, gongs, & bells. In Europe he has apprenticed in gong playing, gong yoga, & Starhenge World Peace Bell Gardens with Don Conreaux.

He is currently studying Traditional Tibetan Medicine & Yoga with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang - integrating external therapies, herbal medicine, mantra & spiritual healing into his sound healing practice.

Micah received a Master’s degree in Education from UCLA. He explores and teaches sound through bowls, gongs, voice, didgeridoo, strings, & percussion instruments. He weaves these into resonant soundscapes for healing, meditation, yoga, & journeying. Micah conducts sound baths, workshops, individual sessions, & performances in California and internationally. www.resonantsoundscapes.com/

Register with me: diana@pacificashtanga.com
Payment options: Venmo -Christinson OR Zelle (949-246-7315), cash or check ✨
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08/20/2025

This week’s invitation:
Set an intention as you begin your practice, make the practice meaningful as you clean/clear and let the divine, the gold within shine ✨✨✨

The practice gifts you every time you quiet the mind and become fully present 💝
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08/18/2025

Intermediate Ashtanga Nadi Shodhana Series
August 20th 6:00-8:00pm with Staci Bina

Join Staci for a Second Series Workshop & Practice. Staci will share her knowledge and tips from personal experience.

Each workshop will include the entire Second Series, all the poses and vinyasas. The teachers will add explanations and welcome questions.

Price: $40 per workshop
Wednesday 6:00-8:00pm
Pacific Ashtanga Yoga Shala & Zoom
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34700 Pacific Coast Highway Suite 205
Dana Point, CA
92624

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+19492467315

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http://www.pacificashtanga.com/

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One Precious Life - The Heart of Ashtanga

One Precious Life by Janie Surico We all face interruptions in life flow but I’ve witnessed the grace with which Diana’s handled the heartbreak thrown in her path.

I met Diana Christinson at the grand opening of her yoga studio, Pacific Ashtanga, and have always been impressed by her kindness and generosity. She’s had an adventurous life, studying Eastern Philosophy in Asia, earning a Master’s in Psychology and over 8 trips to Mysore India to Study at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute with Ashtanga Yoga Founder, Pattabhi Jois. You can read more on her website.

But she faced her most difficult journey last year when her fiancée was diagnosed with cancer and just forty-eight short days later he died. Something that would have knocked most people to their knees brought out Diana’s strength and gratitude. She used that fortitude to develop One Precious Life, a workshop that teaches us to respect impermanence through gratitude for all that is precious in this world.

Diana has been teaching gratitude for years but walking Richard through his final days inspired her to delve much deeper. It is all about setting intentions on how you choose to show up for what are the limited moments and days of your precious life. You will never be here, right now, again. Richard was young, healthy and expected to live a long life. His passing reminds us that every day is a gift and we must treat it so.

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