Attend yoga classes in our cozy, sunlit studio conveniently located in Midtown Fort Collins with ample parking!

We host classes from Effort and Grace Yoga, Kind Yoga NOCO, Fine Bliss Yoga, and Laura Lane Yoga offering weekly classes in our beautiful studio.

Effort and Grace Yoga

Effort & Grace Yoga is steeped in tradition, history , and lineage for a yoga that is both accessible and down-to-earth.

Class Descriptions

Align and Flow: Intermediate

This intermediate alignment-based vinyasa class is a refined practice that focuses on proper alignment and biomechanics of the body at a quicker pace. Join Matt Dolezal for a progressive approach to asana will work through a variety of traditional poses skillfully sequenced towards a challenging peak posture with both effort and grace. The aim of this educational class is to tap into the recursive learning process of modern postural yoga, breaking down key components with precision and awareness, while moving with the wisdom of the breath to receive the maximum benefits from a consistent asana practice. *Please bring a blanket, block and strap.

Start your week off right with an alignment-based intentional vinyasa with Stacey Swerer. This slow flow class will focus on proper alignment and biomechanics to move through a layer of postures that are skillfully sequenced and have you working towards a peak pose with safety and integrity. Tips and techniques will be offered to refine your personal practice through the shapes and forms of traditional yoga postures. Breathwork and/or meditation may be included. *Please bring a blanket, block and strap.

Functional Yoga

Join Matt for Functional Yoga, an educational class that works through specific regions of the body using proper alignment and functional movement to empower the student’s personal practice with self-care and awareness. The aim of this class is to slow the practice down with the breath to understand the body more mindfully and advance one’s practice at a gradual pace. Similar to a workshop style, this class breaks the practice down with tips and techniques that are invaluable to the practitioner on and off the mat. Take this practice into everyday situations to support quality posture and healthy movements for the longevity of life. *Please bring a blanket, block and strap.

Happy Hips

Join us for this practical, pragmatic and accessible hip opener practice that will focus on the feet, legs, and hips in a well-rounded asana class. Happy hips aims to cultivate knowledge of the hip girdle region of the body and its overall importance to the practice of modern postural yoga. This slow, deep and educational class will offer healthy fluid movements to access more mobility in the pelvis and stabilizing support for the low back. The goal is to understand key movement patterns, basic biomechanics, and a wealth of information to empower oneself on and off the mat with happy hips and a healthy low back. Guided pranayama and meditation will be added at the end of class. *Please bring a blanket, block and strap.

Yoga Playground

Join us for this NEW fun class that will tap into the play of yoga in a safe and dedicated manner. This exploratory practice will be more of a workshop style presentation where we try new things, incorporate more student-teacher collaboration, and reach into the heart of yoga with a playful approach to asana. Classes will be challenging, empowering, and enthusiastic to tap into the spirit of practice with care and intention. Supporting each other along the way through the ups and downs of life, but together we get more skillful at riding the waves. This is truly a practice of making friendships, cultivating a sense of connection, and getting to know each other more fully within the boundaries of poses and play to offer social interaction with more meaning.

Dynamic Flow

In this dynamic strong flow class we will embrace the vinyasa style with breath based movement. The aim of this class is to practice with keen awareness and an energetic presence to link poses skillfully sequenced together in the boundary of the breath. This powerful intermediate practice calls upon ujjayi pranayama, knowledge of poses with proper placement and precision in movement to access your full potential as a student of yoga. Alignment cues will be minimal, but rather tapping into the empowerment of remembrance and deep self-inquiry as a practitioner. Cultivating strength and stability to enliven the spirit of the practice back on the mat with Prana- vitality, energy, power, change and movement. We like to call this style a “GO Practice.”

Yoga Instructors

Matt Dolezal – E-YRT 500: Effort and Grace Yoga

Matt Dolezal is an avid student of Hatha yoga and his devoted practice has paved the way for an engaging and progressive style of teaching that is fun and playful, but also dedicated and disciplined. Matt’s down to earth nature offers a new school approach to asana rooted in tradition, history, and lineage that blends the ancient teachings of esoteric wisdom into a practical, pragmatic and accessible yoga for the 21st century. Matt’s passion for all realms of yoga has cultivated a well-rounded comprehension of anatomy, biomechanics of alignment, skillful sequencing, and theme waving to become one of the premiere teachers in Northern Colorado. Matt’s attention to detail, knowledge of postures, and technical instructions enables him to address common tendencies of the body and functional movement patterns to refine and enhance one’s personal practice through an alignment-based system. Matt’s inviting presence and charismatic charm allows students to dive deeper into the study of yoga and feel confident to seek more depth, value, and richness in a safe and supportive environment. Matt is an independent yoga professional that teaches public classes, privates, workshops, and is the lead teacher of the Effort and Grace teacher training program in Fort Collins, CO.

