Yoga Tea House

Yoga Houses & Neo Nomads

After an extensive period of traveling between 1997-2001, "Modern Nomad" and Inventor-Artist Alex Stenzel transformed his five-bedroom house/studio in the Pacific Palisades into a creative communal living space. Expanding his studio and redesigning four bedrooms as guestrooms, he transformed it into the first "Yoga Tea House." When he is not on the road traveling, Alex Stenzel shares the beautiful space overlooking the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by tall bamboo with other creative guests and artists from all over the world. The Pacific Palisades "Yoga Tea House" is a first step and experiment in a program of global "Neomadic" living.

The design of Yoga Houses will vary from culture to culture, and be adapted to the local environment. People will be able to live in ice castles surrounded by snow covered mountain peaks, in house boats floating on blue lagoons, or in villas located in fast paced metropolitan cities. "Yoga Houses are places where like minded people can live in a peaceful and health-oriented environment", says Alex Stenzel. They can travel around the world, conducting a modern nomadic lifestyle, living in different cultures and geographic regions, while at the same time being highly productive. Yoga Houses are designed as communal living spaces that can house no more than eight to twelve "Neonomads" at a time, and are therefore spacious yet homey. The rooms vary in size, but each provides a private workstation connected to a central in-house communal office, equipped with peripherals such as scanners, printers and high-speed wi-fi Internet access. Each resident of the commune is a shareholder in the cooperation that privately owns all the Yoga Houses worldwide. Shareholders have varying privileges according to their level of input in the corporation. Each Yoga House will have a healthy kitchen, elixir bar, yoga classes, meditation, and a research program inclusive of a team of professionals who will stay up to date on the latest healthy living and anti-aging know-how. All "Neonomads" will live by a common ethical code and dedicate their lives and pursuits to a "non-harmful lifestyle". They will share a common understanding of the principle of "Oneness", that by definition and logical deduction not only contains the whole universe as microcosm and macrocosm, but is also the cause of time and space itself, and by its nature is therefore the apodictical proof of the direct connectivity of all things in existence. The essence of the cause, life itself, can only be sustained through mutually respectful and loving relationships. All "Neonomads" will be constantly moving between Yoga Houses, never staying in the same location for longer than three months at time. As they move from location to location, supportive friends from within the commune will always surround them. Yoga Houses will be situated in the most spectacular and beautiful places, in ideal geomantic settings, and will be the basis for a new global-community lifestyle.

The Yoga Tea House is nestled in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Surrounded by tall Bamboo, it overlooks the Pacific Ocean, featuring stunning views, while at the same time being within ten minutes walking distance of the Pacific Palisades Village. The “Village” itself is situated between Santa Monica and Malibu and is very unlike the rest of Los Angeles. It is arranged around three streets— home to many coffee shops, restaurants, churches, schools, boutiques, a yoga studio, and a Sunday Morning Farmers Market. The “Village” and the residential area are located on top of a one square mile plateau overlooking the ocean.

It is segregated from the rest of the coastal land by steep bluffs and two canyons: Temescal Canyon and Santa Monica Canyon. Towards the back, the Pacific Palisades give access to the Temescal Canyon Park, which is part of the Santa Monica Park System. It is a nature corridor of 55 miles by 10 miles stretching northeast with hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails. The Santa Monica Parks are full of wildlife. Here hikers can still encounter mountain lions, bobcats and deer, as well as many other swimming, buzzing, crawling, climbing, hopping and winged creatures. The parks are dotted with many waterfalls and beautiful waterholes you can swim in. It is said that after rainfall, the water streaming down the mountains is so clean you can drink it. The Santa Monica Mountains are a paradise for nature lovers and probably still the best kept secret in the Los Angeles area. They are one of the most unlikely places for the average first time L.A. visitor to stumble across. Drawn to this area by its positive energy, fertile ground and beauty, Chumasch Indians inhabited it for thousands of years. Many sacred sites can still be felt and found around the mountains. In later days, it became home to many artists from all over the world, who were attracted by the same high vibrations. German writer and Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann… The same creative spirit is still alive today, with the many entertainers and artists that have made the Pacific Palisades their home.



