OWNER + CO-FOUNDER + INSTRUCTOR

Sofia is a hands on Myofascial Release therapist and a MELT method instructor. Her background originates from being a college athlete and getting in to pain early on in life through wear and tear of her body. After college she became very interested in the fascial system and started studying the physiology of the human body as well as massage therapy techniques. Over the last 6 years she has devoted herself to learning more about the body, how we can get into chronic pain, and what other factors are causing us to carry discomfort (emotionally and physically). Teaching MELT has become one of Sofia's favorite ways to bring awareness to others about their potential imbalances, stuck stress, and it is a great opportunity for people to enhance their lives long term, avoid future injury and keep the body in a state of hydration and connection.

YOGA & MELT INSTRUCTOR

Rachel Glowacki is a yoga teacher, writer, and thought leader in the kids yoga field. She specializes in mindful movement for all ages and abilities and has been teaching since 1999. She's an award-winning author of the Kids Yogaverse storybook apps. Rachel hopes that one day mindful movement will be taught regularly in schools just like math and science! She believes that a calm brain is a learning brain and a healthy body is a happy body, principles she shares with her students young and old. Rachel lives with her husband and two sons in Edwards, CO.

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Kirstie moved to Vail, Colorado from Austin, Texas in 2009. fell in love with yoga in 2015 & took her first 200hr YTT with Karen Anderson in 2017. She started teaching immediately and realized that her love and passion for movement, self love and connection grew deeper and deeper within her practices. She followed up with more training; her Meditation YTT with Karen Anderson, then began training with Morgan Kulas in Yin & Restorative & the subtle body & Yoga Nidra with Jeremy Wolf. Kirstie has been teaching all over the Vail valley since 2017 & just during COVID, like many others, took her practice online to Youtube in March of 2020. In 2021 Kirstie fulfilled another passion and got her Reiki certification with Mary Gavin. Being able to give and help others heal with Reiki energy is something truly special for Kirstie and she currently shares this practice by donations in order to make it more widely available. Kirstie's teaching style is dynamic, flowy and also passionate and slow. Straight from the heart. Breath connection is her driving force behind feeling deeper into the body through movement or stillness; and tuning into the divine being that is in this physical body. She also has a passion for aromatherapy & essential oils and all things wellness when it comes to what's on and in our bodies. She blends a number of oils and different ingredients to make the purest products infused with love and Kirstie is currently enrolled in another training, a Mentor Based 300hr YTT with Morgan Kulas , Aarunya Yoga School.

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A New Englander at heart, Jocelyn started her yoga journey on the Massachusetts coast over ten years ago, finding the practice of Yoga as a constant place of coming home to herself she hopes to evoke that same sort of inner peace within her students. Jocelyn has deepened her practice by completing her 500hr Yoga Certification with Aarunya Yoga School. She has a love for showing both experienced and new yogis a way to find solace in both movement and stillness on their mat. Incorporating elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine in her Daoyin Flow classes, a slow Vinyasa style with Pranayama and meditation, you're bound to leave feeling grounded and balanced. An advocate for holistic healing and plant medicine, herbs and teas are her specialty! When not on the mat you can find her with her Aussie Shepard, Ruger, playing in the mountains, soaking up the sunshine and wild harvesting herbs for her small batch healing salves and tinctures.

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Claire Ewing is a yoga teacher and owner of Brand & Body Fit, a movement and branding agency based in the Vail Valley of Colorado. She believes that moving your body and creating your own personal brand are powerfully connected to your whole-being.

As an E-RYT 500 CorePower Yoga trained instructor, Claire's classes are rooted in strength and storytelling to support women's advancement on and off their mat. Claire's energy-giving classes have been taken by hundreds nationwide, online and at international retreats.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Rocio is an Ayurveda consultant and bilingual yoga instructor. Her journey with Yogic philosophy began with the healing power of meditation. After experiencing debilitating panic attacks she found Veda(knowledge) to help nourish her mind, body, soul and bring back her back into a state of balance. Since then she has been a student of Vedic knowledge, for the last 10 years practicing yoga and meditation. In 2016, Rocio took her first 200hr Yoga & Meditation Community Teacher Training with Communidad Om Shanti in Mazunte, Quacaxa Mexico. Her training is in traditional Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Pranayamas, Bhakti yoga, guided circles, and meditations.

