Instructors

Kyle Larson
 

There are two Kyles at the studio. Kyle Baxter is the owner. He has no tattoos. Kyle Larson? That dude has tattoos. Kyle (Larson) attended the Spring 2009 teacher training in Palm Springs, CA. He has taught Bikram Yoga in Fort Collins, Greeley, and Longmont, Colorado. Kyle likes puppies, ice cream, and hamburgers; he also likes to hold postures forever. You should take his class. It’s fun.

 
Lisa Wennerth

Lisa has been teaching Bikram yoga since 2004. She has been certified to teach both Bikram and Sivananda yoga: two methods that rely on a sequential order of specific postures that originate from a similar lineage of hatha and raja yoga. Although she enjoys all forms of yoga, she finds Bikram’s method, in conjunction with the heated room, to align best with her physical and mental needs. She encourages all practicing (and non-practicing) yoga students to come experience a spirited yet challenging beginning class, with knowledgeable instructors, within a generous and open community!

Danielle Michael
 

I took my first Bikram Yoga class in Madison, Wisconsin in 1998. At that time, I was working in a stressful Corporate job and I noticed immediate improvements. I felt less tension in my body and an elevated mood after just one class. I started taking class 2 times per week, then 3, then 4, then 7! The more that I took class, the better I felt and I started functioning better at work and in my personal life. I attended the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Spring 2003 so that I could pass on the emotional and physical benefits to others. Since 2003, I have taught in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chanhassen, Toronto, Greeley, Longmont, Boulder, Mexico, Salt Lake City and Fort Collins. I have also traveled to India with Bikram and visited his home studio, Ghosh's Physical College of India, in Calcutta, India. My husband, Tom, is also a certified teacher and we are both excited to be teaching together in Fort Collins, CO. We recently had a baby, Isla, and we are looking forward to sharing yoga with her and her little friends as they grow up.

My goal as a teacher is to continue to deepen my knowledge and practice through on-going study so that I can further encourage others towards ultimate health and fulfillment. I hope that someday yoga will be practiced by the majority of the global population. What a wonderful world it would be!


Tom Chermack

Wendy Woods

 Wendy graduated from Bikram Yoga’s College of India in Spring of 2003. I started practicing bikram yoga in San Francisco in the fall of 2000. I was living in San Francisco in the height of the dot com craze. Needless to say, life was very hectic, I was very stressed and had a job that demanded a lot of travel from me. My body started to show the signs of the fast paced lifestyle I was living. I had gone to a doctor to seek treatment for the various “ailments” I was feeling. He suggested I start taking vitamins, as the older you get, the more “help” your body needs. I was thinking at the time, “I am only 32 years old, what happens when I turn 42? 52?” I wasn’t ready to accept that my body was “breaking down.”

A friend recommended I try bikram yoga. I must admit, I was not hooked during my first class. But the benefits my body was feeling from the practice were truly amazing. Not only did I not, nor do I still today, take vitamins, but I have more energy and vitality than ever before. I attribute yoga to helping me in other areas of my life as well, especially biking.

Karen Alvarez 

Karen has been practicing yoga on and off since 2002, but It was not until she stepped back onto a mat at Bikram Yoga Fort Collins in Old Town with a messed up mind and body that she realized how much she really needed and wanted this yoga… not just any yoga… Bikram yoga! Within 3 weeks of starting practice again her pain and immobility from an old shoulder injury was completely gone and she was already weaning herself off of her anti-depressants.

In the summer of 2009 Karen decided the next step in her journey was to go to teacher training. So, she thought about it, talked it over with her husband, then made up her mind and she was off to Las Vegas for the Fall 2009 Bikram Yoga Teacher Training session. She has been teaching since December 2009 and has loved every minute of it. She says every class she teaches is an absolute honor, pleasure and joy.

Yoga has helped guide Karen on her life journey by enabling her to recognize her authentic self as well as the immense importance of balancing the mind, body, and spirit. More than anything, Karen would like to inspire others so that they too can feel the same bliss she feels upon completion of a Bikram yoga class. She does her best to teach her classes with the knowledge she gained at teacher training, from the senior teachers that ran the training as well as from Bikram himself. Karen hopes that everyone that she has the opportunity to teach leaves with a new union and sense of self. That they may have greater physical and mental strength, balance, and flexibility not only while on the mat, but in every aspect of their lives.

Outside of practicing and teaching yoga, Karen is a full-time mommy and works part time from home with her husband in the field of Real Estate Investing and Property Management, and enjoys many hobbies including, but not limited to traveling, reading, hiking, biking, and spending time with her children, family and friends. 

Renee Oppel