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KALARI YOGA
PRIVATE HOME VISIT SESSIONS
Book a customized private session in Santa Barbara, available in the comfort of your home. Each 90-minute session is tailored to your needs and may include acupuncture, Qigong, and/or yoga—personalized care designed for comfort, convenience, and focused support.
Pricing: $350 per 90-minute session
Kalari Yoga
with Matt Pesendian
A Sacred Warrior's Path to Strength,
Awareness, and Transformation
Discover the transformative power of Kalari Yoga, a sacred yogic warrior path guided by Matt Pesendian, a master teacher with over 30 years of international experience. At Channel Acupuncture and Bodhimanda Yoga-Qigong Studio in Santa Barbara, CA, Matt invites you to explore a rare and integrative movement system that blends the grounded strength of Hatha Yoga with the dynamic, fluid movements of Kalari, an ancient South Indian martial art.
WHY THIS INTENSIVE IS UNIQUE
Kalari Yoga is more than a physical practice—it is a sacred path of self-mastery and presence. Drawing from centuries of yogic and martial lineage, this integrative method builds a foundation of strength, precision, and grace. Matt's expertise and personalized guidance will help you embody these principles, fostering profound change and renewed vitality.
THIS INTENSIVE IS IDEAL FOR:
This class welcomes practitioners with a solid foundation in Hatha Yoga. Participants should be open to unique and new ways of approaching their yoga practice and eager to explore both the physical practice and its underlying energetic theory. This class offers an opportunity to expand, refine, and deepen your journey.
WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
Embodied Movement & Structural Integrity
Explore powerful postures and animal-inspired sequences that build agility, increase flexibility, and enhance overall physical strength. These movements improve joint mobility, support healthy fascia, and promote resilience from the inside out.
Breathwork & Energetic Activation
Learn breath practices (Pranayama) that energize the body and calm the mind. By synchronizing movement with breath, you'll activate energy channels (nadis), vital points (marmas), and cultivate internal focus and vitality.
Mantra, Bandha, Mudra & Meditation
Discover how mantra (sound), bandha (energy locks), and mudra (gestural seals) amplify internal energy. These sacred technologies naturally lead into meditative states, helping you access deeper awareness and calm.
Support for Circulation, Organ Function & Somatic Awareness
This practice improves blood and lymphatic circulation, promotes healthy organ function, and strengthens the fascial system. Through focused breath and movement, you will cultivate somatic presence and deeper body awareness.
A Practice for Personal Transformation
Rooted in ancient wisdom and refined for the modern practitioner, this system supports physical vitality, emotional balance, and spiritual clarity. It prepares you for deeper seated meditation and awakens the internal energetic body.
Studio Information
Location
Channel Acupuncture
Bodhimanda Qigong & Yoga Studio
2600 De La Vina Street, Suite D
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Meet Matt PESENDIAN
Matt Pesendian is a dedicated healing arts practitioner with over 30 years of experience helping people restore health, clarity, and inner strength.
Through acupuncture, herbal medicine, yoga, and qigong, Matt blends ancient wisdom with modern insight to support whole-body wellness and personal growth.
As the founder of Channel Acupuncture Clinic and Bodhimanda Qigong-Yoga Studio in Santa Barbara, he has created a space where ancient traditions meet the evolving science of mind-body medicine—offering an integrative path to physical vitality, mental balance, and spiritual harmony.
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"With unmatched expertise in yoga and qigong, Matt combines mastery with humility. His guidance is a true gift for anyone seeking meaningful practice and lasting genuine transformation."
-David Lipsius, former CEO & President of Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance Foundation, former CEO of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Slow, gentle, yet energizing, these Longevity Qigong forms are based on ancient Chinese yoga postures, movements, self-massage, and breathing techniques. They enhance the immune system by strengthening bones and organs, along with promoting optimal blood flow, lymphatic circulation, and oxygen intake.
LONGEVITY QIGONG
Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and backed by modern science, acupuncture views the body as an interconnected whole. By strategically stimulating precise points along energy and fascial channels, this time-tested therapy restores internal balance, addresses root causes, and awakens the body’s natural ability to heal.
CHANNEL ACUPUNCTURE
Explore a rare, integrative system merging the grounded strength of Hatha Yoga with the dynamic movements of Kalari, an ancient South Indian martial art. This unique, energetic practice combines martial-inspired stances, yoga asanas, breathwork, and meditation to strengthen the body, focus the mind, and open the heart.
KALARI Yoga
CONNECT
With a focus on evidence-based natural therapies, Matt specializes in acupuncture, cupping, herbal medicine, moxibustion, and nutritional guidance. His teachings of Longevity Qigong and Kalari Yoga further enhance resilience, vitality, and well-being.
HOURS & LOCATION
Channel Acupuncture
Bodhimanda Qigong & Yoga Studio
2600 De La Vina St. Suite D
Santa Barbara, Ca 93105
805-452-2199