The Shell Beach School House shares a common area with La Perla del Mar Chapel and is available for brides, grooms, guests and family members to reserve. This fully-restored, historic school house has overnight accommodations for 6, a complete kitchen with accessories, washer & dryer, flat screen television and much more. Each bedroom contains Murphy beds with organic linens and Vera Wang mattresses.

This venue is perfect for pre-wedding photos and fun. Celebrate your rehearsal dinner in an intimate setting or enjoy a breakfast with your bridal party. You will never be late for your wedding or worry about wrinkling your bridal gown. If you have elderly or very young guests attending your wedding the Shell Beach School House can be a relaxing environment providing comfort for each and every guest.

For more information and rates please contact Garin Sinclair at (805)489-8929 or (805)440-0810.

Labels: Church, Events, Weddings

Join Catherine Halcomb-LaBarbera and Shelley Massa-Gooch for the Beginner Yoga Series, held Thursdays at 6:00pm from July 17 to August 21 (no class August 7).



Learn to build your practice from the ground up. This series will introduce breathing, build strength, increase flexibility, reduce stress teach alignment foundation and discuss injury prevention.

Set the path for a healthy and inspiring yoga practice. The Beginner yoga series is designed for those new to yoga, beginners who want to ground the practice, and for experienced students wanting a refresher course in the foundation of yoga. No experience required.

Yoga Shala offers the highest quality instruction, infused with years of training and guidance from Zhander Remete. Catherine and Shelley have been teaching together in San Luis Obispo and surrounding communities for 12 and 11 years, respectively.

Ongoing weekly classes include; Beginner, All-Levels, Shadow Yoga, and Yin Yoga. Series classes and intensives are offered and designed to deepen the understanding of the practice and the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. The location provides the peacefulness of the beach, view of the hillside, and fresh ocean air, making Yoga Shala truly unique.

Yoga Shala also welcomes guest teachers to share in the offering. August 8 to 10, "Yoga Journals" Scott Blossom will teach a Yoga Weekend. In October, Emma Balnaves of Australia, Zhander Remete, founder of Shadow Yoga, and renowned author, Dr. Robert Svoboda will be teaching at Yoga Shala.

Catherine and Shelley invite you to enjoy these exceptional classes and events! All programs can be viewed online.

Call 556.0413 or visit www.yogashalaslo.com.

Labels: Classes, Yoga, Yogashala

La Perla Del Mar is hosting Advanced Acting Classes with professional Actor, Director and Producer Aaron Metchik on Sunday afternoons. Take your acting to the next level. Check our Calendar for class times.



It is Aaron's desire to create an advanced, professional caliber, acting class in the Central Coast where actors of all ages can come on a weekly basis to receive the same type of training and guidance that they would in a professional acting studio in Los Angeles.

Combining the techniques he has learned at top acting studios and through his professional experience, Aaron's class will cover advanced script breakdown techniques and methods for creating honesty and depth in any character. Students will keep their skills sharp by putting up a scene or monologue at least twice a month in class.

Whether you enroll for fun or to pursue acting as a profession, you will receive the tools and the guidance necessary to make more powerful choices in any scene and to create memorable performances full of depth and honesty.

For more information or to reserve a space in a Central Coast class, call (323) 488-9388 or email MetchikStudioInfo [at] S10Productions.com.

Aaron Metchik

Aaron Metchik has over 15 years of professional acting experience. He has played major roles in seven motion pictures and over fifteen television shows, opposite such notable stars as Sissy Spacek, Keanu Reeves, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Curry, Jim Belushi, and Rachel Leigh Cook.

Aaron has directed adult and child actors in both theater and film and has also coached professional actors privately, including central coast native mega-star, Zac Efron, before he landed his starring role in High School Musical.

Aaron grew up on the central coast before moving to Los Angeles and earning his B.A. at the UCLA Film School. After graduating, Aaron wrote the teenage sports screenplay "Slammin'" for Warner Bros. Studios, and in 2007, he directed the independent feature film "Ten Years Later" from a screenplay that he also wrote.

Aaron currently lives and works in Los Angeles where he studies acting at the world renowned Ivana Chubbuck Studios. (Mrs. Chubbuck is the private acting coach to Brad Pitt, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, Terrence Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal and many more of Hollywood's elite actors) Aaron studies with Ivana directly in her "Masters Class" every week.

Labels: Aaron Metchik, Acting, Classes, Film, Workshops