A Wisdom School. Traveling Yoga and Ayurveda certifications. Online courses.
We offer exquisite in-person programs that enhance longevity, vitality and personal evolution. Our offerings include
RYT200
RYT500
Visheshya: Performance Training
Yoga Therapy Training
“Lost Ways of Knowing” podcast
Affiliate Yoga School
Ayurveda Cooking Foundations
“Yoga in Action” Quarterly Magazine
Enneagram Course
Seva
Retreats
04/12/2026
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali wasn't written for experts. You don’t need to be “advanced” to study it.
It was written for people who want to understand:
🪷 What the mind is doing
🪷 Why we get stuck in patterns
🪷 And how attention can be refined in a way that leads to clarity
Matt's course on the Yoga Sutra isn't about memorizing terms.
It’s about helping see more clearly and letting your practice evolve into something deeper and more meaningful.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re missing a piece in your Yoga practice, this course is where things start to come together. 🌀
We begin April 22. 🍃
Come as you are. Bring your curiosity.
Go to the link in bio to join.
04/11/2026
“Matt's body of knowledge is mind-blowing. But it’s not just knowledge to Matt. It’s passion.
Matt is passionate about what we can learn from the ancient past that makes us better humans today.” – Marsha
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There’s a difference between information…and something that actually changes how you see.
For Matt, the Yoga Sutra isn’t just a collection of ideas. It’s a way of understanding the mind.
🪷 A way of refining attention.
🪷 A way of becoming more honest, more clear, more human.
And when it’s taught well, it doesn’t feel distant or abstract.
It feels immediate. Relevant. Alive in your own experience. 🍃
That’s always the intention behind this work.
Not just to share knowledge —
but to bring these teachings into a form that can actually be lived.
Because what the ancient tradition offers isn’t outdated.
It’s precise. 🔥
If you’re ready to learn what Yoga was always meant to teach, this is your invitation.
The Yoga Sutra course with Matt begins April 22. Go to the link in bio to join today.
04/10/2026
There’s a reason the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is still being studied.
It gives the answers most people are quietly seeking:
🍃 What is Yoga?
🍃 What is Yoga for?
🍃 How do you practice in a way that is authentic?
If you’ve ever felt unclear about your practice…
If you’ve sensed there’s something deeper than movement and breath…
If you’ve wanted to understand Yoga in a way that actually makes sense…
this is where those answers live. 🪷
The Yoga Sutra provides a system that was designed to lead somewhere very specific:
🌀 Clarity.
🌀 Discernment.
🌀 Freedom from confusion about the mind and the self.
The problem is, most people never get access to these teachings in a way that’s clear, grounded, and applicable.
And that’s exactly why Matt created the "Yoga Sutra" course.
It’s a beginner-friendly, structured introduction to the Yoga Sutra — taught in a way that stays true to the original framework, while making it relatable to how we actually practice today.
You’ll learn many things, but at its core, this course isn’t about adding more information. It’s about finally understanding what you’ve been doing on the mat — and why it matters.
Enrollment is now open.
We begin April 22.
Go to link in bio to join.
04/09/2026
If your Yoga practice is about touching your toes, it will eventually fail you.
If it’s about getting stronger, more flexible, more capable in your body…it will eventually fail you.
Not because those things aren’t valuable — they are.
Strength matters. Mobility matters. Health matters.
But they can’t be the only thing guiding your practice.
Over time, the body changes.
Injury happens.
Energy shifts.
Age does what age does.
And eventually, every posture you’ve worked toward will no longer be available in the same way.
So, the question becomes: What is your practice giving you that doesn’t fade away? 🪷
In the Classical Yoga tradition, posture was never the end goal.
Rather, posture was a tool, a way to steady the system, refine attention, and begin to understand the mind.
If wisdom isn’t being cultivated through practice,
if your relationship to yourself isn’t changing,
if your way of seeing isn’t evolving…
Then practice will feel incomplete at some point.
