The Sweaty Buddha

09/09/2025

Yoga Pose Highlight ✨Featuring Lawrence! ✨: Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II) 🌿

Warrior II is a grounding posture that builds strength, stability, and focus while standing in our power 💥like a warrior. It reminds us to root deeply while expanding fully — a balance of strength and grace.

✨ Benefits:
• Strengthens legs, glutes, and core
• Opens the hips and chest
• Builds stamina and focus
• Improves balance and stability
• Energizes the body while calming the mind

🧘 How to Practice:
1. Step your feet wide apart, grounding evenly through both feet. Land with heels underneath wrists.
2. Turn your front toes forward and back foot slightly inward.
3. Bend your front knee over the ankle, stacking knee and heel.
4. Extend arms long at shoulder height, gaze over front fingertips. Relax shoulders.
5. Press into the outer edge of the back foot as you root down and lift through the crown of your head. Lean upper body back to open the cavity of the chest. 🩷

🌸 Modifications:
• Place hands on hips if shoulders feel tense.
• Shorten your stance to reduce strain on the hips or knees.
• Rest your back heel against a wall for extra grounding.
• For more support, sit on a chair, or begin from table top keeping posture low to the earth. 🌎

💡 Remember: it’s not about how deep you go, but how steady and present you feel in the pose.

09/09/2025

Our water cooler 💦 is currently out of commission! Please bring water from home or fill from sink. 🚿

We’re hoping to get this issue respired soon but apologize for any inconvenience! 🙏🏼

09/08/2025

Sunday Sweat ✨- Join us this month every Sunday for Sweat Education! 📖

Did you know sweat is your body’s natural detox and built in health system? 💦 When you heat up and move, you’re not just working muscles — you’re flushing out toxins, clearing pores, and boosting circulation. Sweating in hot yoga supports your immune system, hydrates your skin from the inside out, and keeps your body functioning at its best.

When we flow in the heat, your body is doing so much more than just cooling you down:
✨ Detoxification – Sweat helps flush out impurities, supporting healthy kidneys + skin.
✨ Boosted Circulation – Heat and movement improve blood flow, bringing more oxygen + nutrients to your muscles.
✨ Stronger Heart + Lungs – Sweating in the heat challenges your cardiovascular system, building stamina and resilience.
✨ Glowing Skin – Sweat clears your pores and promotes a natural glow from the inside out.
✨ Temperature Regulation – Training your body to sweat in a safe, supportive environment makes you more resilient in daily life.

🔥 In hot yoga, every drop of sweat is a sign that your body is working, strengthening, and restoring. Trust your sweat — it’s healing you from the inside out!

Join us on your mat this week and experience the physical benifits of hot yoga for yourself! 📿

09/04/2025

Are you feeling the nudge to dive deeper into the teachings of Yoga? Do you love your practice and want more? 🤍

Yoga isn’t just something we learn — it’s something we remember. 🌱

We’re excited to share that our friends at Anu Yoga School, right here in Durango, are moving into their 8th year of offering Yoga Teacher Training programs. 💟📿🔮

Read testimonials from past graduates! ⬇️

“I have completed not one but two of Sarah Klein’s Yoga Teacher Training programs. If that isn’t a testimony, I want to share how transformative and fruitful these programs have been for me. I did my first training in 2021, primarily to build a personal practice. This program truly ignited my practice, which continued to deepen until early 2024, when I decided to add another 200 hours to my certification, aiming to become a teacher.

The knowledge and experience I gained from Sarah Klein and K-Lea Gifford deepened my practice and transformed me. Whether you want to become a teacher or feel you have a solid personal practice, having skilled instructors like Sarah and K-Lea observe your practice over time is invaluable.

I’ve suffered from chronic pain throughout my life, and their keen eyes helped me identify patterns and twists in my body causing the pain. Their guidance has immensely improved my ability to manage my pain.

After completing the 2024 program, I began teaching, and it’s been incredibly rewarding. The inspiration from Sarah, K-Lea, and the incredible guest teachers they bring in is unparalleled. Their curriculum is more organized and comprehensive than any course I took in college. I’ve known Sarah and K-Lea for four years now, and they are not only incredible role models and kind individuals but also hugely important to the Yoga community in Durango.”

— Catie Marqua

09/03/2025

Teacher Highlight: Kimberly Washburn ❤️

We are beyond grateful to celebrate Kimberly as our September Teacher of the Month! ✨

With over 23 years of yoga practice, Kimberly brings so much wisdom, experience, and kindness into our community. She is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, a long-time studio owner, and a teacher whose path has been shaped by deep study with Joseph LePage and Shiva Rea. 📿

Her journey has woven through teaching kids, high school students, and adults alike — always emphasizing safety, alignment, and the joy of creative flow. 💟

Since moving to Durango three years ago, Kimberly and her husband Steve have fully immersed themselves in the Sweaty Buddha family, and we feel so lucky to have her light in our community.

Drop a 💛 in the comments to help us celebrate Kimberly this month!

09/03/2025

We have extended our Early Bird Special 🦅 for our upcoming Buddhas on Bikes Retreat for ONE WEEK!

Join us this October in Moab, UT for a weekend of community, biking and yoga! Visit our website under “Retreats” for more details. 💕💟❤️

*Sample schedule and subject to change 🔮

09/02/2025

We want to give a warm welcome to the newest member or our TSB teaching staff, Ellen! 🌾🌝Ellen has been a dedicated member of our community, has worked her way through our Mentorship program and has been teaching for over a decade! She will be teaching every other Sunday Hot Vinyasa at 8am. 💕💟

Here’s a little bit more about Ellen! ⬇️

Ellen’s yoga journey began at 18, in her basement, with a bunch of Shiva Rea DVD’s. She was instantly taken by the fluidity of movement and the seamlessness of sequence from one posture to the next. It soon became clear how transformative a moving meditation could be. The healing benefits of her yoga practice started to transcend the physical movement. There was a stillness of mind that was palpable.

