Hello! My name is Toni Spruell, pronouns she/her. While thriving during breast cancer for much of 2016, I would gaze at an old, unused garage in my backyard. It felt like there was some kind of healing reverberating from that space. It would be years, but my family and I completed construction on that building we nicknamed 'The Yoga Shack' in 2019. My dream was to create a space that my family could enjoy but also felt inclusive and welcoming to new ideas, classes, and other community offerings while remaining donation-based. I'm a longtime Colorado certified classroom and PE teacher along with being a RYT 500 (registered yoga teacher) and I’ve been leading kids yoga in schools, on farms, and other public spaces in Fort Collins since 2013. I deeply believe in learning from people around me, living a life filled with joy and gratitude, while also questioning societal norms that seem to be widely accepted. My privilege has allowed me to miss and perpetuate the cultural appropriation, racism, ableism, and fatphobia that has been happening in many western yoga spaces for far too long. I am failing forward everyday. A yoga practice IS a practice in social justice. These feelings inform and guide my practice and teaching which is focused on honoring the roots of yoga while providing a space for kids and teens to better connect to themselves and their surroundings. I have since sold my beloved first studio space and expanded into play-based craft and yoga summer camps, but the name has stuck!

 

About our classes

 

The Yoga Shack offers small group, registration-required, kids play/craft/yoga classes. We now rent spaces from schools, non-profits, other camps, etc. to infuse our local economy and to keep overhead costs lower. All classes are listed on our Classes/Camps page. If our suggested full price options don't fit your budget, send us an email. Families can utilize one (1) partial/full scholarship per year! We meet kids where they are at- practicing autonomy within community is one of our main themes. We invite kids to choose what feels right for them and we facilitate and practice loads of nervous system regulation. We honor all eight limbs of yoga through play and asanas (poses) are just ONE of those limbs! Want to know more about each class? Read the class descriptions OR go back to our home page and scroll down to see an example of our class itinerary.

 

Questions? Concerns? Just ask!