Her passion for ancient healing modalities has led her to the world of Ayurveda. Rocio holds a Bachelor's in Ayurveda Wellness, is a certified Maharishi Ayurveda Happy Healthy Mother Baby Practitioner, plant-based chef, Reiki practitioner, with training in Maharishi Aromatherapy, & Herbology.  Rocio believes in the power of consciousness and harmony with nature to be at the core of healing. She brings her students a consciousness-based approach to Yoga and Ayurveda.

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Growing up as a ballerina Andrea found yoga in college and fell in love with the fluidity of the practice but it wasn’t until her demanding career made her realize the importance of our breath and the power it has help balance and ground us that she took her practice to the the next level through her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2015. Teaching her first class to 50 colleges while co-hosting a Women in Wine conference Andrea realized that sharing this practice with friends, family, colleagues and complete strangers was a must. Andrea’s original passion for movement and breath started with a Power or Vinyasa styled training but over the years and injuries lead her to explore and lead more restorative styled classes and completed her Restorative Teacher Training with Julia Clark in 2019.

Originally from Southern California, Andrea moved to Colorado in 2001 to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder. While earning in-state residency she worked at the Grand Lake Lodge outside of Rocky Mountain National Park and knew the mountains were home. After a 12 year career with E&J Gallo Winery in their Leadership Development Program took her to Chicago Andrea prioritized life and moved home to Edwards, CO in 2017. Off the mat Andrea love being outside, especially skiing, rafting, and Stand Up Paddle Boarding.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

PT, DPT, OCS, RYT, CLMS

Erin first started practicing yoga as a child! She graduated from Dartmouth College with Honors and a Senior Fellowship in Biology and Native American Studies in 2002. She was a 3 time NCAA All American and continued ski racing in Alaska, competing on the National Team at the Europa Cup level and winning 2 National Championships. Erin earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Colorado in 2011 with the Mary Gosnell Award for Clinical Excellence. Erin has practiced physical therapy for the last 11 years gaining expertise in Functional Dry Needling, as an Orthopedic Certified Specialist and obtaining her Lifestyle Medicine Certificate. Erin is a registered Yoga Teacher since 2003, trained in the Iyemgar tradition. She is a board certified Lifestyle Medicine specialist. Erin’s background as a professional athlete combined with her personal interests in orthopedics, lifestyle medicine and yoga helps others focus, reflect, and refine personal wellness.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Mariah was drawn to yoga in 2010, shortly after leaving her hometown of Monroe, WA, when she was walking down a quaint sidewalk in small town, Rhode Island, when the waft of a peculiar aroma was rushing down a rickety set of stairs and into the street. Having not prior considered being a yogi, or living holistically, she was overcome with a sense of wonder and contentment when she arrived to the top of the staircase, where the fragrance turned out to be a stick of patchouli incense, pleasantly smoldering outside of a hot room where a group of people were upside down and smiling. Yoga and all that surrounds it, has since been her only way of life. With the intent of living with just that feeling, wonder and contentment, bringing others along for the journey, starting with the uplifting, yet grounding practice that is yoga; the arduous, yet mindful practice of meditation; and the paramount and advantageous lifestyle of overall wellbeing.

She swiftly followed up this valiant life choice, by obtaining her 200hr-RYT at that same rustic old studio in Rhode island and subsequently taught at a few studios throughout New England for two years.

After much traveling, and practicing in nearly every town she's visited around the country and in some others around the globe, life brought her to Colorado. Particularly, Eagle.

