Sol Studio Instructors
Laura Doss
Laura has been a committed practitioner of Yoga for over 25 years. Classically trained in the Sivananda lineage in 2005, she has since collected thousands more hours of training and teaching experience in ashrams, studios and schools around the world. The demands of early motherhood invited her to deepen into Kundalini Yoga (the “householder’s Yoga”) and she later advanced her studies in Ayurveda to become an Ayurvedic Health Coach. Laura teaches Hatha and Kundalini Yoga; her classes are shaped by her roots in classical Hatha Yoga, a deep appreciation of integrated alignment, the heart and rigor of Kundalini Yoga, and the wise, life-giving tools of Ayurveda.
Courtney Jay Higgins
Courtney Jay Higgins grew up in the mountains of Colorado as a competitive dancer, where movement and discipline became second nature. Her path eventually led her to California, where she discovered yoga—a practice that quickly became a way of life.
She earned her 200-Hour YTT certification through Shivakali Yoga, a school rooted in ancient wisdom and alignment-based Vinyasa Flow, and later became certified in prenatal yoga through Ma Yoga. Now back in the mountains of Colorado, Courtney brings over 15 years of yoga experience to her teaching. In 2020, she launched Coincide, an online yoga platform offering accessible, on-demand classes for anyone seeking movement and mindfulness at home.
As a mother of two young daughters, Courtney sees yoga as more than a practice—it’s an anchor for herself, her family, and her community. She believes deeply that we all have the innate ability to connect with our bodies and breath, and that every journey begins with a single inhale.
Morgan Rodriguez
Morgan is an ERYT-500 yoga teacher, teacher trainer, perinatal consultant, and photographer based in Evergreen, CO.
With over a decade of teaching experience, Morgan's focus is deep and warm. Her classes honor her Hatha roots while incorporating mindful vinyasa to build heat, and always a touch of yin to balance.
Morgan believes that yoga is a tool for equity, social justice, and reclamation of one's innate wisdom. With thousands of hours of teaching and facilitation under her belt, Morgan goes deep with her students, and aims to replenish them through reconnection to their instincts and embodiment. Expect a juicy, slow burn when you step onto the mat with Morgan.
In her free time Morgan studies herbalism, homesteading, hedgewitchery, and Mexican Curanderismo. She lives in Evergreen with her husband, pups, and 40 sweet chickens.
Ashley Hanbury
Ashley employs a lifelong commitment to yoga, wellbeing, and growth. She has been teaching yoga for eight years and is known for creating a calm, welcoming space where students can slow down, soften, and listen their inner knowing. Her intentional practice guides students out of their heads and into a deeper connection with the physical and emotional needs. Ashley’s teaching centers on presence, breath, and the belief that everyone deserves a space to feel supported, grounded and at home in themselves.
Jennie Light
Jennie started a regular yoga practice in 2008 in Colorado and opened a yoga studio and art gallery in Washington, DC in 2016. After 12 years in DC, Jennie moved back to Colorado where she brings her experience teaching thousands of yoga classes over more than a decade.
Named one of Yoga Journal International's Top Yoga Instructors to Watch, her teaching style combines a unique blend of various yoga lineages. In her Vinyasa classes, expect traditional Ashtanga and Rocket-based alignment with fluidity and movement inspired by Primal Flow (yoga and martial arts), Vinyasa and other modalities. In her Yin and Restorative classes, expect a cozy transition into the parasympathetic nervous system.
Jennie has completed training in Vinyasa Yoga, Power Yoga, Progressive Ashtanga Vinyasa (Rocket), Restorative Yoga, Trauma-informed Yoga, Primal Flow, Sanskrit, countless workshops, and hundreds of hours of Ashtanga mentorship as a Mysore program participant and assistant. As a former radio show host, music is an integral component of her classes, and she often teaches to the sounds of a live DJ or musician. Through her classes Jennie hopes students will find a sense of freedom and peace on their mats and a reprieve from the busyness of their lives.
Shantel Appel
Shantel has been practicing yoga since 2010. In 2017, she completed her 200-hour teacher training at Samadhi Center for Yoga in Denver. In her youth, she first explored the connection between mind, body, and spirit while practicing gymnastics and dance. She was then called to yoga while coping with the sudden and unexpected loss of a loved one. Yoga quickly became more than a physical practice. It touched her spiritually and became a way of living. Through yoga, she healed from her grief and found a more enriched and fulfilling life. Since then, yoga has helped her through all of life's chapters including becoming a mother.
Shantel teaches a slow flow with an emphasis on mindfulness and ease. All are welcomed to her classes and encouraged to honor their body and spirit from one moment to the next. She strives to nurture her students, so they can find peace, love, and acceptance on and off the mat. Shantel has experience practicing Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, and Kundalini yoga and draws inspiration from her teachers including Asiana Harper, Jeremy Wolf, and Santosh. During her free time, you’ll find her playing outdoors with her 5-year-old son – skiing, hiking, camping, and rafting.
Dani Capra
Dani is a Colorado native who began her yoga journey in October of 2014. Her immediate connection to the practice lead her overseas in 2016, where she completed a 200hr Ashtanga YTT in Bali, Indonesia.
Greatly inspired by her multi-cultural teaching experiences, Dani strives to connect all aspects of yoga through the mind, body, and spirit. Deeply moved by art and music, she hopes to bring as much love and creativity into the class as she sees outside of it.
Dani works holistic health and as a high ticket sales mentor. Guiding people towards aligned health and wealth via plant based and clean water solutions.
Jackie Smith
Jackie has been practicing yoga since 2003 and teaching since 2012, when she received her trainings at Corepower Yoga in Denver.
She believes the answers are all inside of us so, her classes come from within. With a heavy emphasis on alignment, breath, and the holding on/letting go practice, Jackie hopes to create a space where students can ask inside themselves what is meant for them in each moment, and then move from that space.
Jackie opened Sol Studio in Oct. 2025 with her husband Tony and enjoys holding this container for all to come and feel that they belong.
Taylor Lanier
Taylor brings depth, playfulness, and intention to every class. As a 500-hour RYT and certified Buti Yoga instructor, she draws from diverse lineages to create practices that are dynamic, heart-centered, and intelligently designed. Her classes blend mobility-focused movement, breathwork, and meditation, grounded in both ancient philosophy and modern science.
Taylor’s unique approach bridges the physical and the subtle, weaving insights from neuroscience, nervous system regulation, yogic wisdom, and philosophy. Her teaching invites you to slow down, listen in, get curious, and build a more intuitive relationship with your body and inner world. With a reverence for both the science of the body and the mystery of the soul, her classes will leave you feeling more rooted in your body, clearer in your mind, and connected to something deeper within