During a recent stay in Mendocino, I had the joy of visiting Santosha Yoga Studio owned and created by Cindy Sims…and what a gem it is! The moment you walk in, you feel a calm, grounded energy…. It’s soulful and wraps around you like a warm hug.
The space is beautiful, clean, and intimate, filled with intention. Whether you’re just passing through or a local looking for an incredible yoga practice, it’s the kind of place that invites you to drop in, breathe deeply, and come back to yourself.
I also had the most nourishing massage from Jacqueline, her intuitive and thorough touch left me feeling completely relaxed and restored.
If you’re ever in Mendocino and looking for something grounding, heartfelt, and real… Santosha is a beautiful place to practice, yoga or experience amazing massage

Cindy, the founder of Santosha Healing, has been a lifesaver for me in these post-Covid times. Our paths crossed many years ago through the yoga community in Sonoma County, Ca. Now, both having relocated to the coastal Village of Mendocino, we were to meet again at the perfect time. I like so many others, had fallen far out of touch with my yoga roots. I turned to Cindy to bring that energy back into my life. In doing so, I gained not only a yoga refresher, but a compassionate relationship with a world-class healer, and now true friend. I have taken part in many of her Ayurvedic modalities. She’s an amazing storyteller, having spent some time in India and fluent in Sanskrit, the original yogic language, I feel like when I’m learning from her I am on a unique spiritual journey. It’s next to that, she is a rockstar Massage therapist. Intertwining her knowledge of Ayurveda, using the highest quality, natural oils and herbal combinations, each massage I have received from her has been a true therapeutic experience. I especially love the salt stones that she uses in her hot stone massage treatments. The knowledge and comfort that Cindy has offered me is not to be compared. She is a true Yogini, an expert in her craft.