Living Vibrantly By Design

Ok I jumped on board to see what kind of warning to give my students as we approach a new semester….

not let the friendly, grounded demeanor fool you. You are entering the classroom of an elite double-threat—a Kinesiology and Dance scholar with nearly two decades of pedagogical dominance. She holds advanced degrees in human movement, which means she doesn’t just watch you move; she reads your skeletal alignment, neuromuscular firing patterns, and subtle postural collapses in real time.
If you try to fake your way through an alignment check, fake a range of motion, or slip bad movement mechanics past her, she will spot it instantly.

You will work harder than you planned, your anatomical precision will be relentlessly tested, and you will not get away with a single shortcut. But if you actually lock in, pay attention, and respect the craft, you’ll leave her class moving, thinking, and performing at a level you didn’t know you had in you.

Consider yourself warned.

😃😜😁😊

Last call to join Intro to Choreography this Fall semester at COC. Our class does not have enough students right now and is at risk to be cut due to low enrollment. We haven’t offered this class on the schedule in over 10 years. Not sure when we will offer it again. If you are majoring in dance at COC, this is a required class.

Come join us for this 2-credit class that would meet on Tuesdays 11am-1150am & Thursdays 12-120pm. Please help spread the word that we are looking for students to enroll.

As my summer break comes to an end I wanted to let you know that a few of my classes at CSUN still have space to join and all of my classes at COC have room too!

Come learn, grow and connect to yourself:

CSUN Classes
Foundations of Kinesiology
MW 8:30-9:45am
Foundations of Kinesiology
MW 10-11:15am
Pilates
M 1-2:40pm
Sexual Assault Defense-Women
TTh 9-9:50am
Yoga
W 2-3:40pm

COC Classes
Intro to Yoga
MW 5-630pm
Beginning Choreography
T 11-11:50am
Th 12-1:20pm
YTT Yoga Techniques I
TTh 3:30-5:30pm

Register today and secure your spot. See you in class!

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Sandra Smith

My finalized Fall 2026 Schedule:
MW 8:30-9:45am Kin200 CSUN
MW 10-11:15am Kin200 CSUN
M 1-2:40pm Pilates CSUN
MW 5-6:30pm Yoga COC
TTh 9-9:50am Kin153 CSUN
Tu 11-11:50am Choreo COC
TTh 3:30-5:30pm YTT COC
Th 12-1:40pm Choreo COC

I’ll also be teaching:
Basic Self Defense Mondays 10/19-11/9 COC
And Wednesdays 10/21 - 11/18 COC

DM me for more info.

I’m subbing Healing Hatha and Sweet Sounds tomorrow morning at 9am My Yoga Canyon Country

Start you day and week off with some self-care. See you on your mat.

Not sure who this post is for, yet I feel like as we age, we experience more and more loss.

I have found it to be so important to carve out time now and then to grieve.

Also to honor those times that it hits me hard and unexpectedly.

Today I honor and acknowledge these beautiful souls that shared time on this earth with me:
Jim Saurino (Pops)
Tala puppy (soul dog)
Betty Govan (Nana)
Jimmy Saurino (brother)
Helen Gardner (grandma)
Vince and Grace Saurino (grandparents)
Cookie dog (first dog)
Matt Bera (friend)

Please feel free to add any names of your own and I will hold you in my thoughts 💝

We held our second Root to Rise seasonal event this past weekend.

What a gift it was to collaborate and connect with such lovely souls.

We started by sitting with Cacao and connecting to our heart space. The message that came was love and gratitude.
Then we received acupuncture to assist in moving our energy from the root chakra to the crown and beyond.
During the acupuncture we were led on a sound journey also focused on shifting our energy upward.
The best part is seeing everyone’s face and energy soften and relax.

I am blessed to collaborate with local SCV healers and practitioners.

Out next Root to Rise event will be during the Fall season on October 11th. Mark your calendar and join us to align with the Fall season.

Acupuncture & Healing Center

I am hosting two events this upcoming weekend. This is the second event, Sunday July 19th.

I lead a sound bath inside the Energy Enhancement System twice a month. Both modalities work with vibration, everything has a frequency. When our personal frequency is disrupted, we are more apt to become ill, and healing takes longer. When we are living in our signature vibration, this is where the magic happens.

🙌Autonomic Nervous System Regulation: Both modalities act as a powerful brake for a hyper-vigilant sympathetic nervous system (“fight or flight”). They gently coax the body into a profound parasympathetic state (“rest and digest”), which is the only state in which true cellular repair can take place.

👏Brainwave Entrainment & Stress Reduction: Sound baths utilize the principle of entrainment to shift scattered beta brainwaves into alpha and theta states, mimicking deep meditation. The EESystem creates a coherent, “zero-point” energetic environment that quiets mental chatter and mental fog in a very similar way, lowering cortisol and easing anxiety.

👍Enhanced Sleep Quality & Detoxification: By reducing systemic inflammation and relieving deep physical tension, both practices facilitate deeper, more restorative sleep cycles and assist the body’s natural elimination and detoxification pathways.

😃Just to name a few benefits

There are still a few spots available for this Sunday. Can I have the Sunday doesn’t work? How about the 26th?

BioRecharge

There are still a few spots open to join us this Saturday!

Learn how to work with your spine on the mat and with the yoga wall so that it feels amazing. You’ll leave the workshop taller and lighter feeling 😃

This workshop is open to all levels, no prior experience required.

Your spine will thank you 🙏

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I am hosting three more events this summer, I hope you can join me.

July 18th, Saturday 1-3:30
Spinal Rejuvenation w/Yoga Wall
This signature workshop was created when I owned Vayu Yoga. Students liked how their backs felt after one set of the spinal rejuvenation sequence. I created this workshop so that the entire spinal rejuvenation sequence could be practiced, including three rounds of the specific sequence at the yoga wall. Your back will definitely thank you for attending this workshop.
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July 19th, Sunday 6:45-7:45
July 26th, Sunday 6:45-7:45
Sound Healing in the EE System
Both modalities work with our vibrational frequency to assist the body in healing itself. I have personally noticed a difference in my own health since hosting two sound baths a month in the EE System. It is an experience that cannot be described, it must be felt. Come to one or both sessions and feel the difference for yourself.
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