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BREATH

AWARENESS

STRENGTH

ALIGNMENT

UPCOMING EVENTS

Aguahara
Training

Level 1: Oct 19-26, 2025

Woodside, CA
 

Join us for Aguahara training - Level 1 at the beautiful and secluded Inner Sanctum, 1 hr from SF, Santa Cruz & East Bay.
This 8-day, 50+ hour residential immersion will empower participants with the confidence to safely guide another body in a floating aquatic experience.

Aguahara
Training

Level 1: Oct 19-26, 2025

Woodside, CA
 

Join us for Aguahara training - Level 1 at the beautiful and secluded Inner Sanctum, 1 hr from SF, Santa Cruz & East Bay.
This 8-day, 50+ hour residential immersion will empower participants with the confidence to safely guide another body in a floating aquatic experience.

Aquatic Experiences

 Summer/Fall 25
Muir Beach, CA

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Calling all water lovers & movement enthusiasts!
Check out these opportunities to explore somatic movement in warm water. No experience in aquatic dance or aquatic therapy needed. Just a curious mind-body.

Aquatic Experiences

 Summer/Fall 25
Muir Beach, CA

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Calling all water lovers & movement enthusiasts!
Check out these opportunities to explore somatic movement in warm water. No experience in aquatic dance or aquatic therapy needed. Just a curious mind-body.

Fall Equinox Retreat

Sept 21, 2025

Muir Beach, CA

Join us for an afternoon of ritual and connection to the elements: an expert-led sound bath in Slide Ranch's coastal yurt, a grounding forest bath among cypress and wildflowers, and a refreshing Pacific ocean cleanse! Led by Sandra Bowling, MFT and senior holistic yoga therapist João Paulo Pereira.

Hosted by Slide Ranch

Fall Equinox Retreat

Sept 21, 2025

Muir Beach, CA

Join us for an afternoon of ritual and connection to the elements: an expert-led sound bath in Slide Ranch's coastal yurt, a grounding forest bath among cypress and wildflowers, and a refreshing Pacific ocean cleanse! Led by Sandra Bowling, MFT and senior holistic yoga therapist João Paulo Pereira.

Hosted by Slide Ranch

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Meet João

João Paulo Pereira is the founder of the BASA Yoga Method and has been teaching yoga since 2001. The belief that intense disciplined practice is best balanced with play and his unique fusion of breath, awareness, strength, and alignment (BASA) have offered his students a dynamic experience to connect to the living tradition of yoga.

 

João began his training in Brazil at Universidade de Yôga and in India with Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute. He has trained extensively with Claudio Fernandez in the energetics of Hatha Yoga and Pilates, with AcroYoga Montreal, AcroYoga International, and he also holds certifications in ThaiVedic Yoga and different modalities of Yoga Therapy.

 

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