YOGA NAMASTACY
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind.Yoga, lifestyle, and self-realization.
2021 IDEA World Instructor of the Year / Co-Creator of the First College-Accredited 200/500-Hour YTT / 2,000+ Trainings Delivered Worldwide
Get to Know Stacy
Stacy McCarthy is an Integrative Wellness expert, celebrated speaker, and yoga specialist known for transforming lives through a holistic approach to yoga, lifestyle design, and self-realization.
Named the 2021 IDEA World Instructor of the Year, Stacy co-created the first College Accredited 200- and 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training and has delivered over 2,000 trainings to audiences as large as 1,000 people, speaking at events around the world.
A former full-scholarship athlete at Colorado State University with a degree in Exercise Physiology, Stacy spent years in the corporate world before answering the deeper call of yoga. Today she teaches women — at any age — how to have a powerful body and peaceful mind without dieting or excessive exercise.
Stacy lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California with her husband Tom, where she teaches at her in-person Yoga Nest and welcomes a worldwide community of students through her online platform.
“A lot of people find yoga intimidating.
My mission is to guide them past that fear. To give them the confidence to get on their mat and live their fullest life.”
On the Blog
The Class That Taught Me What 65 Really Means
A birthday wish, a room full of teachers, and the sequence that moved us allI have taught thousands of classes in my life. But I will remember this one for the rest of it. For my 65th birthday, I did not want a party. I wanted a practice. So I asked my community to...
The Vinyasa That Meets You Where You Are
A new way to flow, breathe, and belong on the matThere is a moment I will never forget. A woman in her early fifties walked up to me after class, eyes glassy, and said, "I think this is my last yoga class. I just can't keep up." She had been showing up faithfully for...
She Is All Around Us — A Mother’s Day Story That Will Stay With You
There was a season of my life that I will always hold as one of my most profound yoga laboratories. For six years, under one roof, three generations of women lived together — my mother, myself, and my daughter. Three women. Three seasons of life. One kitchen, one...
On the Gram
A Sunday reminder:
You don’t have to keep becoming someone new.
Sometimes the practice is simply returning to who you already are.
Less striving.
More listening.
Less proving.
More presence.
Yoga has taught me that longevity isn’t only about how long we live. It’s about how fully we inhabit the life we’re living.
Today, I’m choosing presence. 🤍
What are you choosing today?
“What longevity looks like on a weekend.”
Move your body.
Eat something that came from the earth.
Get outside.
Spend time with people you love.
Rest without guilt.
Laugh.
Breathe.
Do a little less rushing.
I’ve spent decades practicing yoga, but some of the most important practices happen off the mat.
A long, healthy life is built in these small ordinary moments, repeated over and over again.
How are you taking care of yourself this weekend? 🤍
One photo of me in a yoga pose. One photo of me in meditation. To me, they are part of the same practice.
When worry takes hold, I feel it in my body first: a tight jaw, a shallow breath, shoulders that won’t quite soften. I can understand what’s happening in my mind and still need to tend to what’s happening in my body.
So I begin with a breath. I move. I feel my feet on the ground. Then I sit and listen to my heart.
Yoga helps me become sensitive to the body. Meditation helps me make room for the heart. Together, they remind me that peace is something we practice, breath by breath.
What helps you come back to yourself when your mind is busy?
A little glimpse into my personal practice, filmed right here in my Yoga Nest. 🧘♀️✨
Would you try this sequence?
Today’s practice included inversions to strengthen the shoulder girdle and core, balance work to keep the nervous system awake and responsive, and hip mobility to maintain freedom of movement.
For me, yoga has never been about collecting poses. It’s about maintaining the strength, mobility, balance and awareness that allow us to keep doing what we love for a lifetime.
The practice changes as we change. Some days feel powerful, some days feel wobbly, but I keep showing up.
That consistency is where the real transformation lives.
What does 65 really look like?
Maybe it looks like an Olympic swimmer still inspiring us decades later.
Maybe it looks like my mom doing chair yoga in front of the TV.
Maybe it looks like a room full of students learning to become yoga teachers.
And maybe it looks like me, at 65, still curious about what my body can do in an advanced yoga pose.
Four very different pictures. One lesson:
There is no single way to age well.
The class I recently taught reminded me that longevity isn’t about holding onto youth. It’s about continuing to participate in your own life.
To move in the way that works for you.
To keep learning.
To stay connected.
To adapt when life changes.
And to never decide you’re “too old” to begin, grow or surprise yourself.
I wrote about the class that changed the way I think about turning 65 in my newest blog:
The Class That Taught Me What 65 Really Means
And there’s a part of the story I didn’t expect. ❤️
👉 Read it at the link in my bio.
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind. At every age.
Sunday, well spent. 💛
Started the day teaching outside under a beautiful San Diego sky, doing what I love most. 🧘♀️☀️
Then it was lunch with my family at one of my favorite vegan spots, followed by a stroll through a wellness market along the bay in downtown San Diego, supporting friends, small businesses and people putting good things into the world. 🌿✨
And then back home to our favorite place, surrounded by our pets, our people and the kind of quiet that feels like everything.
Movement. Family. Good food. Community. Home.
These are the days I want more of.
Simple, full and deeply nourishing. ❤️
Saturday was one of those days that reminded me exactly why I love what I do. 💛
We started the morning with Yoga in the Garden, celebrating longevity, movement, friendship and this beautiful community we’ve built together. 🌿🧘♀️
And because yoga is always better with a little celebration afterward… we raised a glass of TÖST together. 🥂✨
Then I headed into the afternoon for a full lineup:
✨ Wind Down
✨ Sound Meditation
✨ Intro to Yoga
From longtime yogis to people just beginning their practice, I got to spend the entire day sharing movement, breath, stillness, connection and a whole lot of joy.
Busy? Absolutely.
Tired? Maybe a little. 😉
Grateful? Completely.
At 65, doing what I love still gives me more energy than it takes.
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind. Full Heart. ❤️
DAY 65 OF 65!!! 🎉
Sixty-five days ago, I started this little countdown to 65.
Not because I was afraid of the number.
Because I wanted to pay attention.
To the practices, people, choices, lessons, laughter, losses, adventures and tiny daily rituals that have shaped this life.
And here we are.
65.
I don’t feel finished.
I don’t feel old.
I feel deeply grateful, wildly curious and very much still becoming.
If these 65 days have reminded me of anything, it’s this:
Longevity isn’t just about adding years to your life. It’s about adding life to your years.
Keep moving.
Keep learning.
Keep loving.
Keep showing up.
Keep doing the things that make you feel most alive.
And tomorrow, I get to celebrate this milestone in my favorite way.
Yoga in the Garden 🌿
Saturday, September 12
9:00–10:30 AM
We’ll move through one of my favorite longevity practices, LSD: Lateral Spine Delight, and celebrate this next chapter together.
If you’ve been following these 65 days, thank you for being part of the journey.
Tomorrow we celebrate. 💛
Link in bio to join us.
