Practice.
Understand.
Become.
Circle Yoga Shala is a contemplative school devoted to depth, integrity, and embodied wisdom — wherever you are.
The Shala was never the land.
It was always the practice.
For nearly two decades, Circle Yoga Shala called a stretch of Ozark Mountain land home — a campus of quiet forests, horses, movement, ritual, and community. Students entered that landscape and found themselves changed.
As we release the land to new stewards, the Shala continues in its truest form: as a lineage of teaching, a field of attention, and a way of orienting toward life.
What we offer now is not diminished by the absence of place. If anything, it has become more essential — a wisdom school that travels with its students, meeting them wherever the practice unfolds.
Meet the founders →
One school.
Four clear gateways.
Whether you are beginning gently or deepening a lifetime of practice, the Shala offers a coherent progression — from first steps to full stewardship.
Practice & Rhythm
Your home base. Accessible, consistent, grounded. A place to begin gently and return often.
- Practitioner's Circle Membership
- Yoga Foundations (6 weeks)
- Ayurveda Foundations (6–8 weeks)
- Inquiry Foundations
Wisdom & Understanding
Contemplative, timeless, and intellectually rich. These are not content products — they are enduring bodies of study.
- Yoga Wisdom Teachings
- The Wisdom Enneagram
- Esoteric Christianity
- Conscious Living (new)
Retreat & Transformation
Concentrated, sacred, life-changing experiences. Fewer offerings. Higher significance.
- Yoga on the Mountain
- Wellness on the Water
- Ayurvedic Cooking Retreats
- Spiritual Sobriety
Stewardship & Service
For those called to carry and transmit the work. Not merely certification — but transmission.
- 200-Hour YTT
- 300-Hour YTT
- MoveWise Certification
- Harmonious Living
Practitioner's
Circle
A home for practice, reflection, and community. The ongoing rhythm at the center of our school — warm, welcoming, and grounded in real life.
- Weekly live yoga classes
- On-demand practice library (4–6 months)
- Monthly satsang with guided theme
- Off-the-mat practices for daily life
- Community reflection & journal sharing
- Seasonal pop-up teachings
- 10% discount on all Study courses
Wisdom traditions for those who want to
see differently.
These are not courses in the conventional sense. They are guided contemplative experiences designed to shift worldview, deepen embodiment, and change the question you bring to life.
View all coursesYoga Wisdom Teachings
A contemplative study of the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra — two foundational texts woven into a singular 12-week journey for modern life.
The Wisdom Enneagram
Understand your conditioning, personality structure, and pathways toward conscious, awakened living.
Esoteric Christianity
Mysticism, symbolism, and the inner path of transformation — not theological, but deeply contemplative.
Retreats &
Transformational Gatherings
Fewer offerings. Higher significance. These are concentrated experiences designed not for escape, but for genuine encounter — with practice, with nature, and with yourself.
Yoga on the Mountain
A seasonal community celebration rooted in practice, nature, and the joy of gathering — communal, expansive, and deeply grounded.
Wellness on the Water
A broader wellness immersion — accessible, lifestyle-oriented, and celebrating the bounty of Arkansas's natural waterways.
Ayurvedic Cooking
Embodied nourishment through food wisdom, seasonal cooking, and the ancient science of living well. Intimate, hands-on, and deeply restorative.
Spiritual Sobriety
Intimate, courageous, deeply supported. An immersive cohort container for those ready to meet themselves honestly — and begin living from truth.
For those called to
carry the work forward.
Stewardship, transmission, and embodied leadership. Not merely certification — but the slow, rigorous preparation of someone ready to serve others through this path.
"Any space held or practice facilitated by Circle Yoga Shala is an indescribably special space — because of the authentic thought, love, and intention they bring to every single thing."
With over sixty years of combined practice and five decades of developing teachers, Matt and Holly have walked this path guided by a lineage of Master Teachers. For them, this is not profession — it is devotion.
Meet the teachers →Bring our complete, time-tested trainings to your community. We travel — and we make it easy.
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Wherever you are,
the work is possible.
The Shala is not a location. It is a lineage, a practice, a field of attention — and a way of becoming more human, more embodied, and more awake.