Who We Are

Her unique energy and style allows her yogis to explore their practice in a creative, challenging and FUN asana playground.  Mother to two beautiful boys, Michelle uses the principles of yoga throughout her daily life.  She is Yoga Alliance Certified and currently finishing up her 500hr Certification, holds an Exercise Physiology degree and multiple PT & GFX Certifications.

Favorite quote “Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything.  Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you so you can become who you were meant to be in the first place.” ~ unknown.

Yoga has helped her learn patience, flexibility in life, how to listen to her heart, how to let go, and self-love. As her body awareness improved and her connection to self deepened, she was able to experience the challenges of life with calmness, insight, and even joy.

In 2021 Charlene finished her 285-hour yoga teacher training, working with the Himalayan Tradition. Her classes emphasize the importance of strength and flexibility, effort and ease, breath and awareness, connection with self, and infuses yoga philosophy to help empower students to find inspiration in their daily lives on and off the mat.

Besides yoga, Char is a Registered Nurse and enjoys spending time with her husband, blended family of six children, two grandchildren, standup paddle boarding, and hiking with her dogs.

In 1997 she took her first yoga class and practiced Bikram (Hot Yoga) for the following five years. In 2002 she enrolled in the teacher training program and became certified. During her 19 years teaching, she has taught Power, Bikram (Hot Yoga), Vinyasa Flow and Fusion. She has studied with world renowned yoga teachers that include Tias Little as well as Aadil Palkhivala -author of Fire of Love/Teaching the Essence of Yoga and founder of Purna Yoga.

Teaching yoga is truly her passion. It is her desire to share the vastness of yoga with you. Yoga is about transformation and the joy is knowing that the journey is forever!

Yoga quickly became an everyday practice as she found it helped with her mental, spiritual and physical health. 

Allison received her Masters of Science in Sports Science from The University of Edinburgh in 2014. While there she conducted a study on yoga and its physical benefits. Her study concluded that with only 6 weeks of yoga, twice a week, one can see improvements in flexibility, strength and balance. Upon graduating and returning home in 2014, Allison completed her 200-hour teacher training at Samadhi Yoga in Denver, CO. Allison currently teaches yoga and health at a local high school.

As a teacher Allison is knowledgeable, friendly, encouraging and adds humor to her classes. Her goal is to bring physical and spiritual benefits to every class. In today’s world Allison strives to be a guide for unity, connectedness and expanded awareness. Allison is a Castle Rock native and shares her life with a wonderful partner and two beautiful children.n 2002 she enrolled in the teacher training program and became certified. During her 19 years teaching, she has taught Power, Bikram (Hot Yoga), Vinyasa Flow and Fusion. She has studied with world renowned yoga teachers that include Tias Little as well as Aadil Palkhivala -author of Fire of Love/Teaching the Essence of Yoga and founder of Purna Yoga.

Teaching yoga is truly her passion. It is her desire to share the vastness of yoga with you. Yoga is about transformation and the joy is knowing that the journey is forever!

She soon realized the intrinsic benefits of a regulated breath, relaxed nervous system, focused mind, and deeper awareness – within and beyond the physical body.

In 2015, Renee completed ICY’s 285-hour Classical Hatha Yoga Teacher Training and began teaching classes ranging from gentle to power vinyasa. As a K-12 educator and life-long-learner, she enjoys continued study – especially regarding the science behind the practice (i.e. How yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation reduce chronic stress and inflammation – allowing for healing of body and brain). Renee is also certified in Accessible Yoga – a teaching practice inclusive of all backgrounds, body types, ages, and abilities. She loves that yoga meets each of us exactly where we are. Renee strives to create a safe and healing space in which one can explore, balance, and expand breath awareness, strength, flexibility, and relaxation – in body, mind, and spirit. 1997 she took her first yoga class and practiced Bikram (Hot Yoga) for the following five years. In 2002 she enrolled in the teacher training program and became certified. During her 19 years teaching, she has taught Power, Bikram (Hot Yoga), Vinyasa Flow and Fusion. She has studied with world renowned yoga teachers that include Tias Little as well as Aadil Palkhivala -author of Fire of Love/Teaching the Essence of Yoga and founder of Purna Yoga.

Teaching yoga is truly her passion. It is her desire to share the vastness of yoga with you. Yoga is about transformation and the joy is knowing that the journey is forever!

Lindi’s practice has helped her grow stronger and more flexible, both on and off the mat. Yoga inspires her to live each moment more mindfully.

She believes yoga should be noncompetitive, rooted in mindfulness, and inclusive of all bodies, ages and abilities.  

Lindi has also earned a certification in Yin Yoga and has experience teaching PiYo and bootcamp. 

Yoga has helped her learn to listen to her body, manage stress, and so much more. In her desire to share the gift of yoga she received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2018 and continues to deepen her personal practice with additional training and teaching via Zoom and in-person.

Michele enjoys the depth of experience when connecting breath to movement in challenging postures as a true meditation in movement. Her joy is infectious, and you’ll connect to your highest self with the blessings of yoga and the Peace Out Yoga community.

She teaches the principles of vinyasa and yin yoga with an emphasis on meditation and pranayama to create a mindful experience allowing room for the whole self to be engaged in each student’s practice. Amber is passionate about creating an environment which encourages her students to initiate their practice from a place of acceptance and compassion, inviting them to explore the subtle body and to take the transformational qualities of their practice with them into their daily life.

