Andy is a lifelong resident of Colorado. He loves everything outdoors including hiking, camping, and skiing.

Music plays a big role in Andy's life as well, he enjoys attending live shows and even learning to play the banjo. He discovered yoga as a way to supplement his many activities, but fell in love with all the other more subtle aspects and benefits of yoga.

Since his early years of practicing, he has been committed to learning more and diving even deeper into this amazing practice. Andy's classes are grounding, powerful, creative, and fun.

Angela first encountered yoga as a young athlete in Southern California and her journey on the mat has been an exploration of the tension between strength and flexibility. Her years of practice have led her to the healing power of yoga, both mind and body, through physical injury and mental stress. Yoga is a constant reminder to move through life breathing.

Plus it comes with a physical practice that can go anywhere, which has served Angela well as she has lived and traveled throughout the world. She's called Sunnyside (and Denver) home since 2015 and found the BBY community shortly after it opened. After years of consistent practice, she recently completed BBY's 200-hour yoga teacher training and is excited to start facilitating a welcoming, inclusive, and dynamic space for all to practice.

Ania’s journey into the world of yoga and meditation started in 2017 with a bold and spontaneous decision to book a flight to India and enroll in a yoga teacher training program. Over the years, Ania has developed a unique approach that blends ancient wisdom with modern insights and is passionate about supporting others in finding deeper meaning, healing, and balance in their lives.  Her experiences have equipped her with a broad toolkit of techniques and practices that she uses to help others on their own journeys.

As a yoga and meditation teacher, Ania is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for her students, whether they are new to these practices or seeking more profound spiritual guidance. Her classes and mentorship are designed to inspire and empower, offering a path to personal growth and self-discovery. Whether you’re looking to start your yoga practice or explore deeper aspects of spirituality, Ania is here to support you every step of the way.

Gurupriya Beth Sanchez has been teaching since 2001. She loves wading in the energy of group wisdom, song, movement and remembrance of deep reality. She also loves returning to the world of form; loving, preserving and building what is beautiful with humans and more-than-human beings.

Beth’s classes are inspired by her core teachers, Engaged Buddhism Founder, Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn, and Ayurveda Master, Alakananda Ma. She is also invigorated by the Non-Dual Advaita teachings, Indigenous wisdom, Post-colonial ways, and Embodied Justice practices of Kaira Jewell, Larry Ward, and many other teachers. Her primary yoga influences include Richard Freeman and Tias Little.

Beth loves to sing, cook, farm, dance, learn, meditate, and weave new worlds with other like-hearted beings.

Chottip first fell in love with yoga as a sanctuary amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life. She not only connected with the physical relief the practice provided but the equilibrium it brought to her mind and heart. She wholeheartedly believes yoga opens pathways for self-discovery while bringing awareness to the harmony of life.

Through fluid movement she aims to help practitioners access their own unique alignment through mudra meditation and consistent flow, in turn amplifying their connection to the pranic flow moving throughout the body. Drawing from the lineage of Prana Vinyasa via Shiva Rea, Chottip aims for unification of prana and living flow for herself and her students , exploring the heart cave, moving with the ebb and flow of life.

Erica began practicing yoga many years ago to help manage the stress of her career. It wasn’t until 2022 though, that she made the decision to deepen her practice and begin a 200-hour yoga teacher training course in the hopes of giving to others what this practice has given her.

Erica strives to create a space for accessible and inclusive practices, and firmly believes that all bodies are yoga bodies. At the core of her practice, Erica appreciates a playful, energetic focus-but above all, she loves the community and kinship shared within the four walls of the studio and is grateful every time she gets to be on her mat with others.

In addition, Erica loves to run, and you will often see her running through the neighborhoods around Sloan’s Lake. She is always interested in how the practice of Yoga can be integrated into her training. Erica also enjoys travel, reading, and baking, and hanging out with the best person she knows, her child, Juniper.

After years of soccer and running, Faye stumbled across the practice to find recovery of her aching body. The more she practiced, she witnessed the shifts and transformations within her that went far beyond body restoration. She believes yoga can affect every individual and every community. In 2019 she decided to combine some of her passions; teaching, yoga, and inclusivity. Her 200 hour teacher training was focused on empowering all bodies to practice yoga. She strives to provide an environment where individuals feel safe and supported to express their individuality and uniqueness. Truly believing yoga is for everyBODY, Faye is eager to provide considerations and modifications for all abilities.

