Desi and Micah Springer co-own and instruct at Vital Yoga Studios. Micah initially used smoothies to bribe Desi to practice yoga with her, a tactic common amongst older sisters. They quickly discovered that Desi was better at yoga, so Micah now makes smoothies! Joking aside, they share a love of humor, transparency, integrity, and connection. It is these traits that contribute to their successful studios, thriving community, and commitment to their practice. Vital Yoga is celebrating its 10th year. Desi and Micah extend their gratitude to each of the 20,000 people who have passed through Vital’s doors and have contributed to the vision that Vital now serves. More info at www.vitalyoga.org

Heather Lindemann, RYT, has taught and practiced yoga for more than a decade and has studied with Seane Corn, Hala Khouri, Suzanne Sterling, Shiva Rea, Shannon Paige Schneider and Erica Kaufman. She is a co-owner at Pearl Street Yoga in Denver and is an Off The Mat, Into The World facilitator. Her passion is bringing yoga to any body with a focus on alignment, breath and connection to our own inner light.  Heather is also co-owner of Pearl Street Yoga in Denver which offers a wide range of classes, workshops, private sessions and merchandise in an intimate, non-competitive environment. Located on Old South Pearl Street near Wash Park in Denver, the studio’s mission is to bring the joy and bliss of yoga and wellness to the Denver community in a peaceful, welcoming atmosphere.

More info at www.pearlstreetyoga.com

Tracey Erin Lanham, RYT, began practicing in 2000. Initially she studied with Erica Kaufman, the founder of Lila Yoga, and she became a certified teacher in 2005. Since 2005, Tracey has been touched by many teachers, including Shannon Paige, Alana Kaivalya, Seane Corn and Shiva Rea. Tracey is also an Off the Mat, Into the World facilitator and a co-owner of Pearl Street Yoga. Pearl Street Yoga, located near Wash Park in Denver, offers an intimate environment, fostering all aspects of yoga practice.

Tracey teaches classes that are universally accessible, focusing on finding bliss and meditation in motion. She is deeply interested in drawing into union with the pulse of the universe and in exploring the spaces between- the transitions. The transitions teach that it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. Moving mindfully between poses on the mat teaches us to move mindfully through life. Don’t miss anything! www.pearlstreetyoga.com

Shan, as she is known to her students and friends, is the founder and muse of om time. She is an activist, an eternal optimist, and a lover of the flow of grace within everyone. She is truly here to be part of the collective flow that is “changing the world one downward dog at a time.” More info at www.omtime.com; www.ShannonPaigeYoga.com 

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Shelley Coughlin, owner of Studio Shakta in the Santa Fe Art District, brings a big heart and love of yoga to all her classes. Her approach to teaching yoga is built on the integration of empowerment, authenticity, play and openness! Her teaching is greatly influenced by the many teachers in her life, including Anirudh Shastri, Dharma Mittra, Shannon Paige, her child

ren, and every day life experiences. There is a flare of traditional, alignment, and flow, and no two classes are quite the same. It is assured in every class you will be inspired through purposeful, mindful and graceful movement and teachings. You will be both challenged and nurtured.

More at www.breathedenver.com

Gina’s passionate and inspirational style of teaching is a balanced fusion of informed, flow-style yoga with attention to holistic alignment, personal evolution and humor. She’s a rousing, empathetic teacher known for her clear and playful style of encouraging you to fearlessly navigate your edge, open your heart and boldly dive in!

She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-500) through Yoga Alliance. Her greatest learning experiences came in the traditional manner of teacher / student apprenticeships with both Shiva Rea and Max Strom.

After two years in Venice, CA as one of the owners of Sacred Movement (now Exhale Spa), in 2004 she directed Kansas Siddhi Yoga in Kansas City, MO. Since January 2011 she has been nomadic as the Yogini On The Loose, teaching workshops and teacher trainings all over the world. Despite her nomadic leanings, her homebase is now Boulder where the yogis are supercharged and everything sparkles.www.ginacaputo.com 

Katrina Gustafson – 7/22 

Katrina Gustafson opened Karma Yoga Center in Wash Park last summer.  Her yogic journey began years ago, and has had a profound effect on her life.  Her class style is strongly influenced by her teachers which lends itself to a heart centered flow.  Katrina leads teacher trainings and retreats several times a year.  She also created the first regular bhakti flow class in Denver (yoga with live music) at her studio, and finds teaching yoga in conjunction with music to be recess for the soul.