Nicole started training as a yoga teacher in 2019 and has a passion for continued learning in yoga and beyond. She is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher and has completed additional training in Katonah yoga. Nicole teaches a grounding practice that encourages engagement in support of expansion in the body, breath, and mind. Students can expect a class with intentional instruction and the invitation to make the practice one’s own. Nicole especially enjoys offering yoga to those seeking a practice that supports active recovery and a settling of the nervous system. 

Nicole is a Nurse Practitioner with 15 years of healthcare experience. She lives in Castle Pines with her husband, daughter, two cats, and two dogs. Off the mat she enjoys strength training, hiking, and reading

In 2018 I earned my 200 hr RYT and have additional certifications in yin and hot yoga. I love the presence it takes working on inversions and the discipline to be still in Yin. When I’m not yoga-ing I’m a preschool speech therapist. My passion is sharing a mix of challenge, presence and laughter with my students.She teaches the principles of vinyasa and yin yoga with an emphasis on meditation and pranayama to create a mindful experience allowing room for the whole self to be engaged in each student’s practice. Amber is passionate about creating an environment which encourages her students to initiate their practice from a place of acceptance and compassion, inviting them to explore the subtle body and to take the transformational qualities of their practice with them into their daily life.

Having obtained her degree in Anthropology at CSU, and has returned to Castle Rock to raise her now two teenage boys. She has a passion for adventure and enjoys backpacking, snowboarding, camping and trips to the ocean. Mandy’s curiosity of the connection between nature and the human experience led her to spend many years in academia and personal adventures studying anthropology, archaeology and the humanities. Mandy is also an avid painter and artist.

Mandy’s quest to enhance the connection of mind, body and spirit within the human experience led her to obtain her 200 YTT certification in 2019. Since that time, she has been a member of the yoga and wellness community as a women’s wellness team leader, offering yoga instruction and unique events combining outdoor adventures, yoga and artistic experiences.

Her goal is to seek a deeper connection through the practice of yoga and to share this energy with her students and greater community with hopes of evoking emotion, passion and a quest for self-exploration. We enjoy having Mandy as a team member here at Peace Out Yoga and her offerings as a teacher of hot and balance, yin and restorative yoga.

This led to Kristin completing yoga teacher training to learn as much about yoga as possible. Kristin is equally drawn to the science and the spirituality of yoga, and she is passionate about sharing yoga with others looking to achieve a deeper sense of self, more body awareness, better health, and profound peace in their lives.

 Kristin’s teachings are soulful, intuitive, and very energetic in nature, balancing the subtle bodies and calming the mind. Kristin is encouraging, poetic, and creative. Kristin has a teaching style that highly emphasizes the mind and body connection, and how it applies to our modern lives for more awareness, balance, flexibility, and connection.

​Kristin always has her nose in a book and is always excited to share what she is learning at the moment, whether it’s regarding the ancient wisdom of yoga, philosophy, women’s studies, energy healing, etc. She is conscious of creating a yoga environment with every person in mind.

 Kristin is currently studying to become a Certified Nutrition oach & a Certified Health 

& Wellness Coach

Liz has been teaching yoga classes, since she got certified in Denver 8 years ago. She is a mom of 2 boys that are 5 and 8 years old. Her passion is helping others with their health and fitness and is a certified nutrition coach and personal trainer. She loves the practice of yoga, because it is truly a form of art to her, and she loves guiding others, as well as witnessing the light yoga ignites in everyone on and off their mats! Liz is so happy and excited to be back to teaching in person and becoming a part of this amazing community at Peace Out!

As an E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance certified instructor and continuing education provider with over 10 years of experience, she strives to create an open and safe environment where each student can explore their physical, spiritual, and mental practice of yoga. She encourages each student to find the physical and mental fortitude to develop a more mindful practice through a focus on alignment, safety, logical sequencing, and strength. There is always room to grow on and off the mat, and that growth can be found in the details of our yoga practice.

Beryl completed her first 200 hour Teaching Training program in 2012, and her 300 hour Advanced Teacher Training program in 2017. Outside of yoga, Beryl is a musician and a mom. She loves spending time outside with her wife and son, hiking and exploring beautiful Colorado.

In 2012, she began her yoga journey as a means to find stress relief for her and her friends during finals week at a University in Los Angeles. After graduation, she pursued teaching to friends and family members, finding that yoga was more than just a means of exercise. Yoga became a way of life and a Friend to guide her. 

Her practice evolved and expanded while having children, encompassing prenatal yoga, and then yoga for kids. In 2020, Missy received her 500 RYT and opened a Private Yoga Studio in the California desert, offering Yin Yoga, Adaptive Yoga for clients with Cerebral Palsy, Chair Yoga, Vinyasa in the Park, Yoga Nidra, Yoga for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and virtual yoga classes during the pandemic.

Besides her yoga career, Missy was an archaeologist in the California desert, working with the local indigenous populations. She has a heart for people and cultures, drawing on that passion during yoga practice to honor who we are, where we’ve come from, and how to move forward in grace and light and love.

When she’s not obsessing over asana’s or bones, Missy is a Mom to three young boys, and a wife to the raddest Dad. They enjoy hiking, playing music, and anticipating life’s next adventures!