Meet Summer! She grew up In Colorado Springs, CO, and after graduating high school moved straight to Nashville, TN to pursue a songwriting and music career (fun fact: you can find her songs on Spotify and iTunes!). It was there she also dove deep into her yoga practice. After spending 11 years in Nashville, Summer realized she was ready to start a new journey and get out of the city's hustle. She chose Taos, NM to be closer to family and because of the skiing. She thought she'd be in Taos only a short while...buuut ended up staying. She has now lived in Taos for seven years.
Summer has been practicing yoga for the past 15 years and teaching since 2018.
In November 2020--a time when the world shut down--she felt called to open a yoga studio, which has now become In Tune Yoga. "Not only was there this crazy pandemic," she says, "but 3 weeks after signing the lease on the studio, I also found out I was pregnant!" She says she's grateful she found this out after
the fact she started her studio, because if she knew she was having her first baby, In Tune Yoga may not have came to be! She was also working as a full time restaurant manager at the time she opened her studio. "I had no investors, no business partners; I just had a little bit of savings sitting in a bank account from years of bartending that I decided to do something with. The timing wasn't ideal with the pandemic and all, but Covid made me realize maybe the timing is never
right; sometimes you just have to take the risk! We can't always know what's coming tomorrow. I chose to invest in myself and my dreams."
Although it was risky to open an in-person studio in the height of a global pandemic, it had been Summer's dream for over two years, and she wasn't about to let the opportunity slip away. "The opportunity came and I thought if I didn't grab it, someone else might! And/or I might not get the chance again. I truly believe we're never thrown anything we can't handle," Summer says, "so I pushed forth with plans and started teaching classes right away! At first it was just me teaching classes, but eventually we started adding other teachers to the staff who have become the heart of what we do, along with our students. I am in awe of the spirits we have attracted in our teachers and students." She also saw the big picture of people wanting to come together in studios again at some
point; the build-it-and-they-will-come mentality. She wants to do her part to help raise the vibrations in herself, her family, her community, and the planet. Yoga is where she finds opportunities to do just that.
Why "In Tune Yoga"? Summer likes the idea of people being "in tune" with themselves, their inner power, intuition, and the universe as much as possible. She likes to push people physically in their yoga practice. In Tune Yoga is the studio for those who want and need yoga in their lives; for those who crave doing something good for their physical and mental self, all while coming together with other wonderful good vibin' souls of the Taos community and the visitors to our sweet town.
Summer believes in living your life in a balance that makes your soul feel good. Join us. We look forward to meeting the magic that is you and guiding you in your yoga practice!