A Wisdom School

Practice.
Understand.
Become.

Circle Yoga Shala is a contemplative school devoted to depth, integrity, and embodied wisdom — wherever you are.

Yoga practice in nature
Ozark Mountains, Arkansas
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The Shala was never the land.
It was always the practice.

For nearly two decades, Circle Yoga Shala called a stretch of Ozark Mountain land home — a campus of quiet forests, horses, movement, ritual, and community. Students entered that landscape and found themselves changed.

As we release the land to new stewards, the Shala continues in its truest form: as a lineage of teaching, a field of attention, and a way of orienting toward life.

What we offer now is not diminished by the absence of place. If anything, it has become more essential — a wisdom school that travels with its students, meeting them wherever the practice unfolds.

Meet the founders →

One school.
Four clear gateways.

Whether you are beginning gently or deepening a lifetime of practice, the Shala offers a coherent progression — from first steps to full stewardship.

01
Begin

Practice & Rhythm

Your home base. Accessible, consistent, grounded. A place to begin gently and return often.

  • Practitioner's Circle Membership
  • Beneath the Noise Audio
  • Foundations Courses (Coming soon)
Begin with us →
02
Study

Wisdom & Understanding

Contemplative, timeless, and intellectually rich. These are not content products — they are enduring bodies of study.

  • Yoga Wisdom Teachings
  • The Wisdom Enneagram
  • Esoteric Christianity
  • Lost Ways of Knowing Podcast
Study with us →
03
Immerse

Retreat & Transformation

Concentrated, sacred, life-changing experiences. Fewer offerings. Higher significance.

  • Yoga on the Mountain
  • Wellness on the Water
  • Ayurvedic Cooking Retreats
  • Spiritual Sobriety
Immerse →
04
Lead

Stewardship & Service

For those called to carry and transmit the work. Not merely certification — but transmission.

  • Foundational 200-Hour YTT
  • Advanced 300-Hour YTT
  • MoveWise Biomechanical Certification
  • Harmonious Living Ayurvedic Certification
Train with us →
The Newsletter

Stay in the practice.

Essays, teachings, and what's happening at the Shala — delivered to your inbox.

The Heart of
the Shala

The ongoing rhythm at the center of our school — warm, welcoming, and grounded in real life.

✦ Founding Member Waitlist is now open

Practitioner's Circle

A home for practice, reflection, and community. Not a class. Not a course. A place to return to — again and again.

Yoga Practice Live Teaching Satsang
Aug 30 launch
Join waitlist→
Wisdom in your pocket — Holly Krepps

Beneath the Noise

Bite-sized contemplative teachings — deliberately doable and digestible, even for the busiest of people.

Audio 10-20 min lessons Contemplative
$12.99 monthly
Sign up →
Coming soon!

Yoga and Ayurveda Foundations Course

An invitation to begin (or return to) the path of yoga and Ayurveda through essential teachings.

Foundational Yoga Practice Ayurveda

Wisdom traditions for those who want to
see differently.

These courses are designed to shift worldview, deepen embodiment, and inform the questions you bring to life.

✦ Free Podcast — Matt Krepps

Lost Ways of Knowing Podcast

A basic history of the Indian traditions at the heart of modern yoga — 24 free episodes. Start here before enrolling in a course.

24 Episodes 5 Seasons Free
Free
Listen →
Flagship Course — Matt Krepps

Yoga Wisdom Teachings

A contemplative study of the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra — two foundational texts woven into a singular 18-week journey for modern life.

18 Weeks Pre-Recorded Philosophy
$108 · $197 · Bundle
Enroll →
Self Study — Matt and Holly Krepps

The Wisdom Enneagram

Understand your conditioning, personality structure, and pathways toward conscious, awakened living.

Self-Paced Inquiry
7-Week Course

Esoteric Christianity

Mysticism, symbolism, and the inner path of transformation — not theological, but deeply contemplative.

7 Weeks Mysticism

Retreats &
Transformational Containers

Fewer offerings. Higher significance. These are concentrated experiences designed not for escape, but for genuine encounter — with practice, with nature, and with yourself.

Yoga on the Mountain
Annual Festival · 4 Days

Yoga on the Mountain

A seasonal community celebration rooted in practice, nature, and the joy of gathering — communal, expansive, and deeply grounded.

from $370 general admission
Learn more →
Wellness on the Water
Annual Retreat · 3 Days

Wellness on the Water

A broader wellness immersion — accessible, lifestyle-oriented, and celebrating the bounty of Arkansas's natural waterways.

from $249 general admission
Learn more →
Ayurvedic Cooking Retreat
Intimate Retreat · 3 Days

Ayurvedic Cooking

Embodied nourishment through food wisdom, seasonal cooking, and the ancient science of living well. Intimate, hands-on, and deeply restorative.

from $625 includes meals
Learn more →
Holly's Signature program · 12 Months

Spiritual Sobriety

Intimate, courageous, deeply supported. An immersive cohort container for those ready to meet themselves honestly — and begin living from truth.

$3k–$9k
Apply for next cohort →

"Any space held or practice facilitated by Circle Yoga Shala is an indescribably special space — because of the authentic thought, love, and intention they bring to every single thing."

— Cortney McMoran, CYS Graduate
M&H
Matthew & Holly Krepps — Founders

With over sixty years of combined practice and five decades of developing teachers, Matt and Holly have walked this path guided by a lineage of Master Teachers. For them, this is not profession — it is devotion.

Meet the teachers →
Host CYS at Your Studio

Bring our complete, time-tested trainings to your community. We travel — and we make it easy.

Inquire about hosting →
The Shala Way

Wherever you are,
the work is possible.

The Shala is not a location. It is a lineage, a practice, a field of attention — and a way of becoming more human, more embodied, and more awake.