08/23/2026
Eight years of Zia.
A yoga studio is an unusual thing to measure in years.
Its life is really measured in practices.
In doors opened early in the morning.
Mats rolled in a circle around the mandala altar.
Conversations before class.
Long savasanas.
Teachers sharing what they have learned.
Students returning again and again.
When I opened Zia in 2018, I had a big vision for what this place could become. Eight years have given that vision more texture than I ever could have imagined.
We’ve grown. Closed our doors. Practiced through computer screens. Reopened. Flooded. Moved. Rebuilt. Begun again and again.
And through all of it, you kept showing up.
Somewhere along the way, Zia became far more than the business plan I wrote in 2018.
It became the person who walked through our doors nervous about their first yoga class and eventually found their place in the circle.
The teacher who discovered their voice here.
The friendships formed in the lobby.
The classes we took outside when inside wasn't possible.
The money we've raised for organizations doing important work in our community.
The conversations that have challenged us to think more deeply about who wellness serves and who has historically been left outside of it.
Building Zia has changed me, too. Eight years later, I’m clearer about what I want this place to stand for: yoga rooted in its teachings, practice that welcomes real human bodies and lives, and a community that cares deeply about one another and the world beyond our walls.
There is still so much I want to build here. And lately, I can feel that sense of possibility growing again.
Eight years in, the doors still open. The mats still gather around the mandala. We breathe together. We practice. And we keep becoming.
Thank you for being part of this story. ❤️
— Kristin