Stacey Swerer – E-YRT 500: Effort and Grace Yoga

Stacey’s love for yoga introduced her to many styles and traditions with deep roots in Ashtanga, Iyengar, and ultimately Anusara® Yoga. Anusara showed her the benefits and results from a practice that focuses on the biomechanics of the body connected to philosophical theming that delivers a message that is both uplifting and inspiring. As a yoga teacher rearer through Anusara Yoga with advanced therapeutic training, Stacey’s classes are taught from 25 years of deep study and the exploration of her own personal practice. Students are attracted to her alignment-based vinyasa style that integrates thoughtful sequencing with articulate cues that will guide students progressively into peak postures with safety and integrity. Her offerings come from the center of the heart and allow students to embrace the balanced action of integration and expansion through intentional practice. Stacey loves to share the refinements of her practice and enable students to fully engage in cultivating and polishing their personal skills on and off the mat. Stacey pays close attention to the pulsation of energy and the subtle body connection to the inner knowledge that brings us together to learn and grow in the beauty of yoga. Stacey is a highly experienced teacher, E-RYT 500 registered through Yoga Alliance and is the co-creator of the Effort and Grace Yoga Teacher Training program in Fort Collins. She teaches public classes, workshops, teacher trainings, and private sessions. Stacey also sells handmade beaded earrings that represent the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Kind Yoga NOCO

Kind Yoga offers restorative benefits for chronic pain and injuries, for general aches and stiffness, for the inflexible and the hyper-mobile, and for the aging body.

Class Description

Kaiut Yoga

Kaiut Yoga is a modern take on traditional yoga, addressing our 21st century bodies in a way no other yoga does. Yoga master and doctor of chiropractic Francisco Kaiut developed this method, aiming for a calm nervous system and healthy joints rather than muscles and stretching. You won’t find aggressive movements or impossible poses in a Kaiut class. Instead, you’ll enjoy a personalized form of yoga, which for decades has delivered positive results to people of all ages, body types and fitness levels, including those who are inflexible, hyper-mobile,
or who have a history of injuries.

Yoga Instructor

Pam Novotny

For the past six years I have devoted myself to the practice of Kaiut Yoga. The idea that I might teach it one day grew along with my passion for the Method. At first, Kaiut Yoga was all about healing my ankle after three major surgeries in a single year, which left me barely able to walk. I was practicing Kaiut Yoga at Barn Yoga in Boulder then, and I knew I’d found a special community that was as healing to me as the yoga was.

My first Kaiut Yoga teacher training was with Francisco Kaiut in Boulder in 2020. The second session was scheduled for later that year, but the pandemic showed up. Francisco stayed in his home country of Brazil and taught the next teacher training from Brazil on Zoom to students all over the world –including me. I now have 400+ hours of teacher training in Kaiut Yoga.

My husband and I moved to Fort Collins in 2021 to be closer to family. I had already begun teaching Kaiut Yoga for Barn Yoga Boulder on Zoom and I’ve continued that from Fort Collins. When I found that there were no Kaiut Yoga classes here, I realized I would not only be a teacher, but I’d have to start a business. Redoubling the effort I’d already begun with Francisco Kaiut to become a Kaiut Yoga teacher, Kind Yoga NoCo was born.

I’m excited to introduce Kaiut Yoga to the people of Fort Collins and to share the joy and healing of this method. I also plan to continue studying with Francisco, deepening my understanding of the Method, and honing my skills as a teacher.

Fine Bliss Yoga

Svaroopa® Yoga is a Hatha Style yoga that is unlike any yoga that you have experienced before. The word Svaroopa® means, “The bliss of your own being”, and it is a call for people taking this style of yoga to experience it in more than one way.

Class Description

Svaroopa® Yoga

Just as we can see reflections of an object in water, so our mind and body can reflect each other in consciousness and awareness. Svaroopa® Yoga provides the setting for your body and mind to experience profound openings that compliment each other as you progress in your yoga training. Svaroopa® is for all body types, and you will meet your own body where it is at, as you progress through poses. People of all ages take advantage of this healing style of Hatha Yoga.

