YOGA NAMASTACY
Your Sanctuary for Living Life Fully– Welcome to The Yoga Nest –
Sanctuary for practice, presence, and belonging.
Live • Livestream • On Demand • Garden Yoga
Here, yoga is more than a class on your calendar. It is a return to yourself – a place to breathe, strengthen, soften, learn, and remember what truly matters.
– The Nest Experience –
The Quality of Care
Consistent. Beautiful. Personal. Rooted in care.
Every detail is designed to feel warm, elevated, and easeful: intelligent sequencing, personal guidance, spacious transitions, and a sense of belonging from the moment you arrive.
Whether you practice in the garden, on livestream, or with the on-demand library, you are held by the same intention – to help your body feel strong, mobile, vibrant, and free.
– Body • Mind • Soul –
Powerful Body. Peaceful Mind. Soaring Spirit
The Yoga Nest supports strength without strain, mobility without force, and breath-led movement that brings the mind into a steadier, clearer place.
Classes are designed to meet you where you are while inspiring your next expression of vitality – from grounded fundamentals to creative, energizing flows.
– The Teaching Method –
Intelligent Yoga
Stacy’s teaching blends alignment, anatomy, breath, philosophy, and soulful storytelling. The practice is physically balanced, energetically empowering, mentally focusing, and spiritually uplifting.
You will learn how to move with greater awareness, adapt postures to your body, and build a practice that supports longevity – not performance for performance’s sake.
– Community Matters –
Belonging
The Yoga Nest is a circle of sincere students, teachers, friends, and seekers. We celebrate practice, curiosity, kindness, and the joy of growing together.
This is a community where no pose is above another and no person is above another. We meet each other with warmth, humor, respect, and heart.
– Ways to Practice –
Live when you can. On demand when you need. In community always.
Join twice-weekly in person and livestream classes, practice anytime with the on-demand library, or gather for select in-person garden experiences when the season invites us outside.
The membership is designed for real life: travel, busy seasons, tender seasons, and the steady desire to keep returning to your mat.
Livestream
(Twice-weekly, Tuesdays + Thursdays 9 AM Pacific)
On-Demand Library
(24/7)
– The Garden Doorway –
Breathe Deep. Move Freely. Live Fully.
Select garden classes bring the practice into nature – a celebration of movement, renewal, and connection aligned with the rhythm of the seasons.
From sun-kissed flows to gratitude practices, these gatherings remind us that yoga can be both sacred and playtul, personal and shared.
– A Beautiful Commitment –
Your practice, Your Life
Inside The Yoga Nest, we practice for the life beyond the mat: steadier breath, clearer choices, stronger bodies, more graceful aging, and deeper appreciation for the ordinary miracles of being alive.
May this be a place where your practice becomes a trusted companion – one that supports your strength, your softness, and your joy…
Join Now - Monthly Pass
2 X Weekly Classes
- Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
- Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
- Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my private garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
- Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
Join Now - Annual Pass
2 X Weekly Classes
- Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
- Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
- Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my private garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
- Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
Join Now - Seasonal Pass
2 X Weekly Classes
- Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
- Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
- Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my private garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
- Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
2 X Weekly Classes
Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my privarte garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
2 X Weekly Classes
Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my privarte garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
2 X Weekly Classes
Practice live with me via livestream or in the The Nest Studio in Rancho Santa Fe
On-Demand Library
Unlimited access to a full library of tranformational on-demand yoga & meditation videos
Garden Party Yoga
Once a month, join me for yoga, meditation and more in my privarte garden
Early Access & Exclusive Discounts
Early access & exclusive discounts to all Yoga Namastacy events
Testimonials
As a long time yoga student, I have continuously searched for a mentor since I moved to Southern California 10 years ago. It seems that the yoga community is inundated with some very young teachers who have the asanas down perhaps but not the wisdom, introspection, and reflection of the purpose of yoga, notwithstanding, living the lifestyle. In taking your classes, I see that you exude something in which I’ve been searching in a teacher. You’re bright, deep, reflective, and knowledgeable.
Stacy McCarthy was my very first teacher in my very first yoga class. The class that was and continues to be, one of my life’s most transforming moments, for I was elevated to a place I describe as the unknown. I was beyond changed, I was elevated. Fear and trepidation quickly dissolved through a voice that was soft, kind and reassuring. Although challenged by movements and terminology out of my fitness vocabulary, Stacy’s clear and concise instruction guided me through movements I never knew I could perform.
Movement that Changes Your Life
From sun-kissed flows to gratitude practices, these gatherings remind us that yoga can be both sacred and playtul, personal and shared.
Member Love
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Award-winning author, spiritual & health educator, and Founder of the Holistic Leadership Council.
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Model, Mother of four, and Grandmother.
“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...
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.