Here in Eagle, Mariah is a stained glass artist at her own studio called “Your Glass is Mine”; a Barista, making only the most decadent and artful of cups of coffee at Yeti’s Grind, a professional thrift-flipper with an eye for many aesthetics; and a teacher at the Vitality Collective, bringing wellness in the mind and body through the connection of breath and movement.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Sara first found yoga in high school and would attend classes with her sister at the local YMCA in suburban Milwaukee. Later on in Denver, wanting to deepen her practice and find balance in life, Sara practiced hot power yoga averaging 4-6 days a week at Big Power Yoga under the direction of Laura Rust. She also completed lightyear leadership level 1 training, led by Susanne Conrad, former Director of Possibility at Lululemon, focusing on both vision and goal setting, along with integrating the full self into leadership. During Covid, Sara was studying for a MBA and felt called to add a yoga teacher training to her schedule. She completed a 200 hour Power Yoga Teacher Training that focused on the Baptiste methodology and also meditation. A lifelong student, Sara also completed a creative sequencing training with Kirstie Lovelace, and uses that knowledge in her classes to create tapas and flow. She brings an energetic and intentional energy to her classes, and loves helping students reach new depths by working their edge and uncovering new layers.

SOUND HEALING & REIKI PRACTITIONER

River is a being immersed in her transformational process of ascension; wholly aligned with the pure intention of fulfilling her integrated celestial body agreements and contracts in service to the activation of each of our sacred hearts center. You can find River engaging with the life long lessons of the universal law of expansion within the realms of motherhood, infusing golden life force energy into chocolate, as an energetic healer & intuitive, feng shui & organizational consultation, reiki practitioner master/teacher, and grateful to be sharing this experience with you in this moment as a Guide to Unity.

PILATES INSTRUCTOR

Will trained and qualified as a Physical Therapist in Oxford, England, before becoming a fully-certified Pilates Instructor with the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute. He specializes in clinical, modified Pilates techniques, and has extensive expertise in managing and rehabilitating injuries, chronic conditions, and ante and postnatal exercise. Will is an avid runner (a Marathon des Sables finisher) and is equally as passionate about using his knowledge of biomechanics and core strength to help runners improve their own performance and increase their longevity. He has also helped and trained Olympic and elite level rowers at Oxford University, as well as international triathlon and aquathlon athletes. After having taught Pilates for seven years, and founded his own successful business, Will moved to Colorado with his family at the end of 2021 to begin a new chapter in his life. He now lives in Eagle, and is the founder of Mountain Movement Fitness.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Alana grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and began her yoga journey at age 17 to deepen her connection with the natural beauty of her surroundings. She has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and studied in Rishikesh, India, to become RYT 500 certified. She is a dedicated Ashtanga practitioner and has studied under Sharath Jois, David Swenson, Kino Macgregor, and others. Since beginning her yoga teaching journey, Alana has continued her education and completed multiple trainings on creative sequencing, anatomy and alignment, meditation, breathwork, and children’s yoga. Alana fell in love with teaching kids yoga and completed her Registered Children's Yoga Teacher training in 2020. Alana has taught kids yoga full-time for 2 years and developed yoga and social-emotional learning curriculum for schools. She specializes in Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and children’s yoga. Alana is a Yoga Alliance continuing education provider and passionate about merging mindfulness and movement. She is enthusiastic about empowering individuals to live with purpose, gratitude, and authenticity, equipping all ages with the tools of yoga to navigate life’s challenges. When she’s not practicing yoga, Alana enjoys traveling, snowboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, hiking, reading, and further enjoying the beauty of our natural world.

HIIT INSTRUCTOR

Stephanie is a Michigan girl living her western world. After growing up in Michigan she picked up her life and found her best self in the mountains of CO. She is adventurous and family oriented who continues to work on herself inside and out. Battling spinal injuries since 2008, brought to have a spinal fusion in 2020 has sparked a health and wellness focus into her life. This has allowed her to focus on adaptations and modifications to find what works for her and she loves helping others do the same. Steph is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, trained Barre Instructor, and certified in BioLayne Level 1 clean health. Her passion in helping others find their health and wellness never stops growing. As she found her best self it became a life mission to spread self care to those around her! With her up beat personality and personal journey/ experience in fitness she is here to wake you up, provide a good sweat, and bring your focus into the muscle you never knew you had! Morning person or not, this is where you will meet and grow your strength all while becoming your best you.

TAI CHI INSTRUCTOR

Chris is a tai chi instructor. Chris has been practicing tai chi for 10 years and received his teaching certificate from Master Elaine Waters in 2018. Chris enjoys teaching this ancient art using a modern, practical approach. Using a combination of qigong and tai chi, Chris focuses on proper body mechanics and energy flow. Chris's tai chi lineage is Master Elaine Waters, to William C.C. Chen, to Cheng Man-ch'ing.

