AREAS OF FOCUS: PHILOSOPHY, AYURVEDA, MANTRA, CHANTING

Beth has been teaching yoga since 2000, and she brings an anatomical depth, nourishing adjustments and contemplative support to her offerings. She invites all people seeking sangha, and grounded engagement in their yoga practice to look more deeply at all aspects of their practice through a sacred lens with a graceful and compassionate curiosity infused with a deep reverence for the human experience.

Beth 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 within humans and our more-than-human selves.

Beth’s teachings and 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.

AREAS OF FOCUS: PRENATAL YOGA, DECOLONIZATION, VOICE

Morgan walks the path of dismantling racism, cultural excavation, and trauma informed care within healing spaces. Her work intersects with a postcolonial framework and reclamation of one's innate wisdom. With an ERYT-500 certification, and thousands of hours of teaching and teacher training under her belt, Morgan goes deeper with her students and trainees, replenishing them with a fresh instinct on what they are here to really do.

As a Xicana Mestiza woman, artist, activist, and she connects with her students through somatic and sensory healing.

She specializes in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum health.

As a Cancer Sun, Aquarius Rising, Morgan is a multifaceted artist, photographer, community organizer, and practitioner of Mexican Curanderismo. She walks with the medicine of her Indigenous and European ancestors.

She also lives with her fiancé, their pup, 11 chickens, and a newly established beehive in the hills of the Rocky Mountains.

AREAS OF FOCUS: MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION, SUBTLE BODY AWARENESS

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 is currently a graduate student at Naropa University studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology. 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.

AREAS OF FOCUS: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, SEQUENCING, SUBTLE BODY ENERGETICS

Haley has been teaching yoga since 2012 and as a teen aspired to become an ER physician. After spending 10 years working in and studying western medicine, Haley found her strengths in trauma recovery and in holding space for the more complex and often overlooked conditions: those of the mind and spirit.

Haley chose to dedicate her time to the pursuit of holistic modalities and inclusive, functional movement and shifted focus to become not only a Usui Reiki Master but also holds an ERYT-500 with more than 2000 hours of teaching experience.

Haley takes an east-meets-west approach, combining many different practices and schools of thought to offer safe and supportive spaces for everyone. She believes in supporting every student in their endeavor to find and give voice to truth, explore their connection to free expression and autonomy, and hold space for cultivating a deep appreciation for their physical and energetic bodies.

After class, you can find Haley out in the world dancing her way through life, searching for the best gluten free pizza, and taking care of her many, many house plants.

AREAS OF FOCUS: RACIAL CONSTRUCTS, POWER AND PRIVILEGE, LIBERATORY MOVEMENT

Dameda aims to unify all peoples through awareness, love & compassion by shining a light on that which makes each of us individually human and that inspires the questions, “What is the work that we’ve come to Earth to do to evolve into our authentic, whole selves and that assists in evolving the consciousness of humanity?” And how can we—individually & collectively—leverage this knowing to assist in creating an embodied anti-oppressive society?

Dameda is the founder and creator of the Dameda JoLynn Enterprise that supports her deep and unwavering commitment to assisting in the creation of an embodied anti-racist/anti-oppressive society. She is committed to uplifting, educating & empowering white bodies in search of intimate conversations that lead to conscious and skillful action with the intention to dismantle systemic racism and reimagine & create new systems that liberate ALL bodies.

She is on purpose in every way and understands that by arriving in her power—in her true essence as a Phenomenally Black woman—she not only inspires others to stand proud & firmly in who we came to this Earth to be, but on a bigger scale, she assists in the raising of consciousness of all of humanity.

AREAS OF FOCUS: BUSINESS OF YOGA , BETTER BUZZ CULTURE, ETHOS + VALUES

Jaime believes that this practice is about connection and is a beautiful opportunity for growth and change in the most expansive ways. Yoga has allowed her to discover the nuance in our collective experience, learning that soft and subtle shifts over time sometimes create the most profound and potent experiences and that using our capacity for love is the most powerful tool for liberation.

Jaime loves hearing the collective sigh of letting go, creating union with breath and the simple act of being in a space with others, wherever we are on our path. She finds it to be a lovely metaphor for life. As an incredibly imperfect, growing, always learning, human, Jaime is the lucky mama to the most incredible, brave and kind little boy, Colden Briggs, partner to her hubby, Brian and owner of Better Buzz Yoga. She is also an E-RYT200 and RYT500.

AREAS OF FOCUS: ADAPTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE YOGA, DISABILITY ACTIVISM, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Mary Medellin Sims was born in the northern central plains of Texas, a descendant of Chicanx cotton workers, tradesmen, and a first-generation college graduate. She earned her BA in Sociology and Minor in Psychology from Midwestern State University in 2004. Mary is deeply passionate and committed to social justice and health equity.

She believes that ALL human beings deserve equal access to health. Mary has two decades of experience working with individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities in various capacities from direct care, administration, supervision, advocacy, and natural support. With her passion and service in mind, Guided by Humanity was formed in 2017.

Mary also serves on the Board of Directors for ‘The Wayfaring Band’, ‘Accessible Yoga’, and ‘Sana Yoga’. She is an experienced 500 HR Registered Yoga Teacher with a Bachelors of Art degree and additional certifications in Yoga Therapy for Grief, Adaptive Yoga, Accessible Yoga, Yoga for the Special Child, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Restorative and Yin Yoga. Mary is an experienced home healthcare provider and trained nurse assistant. Her compassion and competence allow her to meet individuals where they are while supporting their goals for growth and healing.

AREAS OF FOCUS: INTENTIONAL ASSISTING, CONSENTED TOUCH, SHARING VULNERABLE SPACE

Melanie teaches from a place of compassion and openness. She believes that the practice of yoga is one that is life long and changes on a daily basis, and endeavors to create an environment that meets the practitioner where they are that day. Since everyday we are a little different for one reason or another.

She believes that language plays a critical role in how we interact with, and absorb the spaces around us. She continues to work to create more inclusive environments and more safe spaces to enter as we are, all of us, everyday.

She completed her 200hr training in 2014 and has focused continuing yoga studies around trauma and inclusivity.

AREAS OF FOCUS: ADVANCED ASANA + INVERSIONS, THE ART + SCIENCE OF MALA-TYING

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!