Our Yogis

Kerry Shamblin

Kerry is the owner of Estes Park Yoga. She first learned yoga and basic Vedic principles from Yogacharya Dharmananda at Ved Niketan Ashram in 1992. Through her adult life, yoga has been a constant companion along with continuing Vedic studies. Kerry is grateful to provide a platform for the yoga community in the Estes Valley and has also been practicing, professional Vedic astrologer since 2000. Leading kirtan, philosophical discussions, creating community and extending yoga in its many forms are part of her yoga practice. www.kerryshamblin.com

Elizabeth Lanning

Elizabeth has been a Yoga Practitioner and Teacher for over 25 years, bringing peace of mind, pain relief and balance to students in the Colorado area. With over 400 hours of RYT, and experience teaching many styles of Yoga, her goal is to encourage students to improve range of motion, increase strength, and find balance and energy. She has also taught Yoga to high school students and worked with them to overcome obstacles and pursue a level of life-long physical fitness. She received her first 200 hour training with the YogaFit corporation in 2007, and re-trained with the Aura Wellness Center and Yoga Renew from 2013-2022 (200+). Elizabeth is a passionate student, and takes several classes a week to gain as much diverse learning as she can from multiple teachers. Now semi-retired from a 32-year career teaching English and Theater and recently relocated to Estes Park, she plays with the Loveland Symphony, and loves to hang out with her family, exploring our beautiful state.

Patricia Rountree

Patricia is a creative and versatile graphic designer and yoga instructor. She hopes that the love she pours into her work reflects on the wellbeing, wholehearted healing, and joy of connection through the Art of Yoga of all the people she reaches. Patricia recently moved to Estes with her family from North Carolina, via Wisconsin, where she enjoyed teaching alignment based classes to all levels, but especially to families and teachers.

Maria Luisa Guerra

Maria began practicing yoga in 1999, when her sister Patricia introduced her to the practice. She has loved yoga since then and became an instructor in 2009. She teaches dynamic/ vinyasa flows, multilevel and sweaty classes. Maria has a 5 year old daughter, Flora, and they live in the town of Jardín, deep in the coffee cropped mountains of Colombia. In addition to yoga, Maria owns and operates a vegetarian restaurant, Destino Silvestre. Maria is thrilled to share her practice with you virtually.

Adrienne Watral

I started practicing yoga in September 2009 looking for a way to balance the stress of graduate school. I fell in love with it right away, as a way to get out of my overthinking brain and into my body. Four months later in January 2010 I shattered my L1 and L2 vertebrae in a snowboarding fall. Though I could not perform many (or any) of the postures to the full expression, I continued to get myself to yoga class daily while in a full body brace and wheelchair. I worked on the fundamentals: breathing, connecting with my body parts and contracting my muscles, mental focus. After six months I was practicing without a brace.

I went to teacher training in LA in the spring of 2011 and since graduating have taught yoga throughout the US and internationally, as well as continuing my education with additional 500 and 200 hour Yoga Alliance certifications.

I live here in Estes Park with my husband and 2 young daughters, and I'm so happy to be able to share the countless benefits of yoga with Estes Park.

Kathryn Conley

My yoga practice began about six years ago, when my mom took me to a class at a local studio hoping it would give me some tools to manage my stress. At the time, I didn't quite know why yoga made me feel the way it did, but I continued attending classes because of the sense of peace and belonging I felt on my mat. Today, my yoga practice offers me the space and tools to get to know myself better with each time I practice.

Yoga provides us with a unique opportunity to look inwards in the absence of external judgment, and to be soft with ourselves while challenging ourselves at the same time. Upon the completion of my 200-hour yoga teacher training at Bellingham Yoga Collective in 2021, I fell in love with creative sequencing and the subtle attention to energetics, alignment, and anatomy that goes into creating new sequences to share with others. In my classes, I hope to provide powerful and grounding sequences that offer students space to listen deeply and cultivate whatever it is that they may be needing. Off the mat, you can find me outside hiking, mountaineering, and jumping in all the chilliest alpine lakes.

Stacey Lei Krauss

Stacey Lei Krauss has been teaching fitness and yoga around the globe for over 20 years. She is also a teacher trainer and conference presenter. Her classes are dynamic and empowering – incorporating breathwork and moving meditation. She caters to students of all levels in her seasonal Estes Park classes, and whatever your background, you’re guaranteed a unique experience that your body, mind and spirit will never forget. stronglikesilk.com

Rachel Waters

Rachel has completed a 500 hour program that includes modern mental health science, in-depth study of anatomy and the fascia, women's health, and Traditional Chinese Medicine in addition to traditional yoga philosophy. She enjoys adding self-myofascial release, acupressure, and meditative movement into her classes, and also enjoys working individually with clients. Previously, she completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training in an alignment-focused program which required a 200 hour yoga immersion prior to enrollment. Her classes offer opportunities to grow in both strength and flexibility while also connecting to your own inner peace

Gillian Fitzgerald

My yoga practice began my freshman year of undergrad, when by chance I ended up in a semester-long Intro to Yoga Foundations course hosted by two local studio owners. To say that class changed my life is an understatement. In the winter of 2023, I found my commitment to my practice truly beginning to change. Living in the mountains of New Mexico in a town with a population of fewer than thirty, no cell service, and no wifi access-- yoga found me once again. As I began to tune inwards to myself, it became clear that yoga was to be a part of my life as consistent and intuitive as breathing or brushing my teeth. Currently, I am in the process of receiving my 200hr YTT online and eager to learn more, commit deeper to my practice, and to share it with others. When I'm not in the studio, you can find me playing with dirt and rocks in the National Park.

Diana Laughlin

Diana (Nanda Devi) Laughlin (she/her) has been teaching hatha yoga and meditation for 12 years and studies at the ShambhavAnanda School of Yoga, based in Boulder, CO. She teaches at upper level Yoga Teacher Trainings and leads mindfulness workshops at libraries, non-profits, and schools in Colorado. Her specialty is teaching special populations, such as people in recovery, at support groups, and older adults, with a focus on inclusivity. Diana earned a B.S. in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and is registered with Yoga Alliance as an experienced teacher and continuing education provider. She is a certified Meditation Teacher and she leads workshops for yoga teachers, with a focus on making yoga accessible for everyone.

Caryn Ling

Caryn has been teaching movement since 2008 when she was started teaching kickboxing. She went on to teach strength training, bootcamp, and cycling. In 2010 she decided to pursue yoga as a way to round out both her body and her teaching skills. Caryn found that physical movement combined with the philosophy of yoga provided a deeper understanding of both the body and the mind. Ah! a balance of moving and thinking....she knew she was on to something. She completed her teacher program in 2012 and then participated in a 10 month mentorship in therapeutic yoga. Caryn continues to explore as many different kinds of movement and yoga as she can including hiking, hooping, and climbing. Her main yogic influences are Hatha, Therapeutics, and Ashtanga. "Yoga for me comes down to balance: the balance of movement and stillness, the balance of doing and being, the balance of strength and flexibility. Yoga has taught me to value and appreciate what I can do now and get excited about what I have yet to learn. We never have to be done learning AND we can be content along the way."