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Move Sanctuary is dedicated to building bridges between the people of Ojai through ongoing classes,

Your participation contributes to the support of four Ojai based not-for-profit organizations: Help of Ojai, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, Secure Beginnings & Ojai Raptor Center

10/01/2025

Four years ago today, we opened the doors to Move Sanctuary.

Thank you for showing up. For trusting us with your bodies, your breath, your healing. For coming back even when it felt hard. For letting us witness your strength.

We appreciate you more than words can say.

We create space for you to soften, to find strength through intelligence rather than force, to show up exactly as you are.

And now? We show up for you even more.
📅 Morning yoga and Pilates 7 days a week
🆕 Lunchtime Pilates and Barre on Wednesdays
🌙 Evening restorative, yoga nidra, and sound baths
☀️ Midday and late afternoon Pilates

From sunrise movement to evening rest, we’re here.

Creating space for your nervous system to feel safe, your body to feel supported, your practice to adapt to your real life.

We’re here. We’ll keep showing up if you do.
Support Move Sanctuary by attending classes. Your presence matters. Your practice matters. You matter.
Here’s to more years of softening, strengthening, and showing up together.

With gratitude,
The Move Sanctuary team

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09/23/2025

Join .algeo tonight at 7PM for an evening of Yoga Nidra. Link in bio to sign up.

09/18/2025

This Sunday 10AM I’m stepping back into public teaching for the first time in a long time, subbing for Julia 🤍

If you’ve never taken class with me, here’s what to expect: we’re going to do a lot of what I call “secret strengtheners”—the invisible strength work that happens when you’re not even trying.

We’ll use blocks not just for support, but as messengers telling your nervous system “you’re safe, you can let go.” We’ll move slowly enough that your body can remember what it actually needs. We’ll practice the radical art of softening to find authentic strength.

“Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is soften.”

This isn’t about perfect poses or pushing through anything. It’s about creating conditions where your body’s natural intelligence can emerge. Where your core can do what it’s designed to do. Where you can discover that you don’t need to force yourself stronger—you just need to trust the wisdom that’s been holding you all along.

Expect props. Expect permission to do less. Expect to leave feeling more supported from the inside out than when you arrived.

Because the strongest thing you can practice is trust.

See you Sunday 🙏

09/12/2025

Join us this weekend for Kirtan tonight with . Saturday morning for Pilates with and Sunday at 10AM for Yoga Love with

doing readings Sunday in the tea house.

Our schedule is growing. Take a look on our website movesanctuary.com.

Have a beautiful weekend.

09/06/2025

Today at 12PM.

08/20/2025

Vocal Toning starts this Sunday

The power of your voice in this experiential workshop of sound, presence, and connection. Through simple call-and-response, mantras, and primal tones, we’ll explore voice as a tool for healing, creativity, and community. No singing skills required.

08/14/2025

“Engage your core” is a bit misunderstood as a prompt in teaching and often leads to “grip your abs,” as a response.

Think of it this way: Your core is like the conductor of an orchestra. It doesn’t need to be the loudest instrument—it just needs to coordinate everything else.

Try this instead: Place one hand on your chest, one on your belly. Breathe normally and notice the gentle rise and fall. On your next exhale, let your belly button draw gently toward your spine—not forced, just a subtle activation. That’s your deep core saying hello.

The goal isn’t to create a rigid tube in your torso. It’s to find that sweet spot where you’re supported from the inside, where movement can flow from your center rather than being forced by your limbs.

Remember: “Your core is the first mover in the body. If the focus is strengthening the core, then the limbs get strong as a byproduct.”

So instead of gripping and forcing, let your center do what it already knows how to do—lead with intelligence, not tension.

Trust that process, Rachel. Your body’s wisdom is already there, waiting for you to listen.

XO Jacqui

08/11/2025

This is Move Sanctuary—where “perfect” poses come to die and real strength is born.

Our philosophy is simple: Your body already knows what it needs. Our job is to create space for that wisdom to emerge.

Whether you’re flowing through yoga or firing up your core in Pilates, we believe in:
→ Permission over perfection
→ Listening over forcing → Community connections
→ Strength that comes from softening, not gripping
→ Sound as a healer

Where you remember that your body is different every day—and that’s exactly as it should be.

Come as you are. Move as you need.

Because the strongest thing you can do is give yourself permission to ungrip.

Classes Monday-Sunday.

All bodies welcome. Always.

08/05/2025

Head over to after a class and grab the new smoothie (low sugar, high in flavor) blend made just for a post yoga or Pilates session.

When you do will gift a free wellness shot to boost you day.

Enjoy!

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07/23/2025

This Friday on our Garden Stage a beautifully evening of music.

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07/01/2025

This musical event Thursday evening outside in our back garden is going to be incredible. Please join us.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Pre purchase a ticket on our site. Sliding scale $15-$35

Share with a friend. Repost. 🙏🙌🏻😘

06/06/2025

Drop by this Saturday or Sunday 2PM to 5PM for a music installation as part of the

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http://movesanctuary.com/

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