The Circle Yoga Shåla provides conditions that invite an influx of natural Grace by way of sensitive, honest, transparent, generous and passionate inquiry in the circle of authentic community.

We are a residential yoga school focused on consciously embodying the unbroken wholeness of existence by surrendering our lives into the rhythm of the natural order, working to support and nourish that order by living sustainably, and celebrating the kind of unparalleled opportunity for authentic evolution that this work offers.

The Circle Yoga Shåla is a transformational school which employs the techniques of classical Hatha Yoga as inquiries into the multidimensional structure of the human being, and particularly its inherent tendency to function mechanically, without a felt connection to action, emotional response, and thinking.

As a transformational school, we are first and foremost about waking up. The training we provide clarifies and reinforces the occasional, natural disposition in which one is consciously immersed in a felt connection with actuality. By way of simple, relevant work in nature, the opportunity to communicate openly in the mirror of authentic relationship with others, and the steady practice of classical techniques, we invite the student to return to that disposition, and eventually remain in it, regardless of activity, environment change, emotional upheaval, and so on.

Circle Yoga Shåla is surrounded by a National Forest and is part of a 25 acre working homestead located on Shiloh “Peace” Mountain in the Ozarks. On the property is a mature fruit orchard, a small grape vineyard, more than 1/2 acre beyond organic gardens, pasture land, and walking trails.