About Us
The Why
The Denver Yoga Summit exists because we believe two things deeply.
Everyone deserves to feel like they belong in yoga. And yoga belongs in every part of life, not just on the mat.
Most people experience yoga as a fitness class and never discover it's a complete way of living. And too many people walk into yoga spaces feeling like they don't quite fit. We exist to change both of those things.
When someone arrives at the Summit, we want them to feel immediately that their presence matters. When they leave, we want them carrying something real: a felt sense of connection to themselves and the people around them, and more tools to live yoga in their daily lives.
Every teacher we invite, every space we create, the music, the marketplace, the seva, the setting at Chatfield Farms: all of it serves two moments. Belonging and becoming.
The Commitment
We believe yoga is more than shapes on a mat. It's a practice for how you speak to your kids when you're exhausted. How you handle conflict at work. How you move through grief, joy, and the ordinary Tuesday in between.
The Summit brings students, teachers, studio owners, and community leaders together to explore that fuller version of yoga. Not to perform it. To live it.
As Heard on Mile High Living
The Denver Yoga Summit didn't start as an event idea. It started with a question: what would it look like if yoga actually shaped how we live — not just how we move? Brittany sat down with Mile High Living to talk about that question, and the community forming around it.
Mile High Living Denver Yoga Sumit interview
Founder & Director
Brittany Hopkins Switlick has been a devoted student of yoga since 2004 and a teacher since 2005. What began as a physical practice during her years as a professional dancer quickly evolved into a lifelong path of self-discovery, healing, and purpose.
She is an E-RYT 500 with over 1,500 hours of training and more than 6,000 hours of teaching experience. Brittany has trained hundreds of teachers through her Yoga Alliance–accredited school and continues to teach locally and globally.
She is also the author of Dancing with Our Selves, a best-selling book about moving beyond ego patterns to live with conscious intention. Outside of the yoga studio, she is a mom, wife, and community builder committed to helping people remember who they truly are.
Important People
The Denver Yoga Summit began as a seed of inspiration and is now a powerhouse team with the support of:
Chief Event Operations & Volunteer Organizer: Nicki Peace – RYT-200, Business Consultant, Yoga Therapist in Training
Chief Marketing Officer: Elaine Donovan - RYT 100, Graphic and Product Designer
Chief Partnership Officer: Catherine Wetenkamp — E-RYT 500, Kintsugi Ritual Retreats and Seek Yoga Collective
Director of Marketplace and Community Engagement: Jamie Martinico – RYT 500, Kids Training Facilitator, Owner of Moon and Mountain Malas
This summit is also supported by a growing network of teachers, facilitators, wellness professionals, and volunteers who believe in collective impact.
Educational Backbone
Lotus Yoga School is the educational heart behind the Denver Yoga Summit. Founded in 2012 as Container Collective Yoga, it grew into a thriving community studio and Yoga Alliance–accredited teacher training school.
Since 2015, Container Collective Yoga (now Lotus Yoga School) has trained hundreds of yoga teachers through its 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher training programs.
Our approach is rooted in integrity, accessibility, and practical philosophy—bridging ancient wisdom with modern life. We don’t just teach how to teach yoga. We teach how to live yoga and develop leaders who bring yoga into their families, workplaces, and communities.
Letter from the founder
I created the Denver Yoga Summit because I believe in the power of coming together. When I moved to Denver, I felt overwhelmed by the number of studios and communities—yet I still felt isolated. There were pockets of beautiful connection, but they felt separate. When I opened Container Collective Yoga (Now Lotus Yoga School), I didn’t build it for a certain type of yogi. I cared more about people showing up than what they wore or how flexible they were. We had people in pajama pants next to lifelong athletes. We had students in their teens and others in their seventies sharing space. I craved a community built on belonging.
After leading a studio for nearly a decade, guiding hundreds through teacher trainings, writing a book and traveling as a speaker, one truth has become clear: people are craving genuine connection. Yoga gives us a path to that. My vision for the Denver Yoga Summit is simple: to unite this incredible Denver yoga community, celebrate the wisdom of yoga, and create something that makes a lasting impact on people’s lives.
In love and gratitude,
Brittany