More info at www.spiralwellness.com

Lisa Schlelein – 7/22

Lisa’s classes focus on opening from the vast, peaceful place of the heart. When we are aligned with our higher purpose, endless opportunities arise for us to explore our potentials in our bodies as well as in our lives. Lisa’s all levels classes will provide space for those new to this practice to explore at their pace, while offering a challenge to those with more advanced practices. Her upper level classes will involve working toward and practice with arm balances and inversions. Come dance, play and fall in love with You!

 Tina Porter -7/29

Tina coined her style of yoga with a foundation of Power Yoga that combines the flow of a Jivamukti class with the traditional alignment of Ashtanga wrapped in the grace of Anusara. We welcome Tina on board as one of our fantastic teachers! 

Kino MacGregor -8/5

Kino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receive the Certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. The youngest woman to hold this title, she has completed the challenging Third Series and is now learning the Fourth Series.

Karen Lerner – 8/12

Karen has has been teaching yoga in the community for 12 years.  She has a various background and has studied with many teachers. She is Jivamukti certified and will be teaching a Jivamukti class for YRP.  Jivamukti is a flow based class interwoven with chanting, ahimsa, Bhakti and philosophy.  Karen is also trained in Alignment and Pain management through the Egoscue method.  She will  guide you through in a little restorative at the end of class.  Bring something to cover your eyes for savasana and as you listen to Karen’s beautiful voice guide you into spirit.

Learn more here. 

Lora began practicing yoga with Gurmukh at Golden Bridge while living in Southern California. It was at At One Yoga in Phoenix, Arizona where she fell in love with vinyasa movement and breath. It’s her passion for love and life that inspired a vision of yoga + music + nature. “I am in love with the Omaha community and it’s such a great honor and joy to bring a national event like Yoga Rocks the Park to our community” Lora teaches classes designed to quiet the mind and inspire the body. 

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Buffy Barfoot is a teacher whose love of yoga runs deep within her history. She was certified in Anusara Yoga in 2011. Buffy’s unique style allows her to weave story into the alignment of the body. Buffy considers herself to be always learning, evolving and refining, and her own daily practice is the richest fuel for her teaching. She uncovers more each day that inspires her to share the gifts of yoga, providing entryways kinesthetically through the body, philosophically through the mind, and devotionally through the heart. She binds herself to the belief that yoga can create more vibrancy in all the parts of us, from the inside out. Buffy’s classes marry clear alignment direction with a playful commitment to awakening the heart. She also employs the southern tradition of storytelling to make complex yogic teachings more accessible to her students. 

Jeremy Wolf – 8/26

 I began my study of various forms of yoga in 1998, later receiving my teaching certification in Nasik, India in Classical Yoga. I began exploring reiki as a natural method of healing in 2001 and became a Reiki Master in the Mikao Usui tradition in 2006. My yoga and meditation classes (a fusion of hatha and vinyasa) seek to incorporate the holistic practice of yoga illuminating the transcendental element of yoga’s deeply spiritual origin. My time off the mat is usually spent immersed in the beauty of the Rocky Mountains or in my musical passions of DJing, the production of ethnic-electronic music, and the exploration of trance dance all as methods for healing, expression, and self-realization. 

Laura counts yoga as one of her greatest blessings. She draws her creative inspiration from dance, theater, improvisation, and nature, bringing a fluid and passionate expression to the art of yoga. In her classes, the body is the origin—and the vehicle through which the heart and mind are awakened to their pure essence. Laura believes yoga can encourage a deeper understanding of our place in the world and with each other. She approaches each class as an inquiry into the realm of spirit, and enjoys connecting with her students.

Scott Anderson – 9/9

Have you ever returned to something wholly familiar—a book, a place, a song, a lover—and suddenly found within it something new? That’s how Denver yoga instructor Scott Anderson approaches just about everything. A devoted student of the human spirit, Scott strives to see the world with a wicked kind of curiosity, seeking wisdom in any number of unconventional combinations and unexpected sources. And find it he does: in Shakespeare and Saint Augustine; in Robert Frost and Fight Club; in the musings ofRumi and My Chemical Romance. 

 Learn more here.

Patrick Harrington – 9/16

Patrick sees teaching as one of the most satisfying parts of his life and as one of the highest services to our culture – the facilitation of opening upand letting go. Patrick has trained with Bikram Choudry, John Friend, Ana Forest, Madhuri Martin and many more gifted teachers along his path. 

www.kindnesscollective.com