Chris has lived in the valley for 6 years and spends his free time with his wife - playing with their dog and enjoying everything the mountains have to offer.

YOGA & HIIT INSTRUCTOR

Hope has always had an interest in movement starting with dance at the small age of two! She quickly cycled through all sorts of sports activities until coming back to dance as teenager. Through a combination of dance, Yoga, and Pilates, Hope discovered she was extremely hyper mobile, which explained her many childhood injuries, but also how she could strengthen and support her body and it’s specific limitations, or lack thereof! Before getting her BFA in Dance in 2021 from Rutgers University—Mason Gross, Hope received her 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher certification in 2019, something that was a long time coming since she first fell in love with it at the age of 13. Hope’s Vinyasa Yoga teacher had a background in Yin, Hatha, and Ashtanga Yoga as well as Ayurvedic nutrition which have all had an influence on the way she approaches each individual in her classes.

Her favorite thing to teach is Bhakti Yoga, meaning “devotional” Yoga, where the goal is to find release from anxieties, stressors, and tribulations through chanting, mantras, breath work, and the belief of unconditional, universal love. She also loves helping others find ways to modify movements for their limitations so they can find pain free ways to grow and engage with their bodies. Hope’s personal mantra for life is “Let your curiosities be greater than your fears.” and hopes that her passion for movement can inspire her students to be curious and free in her classes and beyond.

PILATES INSTRUCTOR & ACUPUNCTURIST

Michele is an Acupuncturist and practitioner of Orientation medicine including Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also a STOTT certified pilates instructor and has been in the health and wellness field for over 20years now. Passionate about working with women and helping them FEEL amazing in their own skin and all that encompasses . From skincare to fertility to emotional health, Michele offers a wide spectrum of services incorporating TCM, Cosmetic Acupuncture, Functional Medicine, Pilates, stretch therapy and functional movement. Happy to be a part of the vitality collective and connect to serve the community of the vail valley.

SOUND HEALING INSTRUCTOR & EVIDENTIAL MEDIUM

Becky Hesseltine a tested and certified Evidential Medium, Author, Meditation Teacher on Insight Timer, which is the #1 meditation app for stress and anxiety, and a certified Add Heart (evidence-based meditative technique) Facilitator from the Heart Math Institute. She is also a Certified Sound Healing Facilitator. Academically she holds a masters degree in Education and Bachelors degree in Health Sciences.

Bridging the spirit world and the physical world together, in an experiential and approachable way for individuals and groups, is a passion for Becky. She shares this through her healing art of mediumship and with her guided meditations. Being an evidential medium means that she connects with departed loved ones and brings forth validating evidence of their individual identity along with their healing and loving messages which brings a knowing to her clients of the love that never dies. As a psychic she connects with the soul of her client and delivers personalized messages of healing, deep connection to self, and guidance towards living out their full potential. Becky loves connecting with her clients one-on-one, in group mediumship demonstrations, workshops, live guided meditations, and group healing work.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Yvette is a trauma-informed yoga instructor & health coach. A first generation American & Florida native who moved to Colorado in order feed her soul through having an abundance of nature and exploration around her. A love for learning & adapting the body as needed, mindfulness is a way of life for Yvette. Training under Morgan Kulas at Aaruyna Yoga School, her passion & drive for health & wellness felt fully connected once being able to provide movement as medicine alongside her health coaching offerings. With a background in marketing and communicating the value of products and services, it was real life experiences that brought her into the health & wellness realm. As an individual who’s had to go through chronic pain and figure out methods to internally heal on her own, the opportunity to guide others towards a healthier quality of life through support and tools is more than rewarding.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Kati has a profound love for all things yoga! Yoga is life! Kati was born and raised in Colorado currently lives in Eagle with her adorable kitty, Cricket. When she’s not at work at the airport she can be found on the mountain or practicing Yoga. She was first introduced to Yoga in about 2012 through an alcohol and eating disorder rehab facility in Denver. She did not pursue yoga right away but knew there was something there that piqued her interest. Through a series of difficult times and dark nights of the soul yoga became more and more of a staple in Kati’s life. She became an avid seeker of truth and through the practice of yoga she has begun to peel through the layers of self to uncover the bright light that shines at her heart. At first, she was a quiet but consistent regular at Revolution Power Yoga until the owner Julie Kiddoo took notice and encouraged her to take her 1 st 200-hour training in 2017. This training absolutely sparked a deep connection in Kati and her knowing her life’s work which includes Yoga and Recovery. She went on to complete Baptiste level 1 and 2 along with several other advanced programs in Baptiste yoga. Out of a desire to learn more of balanced curriculum Kati has also received certifications in Yin Yoga with Kari Kwinn, The Yoga of 12 Step Recovery with Nikki Meyers, and even Buti Yoga. Most recently and closest to her heart, she has undertaken the study of Kundalini Yoga with Kia Miller and Tommy Rosen. Tommy is an internationally known Yoga and recovery specialist that utilizes Kundalini Yoga to break patterns and reinforce positive behavior. This is her true calling! Kati is inspired to share this truly transformational practice through several modalities including kriya, pranayama, meditation, asana, and mantra.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Alexa has been teaching yoga since 2015, becoming certified through Blue Sun Yoga in Chicago. Her teachers were based in Anusara practices, allowing Alexa to explore yoga through more alignment-based principles and learning to lead with the heart, not just in poses but also in life! She is a full time school-based therapist with Your Hope Center and is passionate about connecting yoga to her mental health background. Alexa’s classes are student-centered and geared towards allowing the students to explore and learn new things each time they come to class. She believes in approaching class and the day with an awareness and openness to what is to come.