Not wrong — just incomplete.
Yoga was always meant to lead somewhere deeper than the body.
And when you understand that, the body becomes part of something much more meaningful.
If this resonates and you want to dive deeper, Matt's Yoga Sutra course was created just for you.
And it starts soon: April 22.
Registration is open at the link in bio.
04/08/2026
"I’ve been practicing for over 30 years. What changed everything wasn’t a new pose.
It was understanding what yoga is actually aiming for. That’s what I teach."
04/07/2026
Before students come study with us, they are often carrying a quiet confusion about what Yoga is actually leading toward.
🪷 Is it physical?
🪷 Is it mental?
🪷 Is it spiritual?
Or is it… whatever you want it to be?
This confusion is understandable.
In many settings, Yoga is taught without the philosophical framework it comes from. The practices are there — posture, breath, meditation — but the why behind them is often missing.
And without that framework, practice can become disconnected from its roots… and no longer aim at what it was originally designed for.
But there is a clear answer — maybe you just haven’t been shown it yet.
Even a small understanding the ancient Yoga Sutras can change everything. It brings clarity. It gives direction. And it allows practice to unfold with purpose.
This is why we created this course: to make the Yoga Sutra accessible and relatable, without diluting its original message.
We begin April 22. 🗓
Join us. You can now sign up now at the link in bio. 🔗
04/07/2026
Sunrise yoga at the waterfall??? Let’s do it!
We’re beyond excited to announce that Circle Yoga Shala will be leading sunrise yoga sessions by the waterfall each morning during our Women’s Trip at J3 at the Gap.
As an internationally accredited school of integrative yogic studies, Circle Yoga Shala is devoted to cultivating awareness, resilience, and true mind-body connection.
Wellness. Relaxation. Sisterhood. And a space to reconnect—with yourself and each other. ✨
04/04/2026
If you’ve been following along these last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed something…
Yoga, as it’s described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, is very different from how it’s often taught today. 🧘♀️
It’s not just about postures.
It’s not just about breath.
It's not’s not about becoming a better version of yourself.
It’s about understanding the nature of your own mind 🧠
And becoming free from the patterns that keep you stuck.
This is what the practice is actually pointing toward. 🌀
Matt's 'Yoga Sutra' Course will unpack the teachings step by step in a way that’s clear, grounded, and directly applicable to your experience.
No background in philosophy needed. 👩🎓
Just curiosity—and a sense that there’s more to yoga than what you’ve been shown.
If that resonates, we’d love to have you join us 🙏
Doors are open now. The course begins April 22.
👉 Sign up at the link in bio.
04/03/2026
Pain is not a punishment. It’s information. 🪷
The body is, in many ways, a humble servant to the mind. It responds to what we ask of it—whether that’s movement, stillness, repetition, intensity, or even neglect.
Day after day, it organizes itself around our habits, our goals, and our demands, doing its best to keep up with whatever we place upon it.
And for a long time, it will.
It will find ways to accomplish every task, every desire, even if it's not sustainable. It gives itself to the direction of the mind—quietly, consistently, and without resistance.
Until it can’t.
Pain is often the moment where that relationship needs to shift.
Not as a form of punishment, but as a form of communication. 📣
Pain is a signal that something in the system is no longer working as it has been. A request for attention, for adjustment, for a different kind of support.
Pain is how the body is asking the mind to pause, to listen, and to respond differently.
And yet, so often, we do the opposite. We push through. We override. We try to fix the symptom without understanding the pattern that created it.
But pain is not the enemy. It tells us where there is too much demand, where there is not enough support, and where the body is no longer able to carry on in the same way.
The real work is not to silence pain, but to understand it and respond to it intelligently.
✨ If you’re ready to understand pain differently—and learn how to work with it in a skillful, informed way—this is one of the many things we explore inside MoveWise.
The program begins this June in St. Louis at Empowered Spaces.
