The Vitality Collective is partnering with aarunya yoga school & the Barn, minturn to bring you:

With Heart

200-hour yoga Teacher Training led by kirstie junker

Fall 2024 to Spring 2025

Deep dive into the foundations of Hatha, Vinyasa, and Restorative Yoga.

A compassion focused approach to teaching the art of Yoga

  • 2024/2025 training Dates

    Octoboer 2024 to March 2025

  • times

    Fridays TBD

    Saturdays TBD

    Sundays TBD

  • INVESTMENT

    $3250

    $500 Deposit

    Ask us about payment plans!

Training Topics and Details

This training takes a compassion focused approach to learning the art of teaching Yoga. Students will cultivate the necessary skills to begin to teach Vinyasa, Hatha, and Restorative Yoga in their communities. Texts studied will include Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita.  

In our comprehensive trainings, we focus on deeply supporting sensitive and courageous leaders in the field of Yogic studies and practice. We welcome students of all ages, abilities, cultural and spiritual backgrounds, and believe in a holistic approach to practice that is rooted in kindling the light of compassion. We offer full ride scholarships to BIPOC individuals and are committed to supporting marginalized students in becoming leading teaching artists in our community.

We will be sharing more specific details about this training within the coming weeks including a schedule. 

If you have questions in the meantime, please email us at aarunyayoga@gmail.com. 

*Aarunya is a Yoga Alliance Registered and Accredited School

Meet yOur Teachers

Kirstie Junker - Lead Teacher

Kirstie has been teaching Yoga throughout Eagle County since 2017. Her love and passion for discovering the spiritual heart through movement, self-love and connection has only grown deeper with her practice and experience guiding others. She is loved and respected as a generous and heart centered teacher in our community; her style being dynamic, fluid, and passionate. Kirstie completed her 200HR with Karen Anderson and her 300HR training with Aarunya Yoga School. She has also trained in Buddhist Meditation as taught by Karen Anderson, Yoga Nidra as taught by Jeremy Wolf, and Reiki with various teachers. She is the lead teacher in Aarunya's 200HR With Heart Yoga Teacher Training program. 

Sofia Chay - Anatomy & Physiology

Sofia is a hands on Myofascial Release therapist and a MELT method instructor. Her background originates from being a college athlete and getting into pain early on in life through wear and tear of her body. After college she became interested in the fascial system and started studying the physiology of the human body as well as massage therapy techniques and the MELT Method. Over the last 6 years she has devoted herself to learning more about the body, how we can get out of chronic pain, and what other factors are causing us to carry discomfort (emotionally and physically). Sofia will be contributing to Aarunya's With Heart 200HR Teacher Training as an Anatomy & Physiology guest teaching artist. 

Morgan Kulas - History & Ethics

Yoga touched Morgan’s life through the writings of J. Krishnamurti and teachings of BKS Iyengar as shared by her first Yoga teacher Meera Sanghani in 2005. She has been a devoted student ever since. Morgan brings to her practice a lifetime of training and professional career in dance, as well as considerable study in intersectional contemplative movement traditions. She recently earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art and Regenerative Culture from University of New Mexico. Morgan has been teaching embodied arts for over 20 years. She is a 500 E-RYT, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and the founder of Aarunya Yoga School. Morgan will be contributing to Aarunya's With Heart 200HR Teacher Training as a guest teaching artist of History & Ethics.