433 W. Grand Avenue Escondido, CA 92025
Welcome to Sattva
Established in 2002, our center is located in a stunning building near the corner of Centre City Parkway and Grand Avenue in Escondido, California.
Sattva offers two yoga studios:
- The upstairs studio features a yoga rope wall and a magnificent vaulted wood ceiling.
- The downstairs yoga studio has mirrors to use for alignment during yoga flow classes.
We are open 7 days a week and offer yoga classes for all levels, as well as yoga inversion swings, meditation, and strength and conditioning training.
We are here to help you build a functional body with yoga.
Co-Founders
Darlene and Rached Maalouf
Sattva Yoga Center (formerly Sattva Fitness Yoga Center) was founded in 2002 by Darlene Jacobsen and Rached Maalouf.
Darlene had been Rached's teacher at Synergy Yoga in Encinitas, California. Together they established the studio in Escondido, California.
On June 9, 2002, Rached proposed to Darlene, in the yoga studio! They had planned the Sattva Fitness Grand Opening Party together, which included a morning meditation, Synergy yoga class, and a demonstration of advanced poses by Rached.
Rached ended the demo by putting on some music, "When the Stars Go Blue" by the Corrs. He asked Darlene to come up to help him, then folded his right knee into half lotus, and went down onto this folded knee.
The rest is beautiful history.
For more information about Rached, please see his biography below.
Rached Maalouf proposing to Darlene Jacobsen, June 9, 2002.