Brittany Hopkins - Owner
Brittany Hopkins is owner of and teacher at Container Collective Yoga. As a YACEP E-RYT 500 and 1200 Hour Certified Tier 3 Baptiste Yoga Instructor who has been teaching movement since 1998, she creates space for students to feel comfortable and confident to stretch and move beyond their imagination on and off their yoga mats.
With a background as a professional dancer and dance instructor, her yoga classes are fun, fluid, and challenging, and they inspire students to embody a sense of ease and unconditional love that impact their lives outside of the studio.
She is also trained in Yoga Nidra ("Yogic Sleep") and Silver Sneakers Chair Yoga and is a social impact leader with the Baptiste Foundation. She is a mother & has two border collie/Aussie mixes.
Fun fact: She received a ticket to Vegas on the show So You Think You Can Dance in 2008.
With a background as a professional dancer and dance instructor, her yoga classes are fun, fluid, and challenging, and they inspire students to embody a sense of ease and unconditional love that impact their lives outside of the studio.
She is also trained in Yoga Nidra ("Yogic Sleep") and Silver Sneakers Chair Yoga and is a social impact leader with the Baptiste Foundation. She is a mother & has two border collie/Aussie mixes.
Fun fact: She received a ticket to Vegas on the show So You Think You Can Dance in 2008.
Heidi Schumacher - Community Connections Coordinator
Heidi is a Colorado native who found a love for yoga when searching for a new way to stay fit. She was hooked after just a few classes and completed her RYT 200 certification in early 2017 and RYT 300 in 2022. Heidi hopes to bring a fun and powerful practice to her students. She feels yoga is a great way to escape the daily grind and invest in oneself, and she hopes to empower any level yogi to do just that. She incorporates essential oils into her classes and workshops to bring a whole new experience to the yoga practice. She'll encourage you to push your limits and have fun while you increase your physical and mental strength.
At a young age, Heidi recognized her passion and love for animals. Working in the veterinary field in emergency and critical care for over a decade, she gets to feed that passion by working with and caring for animals and their people. She lives in Lakewood with her dog, Maddie, and cat, Sully. She loves everything the Colorado outdoors has to offer, as well as traveling and exploring new places and trying out new cuisine.
At a young age, Heidi recognized her passion and love for animals. Working in the veterinary field in emergency and critical care for over a decade, she gets to feed that passion by working with and caring for animals and their people. She lives in Lakewood with her dog, Maddie, and cat, Sully. She loves everything the Colorado outdoors has to offer, as well as traveling and exploring new places and trying out new cuisine.
Jamie Martinico - Client Services Manager
Jamie is an RYT 500 & Kids Yoga Certified Teacher through Container Collective. Yoga has been an opportunity for her to focus on her self-care and personal journey to transform her life, physical body, and mental health. Jamie moved to CO in 2008 from CA and has a background in massage therapy. She brings knowledge of the body as a whole to help individuals safely create more possibilities in their practices, with integrity in each pose. Jamie empowers students to find the greatness within themselves, to take into their everyday lives. She is rarely seen without a smile on her face, sharing a laugh or a hug with a friend. She is married and has two girls (who are 15 years apart). She loves to travel, see live music, garden, check out new restaurants, and get sweaty on her mat with the amazing Container Collective Yoga community.
Elouise Thomas
Elouise is an ERYT 200 with over 1500 hours of teaching experience. Recently, she completed her 300 hr teacher training with Brittany Hopkins and is a certified 500 hr teacher. She lives in South Bend, Indiana with her husband, Jeff and dog, Stella.
She is a Registered Dietitian and Yin Teacher.
Fun fact, her sense of humor rocks and she likes for her Yin students to find their "Goldilocks" while practicing so they can surrender into total stillness.
She is a Registered Dietitian and Yin Teacher.
Fun fact, her sense of humor rocks and she likes for her Yin students to find their "Goldilocks" while practicing so they can surrender into total stillness.
Irene Fobe
Irene is a 200 hour certified power vinyasa teacher. She has seen how yoga has carried her through and lifted her out of hard times and wants to share the tool with others. Irene acknowledges that getting to your mat as a beginner can be intimidating. She still gets nervous going to new, unfamiliar studios. She loves working with people with visible and invisible disabilities and teaches from a place of compassion and curiosity. Irene trains service dogs and loves talking about her dogs in training and her inspiring clients.