Ellen received her 200-hour certification in Denver, Colorado in 2013. For the last 12 years she has taught all over the country and has immense gratitude for the array of mentors, teachers, and students she has met along the way. All of whom have inspired her to create a distinctive blend of music, movement, and sweat in each of her classes. Come and take Ellen’s class and get out of the busyness that is your mind!

09/02/2025

Buddhas on Bikes Retreat • October 9th–12th, Moab, UT ✨

We’re so excited to gather in the red rock desert this fall — and we’ve got good news: our early bird special has been extended by ONE WEEK! 🕊️

This retreat blends yoga, community, and adventure — but you don’t need to be a pro biker to join us! 🚴‍♀️💛
✨ We’ll have bike rides for all levels and meet you exactly where you’re at.
✨ Don’t own a bike? Rentals are available in Moab.
✨ Not into biking? No problem — explore the hikes or relax by the pool at our Airbnb oasis.

Whether you come for the yoga, the rides, the hikes, or simply the space to recharge, this retreat is all about connection and joy. 🌞

📅 October 9th–12th, 2025
📍 Moab, UT
💌 Early bird pricing extended — don’t wait to save your spot!

Rejuvenate your mind, body, & soul.Daily Hot Yoga classes in Durango, Colorado Start today and get your first month of unlimited classes for $39. Must be purchased at the studio - in person. Our commitment to you…The Sweaty Buddha is a home for both new and seasoned practitioners alike. We offer a...

09/02/2025

We are incredibly honored and excited to have joining us at The Sweaty Buddha for an evening of healing, relaxation and music magic. 🪄🔮📿

Join us: Friday September 19th 7:30-8:45pm
Investment: $50

Learn more ⬇️

My first sound journey took me to a desert landscape with visuals of an old man on a foot journey with a long white beard wearing a robe using a walking staff with temple bells chiming with each step he took. The same journey took me to a far off temple in the mountains of China. Sound Journey’s are for groups who wish to experience entrainment into stable positive vibrations using sacred instruments as a tool to transcend the monkey mind. Entraining into stable frequencies of harmony through an enchanted earth and sky domain brings us to a state of creativity born from the natural state of being untainted by the normal busy flow of thoughts we are patterned into.

Ceibo Sounds uses instruments such as Himalayan Crystal Quartz singing bowls; Tibetan Singing bowls as well as instruments from Africa, Peru and many meditation droned instruments from India. Through the use of a traveling temple Ceibo made from driftwood collected at a local river mouth in Nosara, Costa Rica, Ceibo offers mystical sound journey’s to yoga retreats, festivals, ceremonies and private groups throughout Costa Rica. An altar is also set up on the rustic temple with incense and symbols of mediation. Sat Yoga Ashram shares their experience with a recent Ceibo Sound Journey in this beautiful mountain Ashram near Dominical, Costa Rica.

08/31/2025

✨ Post-Traumatic Growth Workshop✨

Want to bring improved mental health, cultivate nervious system stress awareness and apply yogic tools, techniques and principles into your yoga practice? 🧘🏽 Let’s go deeper!

Post-traumatic growth is the positive psychological shift that becomes possible after moving through distress or trauma.

Join Emily Riggs, Certified Yoga Therapist, Licensed Addiction Counselor, and Social Worker, for a special workshop blending ancient yogic wisdom with modern nervous system science to help you reconnect with resilience and reawaken your authentic essence. 🌿

📍 The Sweaty Buddha Studio
🗓 Saturday, Nov 8 | 1–3 PM
💸 $25

✨ Register now through MindBody

More about Emily ⬇️

Emily has recently completed my 800 hours of training to become a Certified Yoga Therapist through Michele Lawrence and Inner Peace YT. She has completed extensive training with Ruby Jo Walker and the Southwest Trauma Training on working with the nervous system. She is working with folks virtually, through Seshio, to offer mental health, somatic therapy, and yoga therapy group and individual services.

Her specialty is Yoga for Posttraumatic Growth (Nervous System healing & capacity building).

08/31/2025

Join us this weekend for a FREE Workshop for Therapists + Practitioners! ✨

Your practice doesn’t have to drain you. 💧
It can fill your heart and your cup.

Join us for The Energetics of a Soul-Led Therapeutic Practice — an experiential workshop designed to help you reimagine service as inspiring, enlivening, and deeply sustainable. 🌿

📍 The Sweaty Buddha, Durango
🗓 Sept 6th | 1–3 PM
💸 Free

More about Leif ⬇️

I got my hands in the dirt, literally, working as a wilderness therapy field guide for 9 years. Through thousands of days of walking the desert, sitting in circles, being with the depths and heights of the human experience, I learned what it means to stay with myself while also being of the deepest service to my clients.

I received further training through the rigorous 4-yr certification program at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, which combines transpersonal psychology and deep study of developmental trauma, with the energetic underpinnings of the human psyche. There I was evoked into my deepest longing: to be immersed in the unfolding poiesis of life that can only be felt, only be experienced. The combination of emotion, thought, sensation, and mystery into which we are moved.

I also sit as a guide in Rites of Passage ceremonies whose form originated (in the West) at the School of Lost Borders. This work moves in the same circles as the desert, slowly blowing sand from the high cliffs until the freedom of each grain reaches our own bodies.

I see clients in Durango, CO and remotely.

08/31/2025

Congratulations to this months most attended TSB 🔥 classes goes to Brooke L. And Trevor W. With a tie of 19 classes each! Nice work you two! ❤️🧡💛

We had a total of 1750 students drop in to take classes with us this month, what are you waiting for?!