TAPS
Abbe is the owner of TAPS Dance Studio located at 2nd and Broadway. Taps is an amazing andult dance studio, offering a variety of genres: ballet, tap, jazz, berlesque, comtemporary, modern, hip hop, BUTI yoga and much more! Abbe grew up dangcing, and has been doing it since age three. She was a Denver Broncos Cheerleader, a Denver Nuggets dancer, and a Colorado Crush dancer before opening TAPS! Read the profile >>
Zenergy, Pura Vida
Billy is a Denver native who divides his time being a yoga teacher and a realtor. After years of competing athletically, Billy remembers being attracted to the non-competitive yet physically challenging elements of yoga. The liberation of letting go of the ego (or trying to) and working from the ‘inside-out’ has been beneficial in his own yoga journey and he tries to share that with others. Billy believes that yoga is truly for everyone – no exceptions - (including his little boy who seems to think Crane Pose is pretty cool). Billy is so grateful for the opportunity to guide his students through fresh, fun, and challenging classes with an emphasis on the mind, body, spirit experience. With the infusion of humor (or pathetic attempts thereof) and the crack of a whip, Billy encourages... Read the profile >>
Qi Running
Chris is a Public Health Advisor for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and currently serves as a Manager for Colorado’s State Immunization Program. He has worked at CDC since 2004 in various positions, including with the Influenza Division and with Emergency Preparedness and Response. Chris also worked for the Carter Center for two years on guinea worm eradication, and served with the Peace Corps for two years as a Community Health Worker in Togo, West Africa. Chris has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Emory University, and an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University (LSU). Chris is married with two children, ages 4 and 7, and is an accomplished long-distance runner. Chris started running in earnest while serving in the U.S. ARMY, Louisiana... Read the profile >>
“Qi”, the mandarin word for “life force” embodies Chris Lindley and his vision for fitness. With his Masters in Public Health and accreditations with many national training certifications, Chris has always been involved in promoting health and wellness. While serving in Iraq as a Public Health Combat Commander (where he received a Bronze Start), Chris saw the benefits of building community through fitness and group wellness. Harnessing that demand for challenging and creative workouts, Chris opened his first Qi location in 2008 and has grown the company into five locations since then. Specializing in a personal training, kinesis, spin, run, yoga, bar and unique blended classes, Chris pushes his clients to their limits. “ . . . renabling others to break through and... Read the profile >>
Christen Bakken wandered into a yoga studio for the first time in 1998. At the time, Christen was an open vessel for the power of the practice on and off the mat- the most amazing thing, is she still is. In 2006 she began her yoga teaching journey and since then reinvests in trainings and workshops to strengthen her craft each year. Being a student is as important, if not more important to her, than being a teacher. She opened Yoga for Young Warriors in 2008 where she teaches yoga to children and families. The mission of the business is to share the benefits of yoga to children in a playful and engaging setting. Animal noises and laughter are not unusual noises in her studio space. YFYW has expanded into many schools, yoga studios, and even into a teacher training program.... Read the profile >>
If you ask Jamie Atlas what he loves doing best, he'll say 'stealing'. Of course, he's from Australia, which we all know is inhabited by descendants of convicts, so that's no surprise. What is surprising is that he means it. It's actually something he attributes to his success as a trainer, fitness studio owner and as a person."I steal", says Jamie "the best ideas from the best people - I've spent a good part of my career working close to the industry leaders in different theories of movement, from practical to theoretical to experimental. From hands on to hands off, there are so many different ways to approach a human being trying to blend different ideas from different modalities, so that when someone walks in that needs a certain workout or muscle release or change in the way they... Read the profile >>
Pura Vida Club
Jasmine Pina Anderson has been in the fitness industry for five years now, which by her standards is still considered a rookie. She says "I just feel like I have so much more to learn but I'm fully committed to helping people shape themselves inside and out and am in it for the long haul". While she considers herself a guppie, she continues to make a big splash in the fitness community. Her "home" in Denver is at Pura Vida Club and Spa where she created and teaches specialty cycling classes like Rhythm and Ride and Soul Ride. She also teaches multiple other formats including TRX, IndoRow, ViPR, Rip Trainer and Strength Training classes. Jasmine has an extreme passion for changing peoples lives through music and fitness. "The beat of the music is a vehicle for motivation in my classes.... Read the profile >>
Kindness Yoga Studios
Kirk was working 90 hour weeks and wearing his shoulders as earrings when he found yoga in 2005. Always the competitive athlete, he loved the physicality of yoga. When the spiritual and philosophical side of yoga were exposed to him, he was hooked. Yoga provided him what his other activities couldn’t, the ability to foster the benefits of practice both on and off of the mat. His yoga philosophy is to “yogafy” the world by making yoga accessible to as many people as possible through his company peoplesyoga.com that streams studio yoga classes live to your computer from the comfort of your home, office or hotel. He is also a partner in Kindness Yoga in Denver. Kirk knows that yoga can be intimidating, so he creates a class that is playful and inviting while still being... Read the profile >>
Roger Martin-Pressman is an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher who has been studying yoga for 10 years. Roger has dedicated the last three years to studying and teaching Anusara yoga. As a student of Anusara he has learned to incorporate the Universal Principles of Alignment into his classes in a heart-felt and humorous way. Committed to expanding his students’ knowledge of their own potential and empowering them with awareness of their bodies and hearts. By combining his knowledge of anatomy and physiology with life experience and philosophy, Roger’s classes offer something valuable to practitioners of all levels. Read the profile >>
