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 ā at any age ā 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.Ā To give them the confidence to get on theirĀ 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 ā 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 ā my mother, myself, and my daughter. Three women. Three seasons of life. One kitchen, one...
On the Gram
A little glimpse into my personal practice, filmed right here in my Yoga Nest. š§āāļøāØ
Would you try this sequence?
Todayās 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. Itās 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 isnāt about holding onto youth. Itās about continuing to participate in your own life.
To move in the way that works for you.āØTo keep learning.āØTo stay connected.āØTo adapt when life changes.āØAnd to never decide youāre ātoo oldā 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 thereās a part of the story I didnāt expect. ā¤ļø
š Read it at the link in my bio.
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind. At every age.
Sunday, well spent. š
Started the day teaching outside under a beautiful San Diego sky, doing what I love most. š§āāļøāļø
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. šæāØ
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. ā¤ļø
Saturday was one of those days that reminded me exactly why I love what I do. š
We started the morning with Yoga in the Garden, celebrating longevity, movement, friendship and this beautiful community weāve built together. šæš§āāļø
And because yoga is always better with a little celebration afterwardā¦ we raised a glass of TĆST together. š„āØ
Then I headed into the afternoon for a full lineup:āØāØ Wind DownāØāØ Sound MeditationāØāØ 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.āØTired? Maybe a little. šāØGrateful? Completely.
At 65, doing what I love still gives me more energy than it takes.
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind. Full Heart. ā¤ļø
DAY 65 OF 65!!! š
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 donāt feel finished.āØI donāt feel old.āØI feel deeply grateful, wildly curious and very much still becoming.
If these 65 days have reminded me of anything, itās this:
Longevity isnāt just about adding years to your life. Itās about adding life to your years.
Keep moving.āØKeep learning.āØKeep loving.āØKeep showing up.āØKeep 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 šæāØSaturday, September 12āØ9:00ā10:30 AM
Weāll move through one of my favorite longevity practices, LSD: Lateral Spine Delight, and celebrate this next chapter together.
If youāve been following these 65 days, thank you for being part of the journey.
Tomorrow we celebrate. š
Link in bio to join us.
DAY 64 of 65 āØ
I walked into class expecting to teach yoga.
Then I saw who had shown up.
One student completely changed the way I thought about aging, longevity, and what 65 can really mean.
I wrote about that moment in my newest blog:
The Class That Taught Me What 65 Really Means
Iām not going to tell you who it was here. Youāll have to read the story. š
Link in bio.
And this Saturday, Iām celebrating Day 65 exactly where I want to be: in the Garden, practicing with all of you. šæ
Saturday, September 12 | 9:00ā10:30 AMāØLongevity + LSD: Lateral Spine Delight
Come move, breathe, laugh and celebrate what it means to keep showing up for your body and your life.
Join me in the Garden. Link in bio. š
š DAY 63 OF 65 š»
Yesterday was my birthday. 65 years. š
When I started my 65 Days to 65 journey, the idea was to post for 65 days straight.
Well... that didnāt exactly happen. š
Life happened. Teaching happened. Travel happened. Family, work, celebrations, responsibilities and all the beautiful messiness of actually living happened.
And somehow, that feels pretty perfect.
Because longevity isnāt about doing everything perfectly.
Itās about returning.
Returning to the practices that support us.āØReturning to the people we love.āØReturning to our bodies.āØReturning to what matters.
So today, on my 65th birthday, Iām celebrating Day 63 of 65... not because I did it perfectly, but because I kept going.
And maybe thatās one of the biggest lessons of this season of life:
Consistency doesnāt mean never missing a day.āØIt means you keep coming back.
This Saturday, September 12, weāll arrive at Day 65 together with one of my favorite ways to celebrate anything:
šæ Yoga in the Garden.
Movement. Breath. Community. Longevity. Laughter. And probably a little birthday mischief.
At 65, I feel more grateful than ever for this body that has carried me, this practice that continues to teach me, and the extraordinary people who have walked, practiced, learned, laughed and grown alongside me.
Hereās to not counting the years simply by how long weāve lived...
but by how alive we are while weāre living them.
63 down. Two to go. š
See you in the Garden for Day 65. šæš§āāļøš
Day 62 of 65š„³š
65. Still flexible. Still curious. Still a little dangerous.
Another lap around the sun. āļø
Which sounds very grown up for someone who still wants to handstand, dance, travel, laugh often, and say yes to things that make life more interesting. š
This year, Iām less interested in āanti-agingā and more interested in fully living.
Strong body.āØCurious mind.āØOpen heart.āØGood friends.āØBig laughs.āØGreat food.āØMore stamps in the passport.āØMore time doing what matters.
Iāve learned to care less about proving, pleasing, and getting it all right.
And more about joy.āØConnection.āØFreedom.āØPurpose.āØAnd feeling really good in the life Iām living.
There have been beautiful chapters, hard chapters, surprising chapters, and a few I definitely would not reread. š
But every one of them brought me here.
So no, Iām not trying to turn back the clock.
Iām just planning to make this next lap a really good one.
65 and still moving.āØStill learning.āØStill laughing.āØStill becoming.
And definitely not done yet. āļøāØ