Yoga Instructor

Jiva (Jane) Fine – RYT500, CSYT

I go by my Sanskrit name of Jiva (short for Jivani), which means enlivening and vivifying and literally refers to healthy, alive or living. It was given to me by my Guru, Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati, who resides at the Ashram in Downingtown, PA.

After I retired from teaching art in Connecticut, I began taking a Svaroopa® Yoga class just to get back into Hatha Yoga, which I had taken years before. Little did I know how very much this style of yoga would do for me! I had a profound change in those every day aches and pains life can throw you, some of which can be serious. I found Svaroopa® Yoga to be healing and rejuvenating for both my body and mind. Experiencing the physical openings made me realize that even more had opened up throughout my whole being. This practice also provided me with an inner transformation to see life in a new way.  I knew I had to share this yoga with others!

I began training in this profoundly healing, science based, style of yoga. I took my first class in November of 2011. Since then I have continued with my training, and am a Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Teacher (CSYT),  and a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, having over 500 hours of training (RYT500).

As a life long learner, I continue with my Svaroop®a Yoga training. I am also certified in a variety of Svaroopa® Yoga therapies, which you can read about under the heading Therapy in the menu bar at the top of my website.

My husband, Marc, and I,  have recently relocated from Connecticut to Fort Collins, Colorado, where I continue to teach Svaroopa® classes, and offer private, one on one therapy sessions, at my home studio.

Laura Lane

Laura Lane is a deep-tissue massage therapist and tailors her yoga classes for students needs and abilities.

Email Laura directly to be added to an RSVP email that is sent out on Tuesdays. Students only need to RSVP if they plan to attend since space is limited and each class is tailored to the students who have RSVP’d that week.

Class Descriptions

Chair Plus

A solid workout that involves seated poses on a chair, and standing poses that use props for balance (this class does not take students to the floor). Focus on functional movements, balance, and maintaining strength at all stages of life.

Functional Alignment

An alignment focused class suitable for all levels with modifications provided. Focus on slow mindful moving with an open workshop style community where students can ask questions.

Purple Frog Vibration and Healing

 Come and experience the transformative power of sound and meditation with Purple Frog’s Sound Healer Jill Perrin.

Event Description

Vibration and Healing Sound Bath

Join us for a soul-soothing experience at Purple Frog’s Vibrations and Healing Sound bath and Meditation event. Immerse yourself in a serene atmosphere filled with calming sounds and positive energies. Let the resonating vibrations of specially tuned instruments wash over you, promoting relaxation and inner peace. Our facilitator and Sound Healer Jill Perrin will guide you through a gentle meditation, allowing you to connect with your inner self and find tranquility. Come and relax and balance your Chakras in a peaceful space filled with vibration, balance, and meditation.

Event Facilitator

Jill Perrin of Purple Frog Vibration and Healing will be your guide through sound and meditation.

Women’s Sacred Circle

Northern Colorado’s premiere weekly women’s sacred circle supports friendships, empowerment, and awakening to our divine feminine.

Event Description

Weekly Women’s Circle Ceremony

Event Facilitator

My name is Amanda, and I am working to create a sustainable, affordable, and powerful community of women supporting women in northern Colorado.

What I find missing from most women’s groups is an opportunity for continued connection after the circle ends. I plan to change this by encourage friendship and connection, using regularly scheduled friendship meetups, outside of workshops. I was inspired by the Blue Zone Project, and realize that a true circle of friends has the power to even extend our lives!

My sister circles are ceremonies. Wisdom I have gained as a skilled Feng Shui practitioner and consultant, and of celtic ceremonies, are interwoven into our meetings. This is a non-denominational group. You may find us embracing a culturally diverse array of rituals.

We are connected by place in our circles, therefore how we interact with our land and the seasons of northern Colorado is other a prevailing theme.

These circles are reasonably priced to invite greater equity in our group’s composition. Many ceremonies will involve art, one on one exercises, a unit of inquiry for self reflection, and personal story telling without judgment or cross talk.

Dear sisters, I invite you to drop in. Maiden, Mother, and Crone, we wish to hear your stories, woes, wins, and wisdom together in our ongoing sacred support community.

Our yoga studio is full of sunshine from large picture windows with 550 square feet of supportive cork floor. It also features a state of the art projector for beautiful light displays or instructional videos. Yoga space rental rates vary by frequency. See our price schedule below.

One-time Special Event

Monthly / Weekly Rental

1 class/week – $25/hour

2 classes/week – $22/hour

3+ classes/week – $20/hour