Sign up at the link in bio.
04/02/2026
Maybe nothing is missing.
Maybe nothing needs to be added.
Just a quiet unraveling of what’s in the way… ✨
04/02/2026
A lot of people come to Yoga searching for something real… 🪷
and end up feeling confused and dissatisfied.
You learn the poses.
You hear words like “presence” and “union.”
But no one ever clearly tells you:
What is Yoga actually leading to? 🍃
If you’ve ever felt that… you’re not alone.
And more importantly—know that there is an answer.
The Yoga Sutra was written to answer exactly that question over 2,000 years ago.
Not as theory. Not as inspiration.
But as a clear, structured path toward freedom from confusion, from ego-centeredness, from the constant noise of the mind.
The 'Yoga Sutra' course led by Matthew Krepps is for you if you’ve felt:
✨ Like there’s more to Yoga than movement—but you don't know where or how to access it
✨ Curious about the Yoga Sutra, but overwhelmed or unsure how to apply it
✨ Frustrated by surface-level teachings that leave out the depth
✨ Called to understand yourself more honestly and clearly
Over the course of 10 lessons, Matt walks you through the Sutra in a way that is grounded, accessible, and true to its roots.
🌀 To help you see differently.
🌀 To understand your mind.
🌀 To understand what gets in the way.
And to begin practicing Yoga as it was intended. 🕊️
If something in you has been asking for clarity—this is where you start.
Enrollment is now open at the link in bio. ✨
03/31/2026
Ayurveda is often misunderstood. 😵
It can look rigid, complicated, or restrictive from the outside — but at its core, it’s a system built on observation, rhythm, and relationship. 🌀
Many of the teachings are simple. The challenge (and the practice) is learning how to apply them in a way that fits your life.
Sometimes clearing misconceptions is the first step.
If you’re interested in exploring these ideas in a more practical, hands-on way, we’ll be gathering for an Ayurvedic Cooking Retreat 🥕 this June at — cooking together, tasting as food evolves, and learning directly through experience. 👨🍳
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Circle Yoga Shala is a School for Yoga, Creative Movement, and Self-Inquiry in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains. We are a Member School of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and a registered school with the National Yoga Alliance.
At the heart of all we do is contemplation, self-observation, and service.
We offer yoga teacher trainings in our 200-hour, 500-hour, and 800-hour Professional Yoga Therapy programs. We teach principles and methods that are grounded in somatic inquiry, and not inherently limited to a style of practice. To take a posture that is filled with one’s attention, ‘sensing’ what is happening (seeing and recognizing rather than thinking about), and then responding intelligently is to move with reality rather than projecting onto it. This somatic inquiry is taught in asana (movement and stillness), in meditation (sitting and walking), and in a felt relationship to the three centers: head, heart, and gut. This method lays the foundation for self-inquiry and contemplation.
Join our Seva program available each June for an opportunity to immerse in practice, community and nature without enrolling in a formal teacher training.
We also specialize in developing movement strategies from the simple to the complex to the spontaneous. We work with professional athletes and are consultants on Team Slukova' and Hermannova', Czech Republic's Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball team.
The philosophical basis for our teaching comes from 'East meets West': the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Pancha Maya Model, the Five Elements, the Kleshas, the Gunas, Ayurveda, and the Enneagram, as well as evolutionary theory, neuroscience and bio-mechanics, and Integral Psychology.
The school is also a living farm. The property consists of approximately 1/2 acre organic vegetable gardens, edible flowers and herbs, an orchard, chickens and horses. The Shala is an approved farm with the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Organization, WWOOF.
We focus on sustainability practices, including composting and water conservation. Life here is a living example of the inter-connectedness of all things.
All meals are served in part from the farm and constructed with an understanding of Ayurveda, and the most current scientifically backed practices in nutrition.
We can accommodate up to 20 people residentially at the Shala for scheduled activities only. There are spaces available for couples.
