Sheila Thomas

Most of my life I have been physically active: I grew up showing horses, I was a regular at step class and spin class, I was up at 5 am for boot camp, I ran (not fast, but could go the distance). Then, about 15 years ago, I knew I needed something different, something less hard on my body after years of pounding the pavement, literally.  I had been reading about the benefits of yoga and decided to give it a try. From an exercise perspective, I was hooked right away and began a regular practice. However, it was not until I experienced two traumatic events within a single year that I began to really understand yoga and its ability to heal not only physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well. . I cannot overstate the value yoga has played in my health.

I initially went through yoga teacher training to enhance my personal practice. I never thought I would teach (let alone own an amazing studio with an equally amazing team of instructors), but the more you learn, the more yoga affects your life, and the more you want to share. I love it when a student begins to notice the changes in their body—they’re more flexible and stronger, and they become aware of how they react to life off the mat in a different calmer way. Yoga works magic!

After practicing and teaching Ashtanga and Vinyasa for many years again, my body was sending me clues that it needed something different, I had heard about a Brazilian Chiropractor named Francisco Kaiut whose method, little known in the states at the time, would be in Boulder for a workshop. My real job at the time was taking me to Denver quite a bit and I started adding extra time to my work trips to practice then to train with Francisco and his team in Boulder. 

After 300 hours of training with Francisco, I now primarily teach the Kaiut Yoga Method.