Surf Salutations Oceanside

Meet Taya 🩵

Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, Taya has called Oceanside home for the past four years and has been part of the Surf Salutations community since April 2025.

She first found us after a client invited her to try a class, and since then, the studio has become a regular part of her week. You’ll find her mixing it up with Sculpt, Power, Strength and Fusion, often in the early morning before the day gets busy.

One of our favorite things Taya shared:
“Just showing up is already a win.”

She’s learned to focus less on comparing herself to others and more on becoming stronger, more consistent, and kinder to herself along the way.

And if you see Taya around the studio, be sure to give her a BIG congratulations—she got married last weekend! 🤍💍 We’re so happy for her and loved getting to celebrate this exciting season of life with her.

Head to the link in our bio to read her full Member Spotlight blog post and learn more about her story, favorite classes, Oceanside spots, and what she’d tell anyone nervous about trying a new studio.

And if you’ve been thinking about joining us, come see what makes this community so special. New students can try 2 weeks unlimited for $30.

We’re investing in YOU. 🌊🤍

As Surf Salutations continues to grow, we want to make sure the experience of being part of this community grows right along with it.

You already know and love Myla from the studio, and we’re so excited to share that she’s stepping into an additional role as our Member Experience Lead!
Myla will be working closely with Megan to help us listen more intentionally, better understand what our community needs, strengthen the connections between our members, and continue creating an experience that feels supportive, welcoming + personal.

You’ll still see her teaching across the modalities you love — but now you’ll also have another familiar face dedicated to making your experience at Surf Sal the best it can be. 🫶

We’re so excited for this next chapter — and even more excited to keep building Surf Salutations with you. 🌊
We’re investing in YOU. 🌊🤍

As Surf Salutations continues to grow, we want to make sure the experience of being part of this community grows right along with it.

You already know and love Myla from the studio, and we’re so excited to share that she’s stepping into an additional role as our Member Experience Lead!

Myla will be working closely with Megan to help us listen more intentionally, better understand what our community needs at large, strengthen the connections between our members, and continue creating an experience that feels supportive, welcoming + personal.

You’ll still see her teaching across the modalities you love — but now you’ll also have another familiar face dedicated to making your experience at Surf Salutations the best it can be. 🫶

We’re so excited for this next chapter at the studio — and even more excited to keep building Surf Salutations with you. 🌊

Plot twist: we hope you’re still here. 👀

We’re not trying to be the studio for everyone — but we care a LOT about being your studio if this sounds like you.

• We respect the time + experience of everyone in the room, so we start on time.
• We omit mirrors for mind-body connection.
• We believe strength + length belong together.
• We know harder isn’t always better.
• We’ll probably learn your name (and eventually ask you to grab coffee 😉).
• We take movement seriously — ourselves, not so much.
• And we’ll never pretend we’ve mastered our craft. We’re students, too.

We’re learning. We’re evolving. We’re getting stronger. And we’re having a pretty damn good time doing it.

Still here?

Perfect. You’ll fit right in. 🌊

P.S. Never been to Surf Salutations? You can currently snag your first month FREE — but only through 8/31. Link in bio.

Today we kicked off our very first Surf Salutations Coffee Club Meetup! Coffee, a coastal walk + ocean dip 🌊☕️🤍

Every quarter, we’ll invite a different little mix of our members—some brand new, some who’ve been around for years, and some who have probably taken class next to each other 100 times but never actually met.

The idea is simple: get outside the studio, get to know each other beyond the mat (or dumbbells 😜), make some new connections, and give us a chance to know YOU better too.

We’ll keep rotating through our members each quarter, so more Coffee Club mornings to come.

Thanks to our first crew for being our guinea pigs! We’re excited to do this again with another mix of members next quarter!

Love love love our community! 🫶🏻