The heart cave
of Aspen.

Formally beginning her teaching path in 2015 with a 200-hour RYT Hatha Yoga certification, Marisa has continued expanding her expertise through training in tantric meditation (100 hours), embodied dance (100 hours), Baptiste power yoga (100 hours) and sound healing certification. As a Reiki Master and Certified Shamanic Practitioner, she brings a unique depth to her classes that extends beyond traditional asana with a good sweat.

In Marisa's classes, students can expect to be guided with intuitive precision that honors wherever they are in their practice. Known for her kick-ass playlists, her classes are challenging not only physically but designed to architect a new reality in the body, mind and energy. Her teaching weaves creative flow sequencing, breath awareness and subtle energy work, creating a space where physical practice becomes a doorway to deeper transformation. Students often describe leaving her classes feeling simultaneously grounded and expansive, with a renewed sense of embodied presence and inspiration.

Laurel began her path with yoga in 1998 in Miami when she was introduced to the practice of Ashtanga. She was immediately hooked on the incredible openness in her body and mind. A few years and yoga injuries later, she moved to New York and discovered the Iyengar Institute, where through lots of guidance and support she began to foster a deeper awareness in her body and understanding of the mechanics of asana.

She found her "yoga home", Kula Yoga Project, where the fluidity of vinyasa was being married with the precise alignment and masterful sequencing of Iyengar. Under the direction of her teachers, Schuyler Grant, Nikki Vilella, Carrie Owerko and Jillian Turecki, as well as many others, her brain and body were completely turned on and transformed.

Laurel's classes are taught in this style of Iyengar-influenced vinyasa. Her intention is for anyone coming to practice to be able to cultivate an incredibly profound relationship to their bodies, their breath and ultimately have a space to strengthen their intuition and heal, while having a lot of fun doing it!

Marco is a messenger of yoga. Marco, called Coco, is a student of yoga and a teacher of yoga. His teachings follow the Krishnamacharya tradition. He trained to be a teacher under the guidance of Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty, creators of YogaWorks, in Los Angeles in 2003.

For seventeen years, Coco cultivated a vital and rewarding yoga experience throughout New York City in studios such as YogaWorks, ISHTA, Pure Yoga and Equinox. Currently, he leads master classes in person in Aspen, CO and NYC and on Zoom, reaching students worldwide.

Years teaching: 24 · Years practicing: 25

Marcos has been a passionate yoga practitioner and teacher since 1997. He began with Ashtanga Yoga and later developed a Classic Hatha Yoga Alliance–certified teacher training program that integrates anatomy and physiology with subtle body alignment and a holistic sense of balance, helping students feel at home in the breathing movements of their bodies.