Jay is a wellness facilitator, vinyāsa-yoga instructor, and Ayurvedic practitioner with over 10 years of practice. His embodiment road began with transcendental meditation (T.M.) and yogāsana - discovered through the Veterans Administration in 2013. His prior exposure to movement modalities includes Tai Chi Chih, Muay Thai and combatives, and free weight strength training. 

As an ERYT 500 certified yoga teacher, Jay is inspired by yoga nidrā, rocket and prāṇa vinyāsa, and trauma-informed ashtanga. His instructional style synthesizes classical sensibilities, sonics, functional movement patterns, and Malayali ayurveda. His classes are crafted for you to cultivate centering, mobility, and resilience by integrating breath-awareness, static-dynamic flow-states, and attunement to your nervous system. 

Beyond the movement community, Jay adores the arts, sport, literature, and backroads. His sincere convictions are related to suicide prevention, personal and cultural expression.

As a yoga instructor, Joy has a playful way of reintroducing you to your own personal awakening by gently nudging you to declare freedom from all self-made limitations. Her teaching style is bright, challenging, playful, inspiring and sometimes upside down. One of Joy’s strongest values is G-R-O-W-T-H and you will find this embedded in every levity-filled class she guides you through.

Joy first discovered yoga in college where she happily practiced and studied Iyengar. From there her asana practice went rather dormant while life surrounded her in a variety of other ways. In 2008, she took her first vinyasa class, and as some would say, the rest is history! Joy is ERYT 200-hr certified having trainings in Vinyasa, Iyengar, Baptiste and Bhakti. Outside of yoga, Joy loves to spend time with her family and her pups!

Lisa Rundall is an RYT500, YACEP, and a Doctor of Acupuncture, and Chinese Medicine. She is a life long student of the human experience. Our bodies communicate with us all the time. It may be in the form of pain, emotions, breath patterns, hunger or fatigue. Our work is in allowing what is there to be heard. Lisa holds space in her classes for exploration, play, breath and connection.

Her classes are known for creative sequencing and thoughtful playlists. It is her mission in both yoga and medicine to provide connected, individual, experiences so that we are a thriving community of people with capacity to create deeply centered and meaningful lives.

Liz is an eRYT500+ Vinyasa & Yin teacher, Yoga Teacher Trainer, and Certified Rolfer who loves to marvel in the magic of life, especially when it comes to embodied movement and guiding others out of pain. Her classes challenge the idea of what asana is, allowing her students to explore and empower themselves by learning what their bodies and minds can do.

Liz studied with Yoga Works in Southern California in 2008 to complete her 200hr YTT and with the world-renowned Michel Besnard in Thailand in 2011 to complete her 300hr YTT. In 2011 she moved halfway around the globe to Dubai, UAE in the Middle East, and continued to study with teachers from all over the world. Liz has led 200hr YogaWorks teacher training globally since 2013, spanning from the United Arab Emirates to Japan. Liz also continues to support YTT programs in Denver, Colorado where she currently resides. What Liz has learned from her teachers and students from being abroad goes beyond what being on the mat has taught her. 

Melanie’s classes are filled with breath, heart, warmth and great music. She believes in slowing down and savoring each breath and fully feeling into each movement, both in her own practice, and when leading. Melanie views teaching as an offering, as her opportunity to share what she loves and cherishes about yoga, which is time for breath and time for feeling alive, empowered and strong.

Mel typically gets on her mat before each class and feel what is needed in her body, believing in the wisdom of our own bodies to guide our practice and dictate what we need. When she is not teaching, Melanie enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 sons, friends, family and 2 dobermans. Melanie completed her 200 hour YTT in 2014, under a Baptiste and a Bhakti trainer. 

Pam has worked in the fitness/yoga/wellness space for over 42 years. Pam has over 1000 hours in formal yoga training and holds certificates in vinyasa, yin, yoga nidra, restorative, Iyengar inspired, mobility, HIIT training, pranayama, mantra meditation and TM meditation.

Her passion is teaching yoga to all levels of students. Yoga has the ability to transform your body and mind in the moment. Continued practice allows the practitioner to cultivate self-awareness, physical and mental resilience, and depth of compassion. Practicing in community allows humor, curiosity, and determination to expand the energy in the space. It is a thing of wonder to experience a room breathing and moving together.