REIKI PRACTITIONER

Britt is an Empath, certified Reiki Practitioner, trained in Usui and Holy Fire Reiki. She has also trained as a Color Ray Healer. A native to the Rocky Mountains, Britt began her energy healing journey a decade ago, with EFT, yoga and reiki.

Britt has studied with William Rand, Kim Conway and Julie Adreani to deepen her relationship with Reiki, and the Empathic form of mediumship. Britt has found joy in service, since childhood, her journey has been discover the deeper meaning of all things including astrology, religions and science. It is her mission to help connect people to themselves, and guide them to heal their connection to the world and cosmos.

Reiki is a gentle energy healing technique , created by Dr. Mikao Usui. Rei which means "Universal Spirit" or "Wisdom of God." Ki means "life force energy," therefore, Reiki is "spiritually guided life force energy." Reiki can aid in easing pain, reducing stress, and bringing relaxation to promote healing. Britt uses Reiki to enhance the Empathic messages she receives to bring insight, clarity and healing to her clients journeys.

HIIT INSTRUCTOR

Hailey is the co-founder of All Terrain Fitness, an online fitness company helping people mesh mentality, nutrition, and fitness principles to create sustainable healthy habits. She lives with her fiance and three dogs in Eagle and loves to ski, snowboard, mountain bike, hike, and ultimately enjoy the outdoors in any way she can. She’s passionate about helping others build a strong body and mind to take on anything that comes their way. With a background in Psychology and Education, she brings a holistic approach to health, strength, and building resilience.

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Rachel has been in the Vail Valley for 27 years. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 20 years. She started practicing yoga as a way to enhance her athletic endeavors and soon discovered that the practice was a place to heal, connect with her inner power, purpose, wisdom and wholeness. In 2009, she began to teach with the intention to give back all of the gifts she had and still receives from the practices of yoga, meditation and self-inquiry. Rachel is a 200 hr certified instructor with over 2000 hours of training in Yin, Power, Chakra Yoga and Mindfulness. Rachel has worked with youth since 1995 and continues to coach and mentor girls. She is passionate about contributing globally and is the Life & Empowerment coach for GLOW Foundation, a non-profit that gives scholarships to women in Kenya. She is a certified Holistic Life Coach, Reiki Master, Tedx Vail Speaker, a Playing Big facilitator and lives in Eagle with her two sons, husband and dog Rocky. When she isn’t teaching yoga, leading women’s retreats and programs she is out enjoying nature, snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking, river surfing and nordic skiing. She loves writing, painting, reading inspirational books and traveling.