Colleen Nyland

My yoga practice began as a supplement to dance and eventually grew to a love of the practice itself and beyond the asana practice. Already a hot pilates instructor, after earning my 200RYT, I began teaching power vinyasa, yin, hot hatha and yoga sculpt. I found inspiration for my personal practice in my first Rocket class and eventually sought additional opportunities to take more classes. Realizing Rocket offerings were limited in my community and many others I knew wanted to see this style offered, I decided to attend Rocket teaching training to learn more about the practice and possibly share it with my yoga community.

In 2022, I traveled twice to London for Rocket teacher training with Leon London after developing a regular practice via online classes. I continue to practice and grow with the global yoga community I gained from this training and regularly teach Rocket in the Chicagoland area. I have since established a regular Mysore style Ashtanga practice with Mysore Chicago Yoga and started my 500 hour advanced teacher training with Yoga Now.

My teaching style emphasizes mindfulness and patience with progressions into challenging poses and incorporates conditioning from my background in pilates and dance. I hope to inspire students as they inspire me and help the Rocket community in the Chicagoland area grow.