Colorado has been home to Pam for 36 years. She enjoys travel, trail running, paddleboarding, snowshoeing, and hiking with her deaf dog, Stevie. She likes some indoor stuff like reading, cooking and sleeping.

Through years of embodied studies, Raymond has come to view the unique facets of yoga as a collection of contemplative lenses that provide clarity in ones journey to ease both personal and collective suffering. While sharing in community, Raymond tenderly invites others into connection through shared moments of stillness and silence where clearer perception of ones relationship to self and other may come into focus. Raymond offers physically accessible sequences that are introspective, incremental and inclusive in order to foster a meditative foundation from which ones intuitive knowing may arise and intimately inform ones practice.

Raymond passionately advocates for greater mental health awareness within yoga communities and for the utilization of these practices to examine individuals’ evolving relationships to experiences of depression, anxiety and stress.

Rossi’s Teaching Style is strengthening, intentional, sensual, funny, and educational. Rossi grew up in Bulgaria. Yoga found her as a teenager after the loss of a dear friend, and she’s been practicing on and off for years before she took on the path of a teacher in 2014. Rossi is eager to share her love for yoga and keeps her sights open to learning from each of her students.

In Rossi's class, you can expect to hold poses, laugh, create intention, or learn a fun story from an old myth! She has over 1600 hours in a variety of yoga training including Power Vinyasa, Iyengar, Hatha, Restorative, Yin, Yoga for addiction and recovery, Love Your Brain/ yoga for traumatic brain injuries, Yoga for Young Warriors, The art of adjustments and mindful touch and continues to dig deep into the practice every day. Rossi is a Traditional Bodywork as well as Level 2 Usui Reiki practitioner. Svadhyaya (self-study) is a big part of each class you will take with Rossi.

Sara has spent a lifetime collecting wisdom and information from incredible mentors and students alike within the realm of movement and mind body connection. She has travelled as a teacher trainer and built training programs for a variety of movement modalities including The Willpower Method, Barre and  Yoga. Her teaching experience has given her a profound understanding of human movement, in the body and in the heart. Sara's classes are a creative and challenging alchemy of traditional yoga poses and functional movements. Her classes tell a story and guide a connection to deeper sense of self.

Sarah’s yoga practice began in 2009. At first it was about getting herself to stretch, and “workout” differently, but it quickly became more than just a physical practice. Not only was she moving her body in a new way, but her mind was also changing. Yoga sparked connection within, taught her to trust, to feel, to get to know herself deeply.

In 2013 Sarah completed her 200-hr Power YTT at Zuda Yoga in Sacramento before expanding her education to include Yin, Bhakti, Yoga Nidra and Trauma-informed yoga. As a student of life, Sarah believes in the benefits of all forms of yoga. The power of connection is prominent in Sarah’s classes and her message is one of growth. She strives to invite each student to find their unique growth edge, wherever it may be in the moment, to meet the practice and spark the potential for change.

Shaylen is a multi-disciplinary creative, from Richmond VA. She made her move to Denver in 2021. Shaylen earned her BFA in design from SCAD in 2011. With over a decade of experience, she has worked as an Artist, Designer, Content Creator, and Social Media Manager.

Shaylen thrives on challenges, both mentally and physically. In her leisure time, she enjoys practicing yoga, hiking, paddle-boarding, and snowboarding.

Sonja is a graduate of Better Buzz's first teacher training class back in 2018 and has been teaching in this community ever since. What to expect in one of Sonja's classes? A mixture of soft reflective moments and sweaty strong shapes.

She loves balancing postures and twists, so get ready to wobble and wring it out. Her main goal as a teacher is to promote the idea that yoga is for everyone, so classes tend to be challenging yet accessible. Sonja also loves mixing genres and styles of music from reggae and hip hop to top forty hits, 80's synth pop,funk and electronica.

Throughout her life, Tori has enjoyed exploring movement of all kinds. Running and soccer were her two main outlets for years until she discovered yoga. For Tori, yoga was different in the most beautiful of ways because it invited her to connect to her body not only through movement but also through stillness and everything in between.

After years of practice, Tori decided to embark on a 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2024 to deepen her understanding of yoga's teachings and to share her love of yoga with others. As both a student and a teacher, Tori strives to discover something new in her yoga journey with every practice, every interaction, and in the subtleties of everyday life. She brings this same dedication and intentionality to her classes, hoping to empower and uplift everyone who attends.