Yoga Houses & Neo Nomads After an extensive period of traveling between 1997-2001, "Modern Nomad" and Inventor-Artist Alex Stenzel transformed his five-bedroom house/studio in the Pacific Palisades into a creative communal living space. Expanding his studio and redesigning four bedrooms as guestrooms, he transformed it into the first "Yoga Tea House." When he is not on the road traveling, Alex Stenzel shares the beautiful space overlooking the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by tall bamboo with other creative guests and artists from all over the world. The Pacific Palisades "Yoga Tea House" is a first step and experiment in a program of global "Neomadic" living. The design of Yoga Houses will vary from culture to culture, and be adapted to the local environment. People will be able to live in ice castles surrounded by snow covered mountain peaks, in house boats floating on blue lagoons, or in villas located in fast paced metropolitan cities. "Yoga Houses are places where like minded people can live in a peaceful and health-oriented environment", says Alex Stenzel. They can travel around the world, conducting a modern nomadic lifestyle, living in different cultures and geographic regions, while at the same time being highly productive. Yoga Houses are designed as communal living spaces that can house no more than eight to twelve "Neonomads" at a time, and are therefore spacious yet homey. The rooms vary in size, but each provides a private workstation connected to a central in-house communal office, equipped with peripherals such as scanners, printers and high-speed wi-fi Internet access. Each resident of the commune is a shareholder in the cooperation that privately owns all the Yoga Houses worldwide. Shareholders have varying privileges according to their level of input in the corporation. Each Yoga House will have a healthy kitchen, elixir bar, yoga classes, meditation, and a research program inclusive of a team of professionals who will stay up to date on the latest healthy living and anti-aging know-how. All "Neonomads" will live by a common ethical code and dedicate their lives and pursuits to a "non-harmful lifestyle". They will share a common understanding of the principle of "Oneness", that by definition and logical deduction not only contains the whole universe as microcosm and macrocosm, but is also the cause of time and space itself, and by its nature is therefore the apodictical proof of the direct connectivity of all things in existence. The essence of the cause, life itself, can only be sustained through mutually respectful and loving relationships. All "Neonomads" will be constantly moving between Yoga Houses, never staying in the same location for longer than three months at time. As they move from location to location, supportive friends from within the commune will always surround them. Yoga Houses will be situated in the most spectacular and beautiful places, in ideal geomantic settings, and will be the basis for a new global-community lifestyle. The Yoga Tea House is nestled in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Surrounded by tall Bamboo, it overlooks the Pacific Ocean, featuring stunning views, while at the same time being within ten minutes walking distance of the Pacific Palisades Village. The “Village” itself is situated between Santa Monica and Malibu and is very unlike the rest of Los Angeles. It is arranged around three streets— home to many coffee shops, restaurants, churches, schools, boutiques, a yoga studio, and a Sunday Morning Farmers Market. The “Village” and the residential area are located on top of a one square mile plateau overlooking the ocean. It is segregated from the rest of the coastal land by steep bluffs and two canyons: Temescal Canyon and Santa Monica Canyon. Towards the back, the Pacific Palisades give access to the Temescal Canyon Park, which is part of the Santa Monica Park System. It is a nature corridor of 55 miles by 10 miles stretching northeast with hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails. The Santa Monica Parks are full of wildlife. Here hikers can still encounter mountain lions, bobcats and deer, as well as many other swimming, buzzing, crawling, climbing, hopping and winged creatures. The parks are dotted with many waterfalls and beautiful waterholes you can swim in. It is said that after rainfall, the water streaming down the mountains is so clean you can drink it. The Santa Monica Mountains are a paradise for nature lovers and probably still the best kept secret in the Los Angeles area. They are one of the most unlikely places for the average first time L.A. visitor to stumble across. Drawn to this area by its positive energy, fertile ground and beauty, Chumasch Indians inhabited it for thousands of years. Many sacred sites can still be felt and found around the mountains. In later days, it became home to many artists from all over the world, who were attracted by the same high vibrations. German writer and Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann… The same creative spirit is still alive today, with the many entertainers and artists that have made the Pacific Palisades their home.	Yoga Tea House (side view) Snow Coverd San Gabriel Mountains Sunset (Pacific Palisades) Lounge Kitchen Living Room Studio