About
About Holly —
Some people find their way to this work through books and trainings. Holly found hers through a life that demanded it.
Holly has lived two lives —
and both of them were real.
The first: a successful career in broadcast media, marketing director for an advertising agency, account executive at CBS and NBC affiliates. A premier yoga studio in Little Rock. A life that, by any measure, worked.
The second life began
at 44.
She and her husband sold everything — the studio, the home — and drove into the Arkansas Ozarks with $27,000, a circle of trusted friends, and a clarity that was equal parts terrifying and true.
What they built there — Circle Yoga Shala, a wisdom school and internationally accredited yoga therapy center — became one of Arkansas's most respected centers for deep practice and teacher formation. For nearly two decades, students arrived on that mountain land and left changed.
That willingness to reorder a life around what's real is not just Holly's story. It's the work she now helps others do.
She turned 60 in 2024. Her life has been, as she puts it, a crucible — for forgiveness, for a resilience that transcends and includes, for learning to parent oneself into genuine adulthood.
What Shaped Her
Holly doesn't teach from concept. She teaches from territory she has actually crossed.
Thirty-plus years in the recovery tradition. A full Kundalini awakening in her late twenties — three years she moved through without a map, until a Catholic priest from Portugal quietly pointed her toward the Eastern teachings. Three years studying with Father Richard Rohr in his Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Decades of work with the Wisdom Enneagram, somatic practice, Ayurveda, and contemplative Christianity.
A life with horses that continues to teach her things no book can.
The Streams That Feed This Work
— Yoga & Yoga Therapy
— Ayurveda
— The Wisdom Enneagram
— The AA Recovery Path
— Self-Observation & Self-Remembering
— The Native American Tradition
— Contemplative & Mystical Christianity
— Natural Horsemanship
What People Say
"When I am feeling especially anxious, unsure about a decision, doubting myself, doubting life, and feeling scared, the only person I trust is Holly. She has this uncanny way of leading another person to the truth with no tricks and nothing to learn or figure out."
Zoe
One-on-One Sessions
"Observing Holly lead individuals through the inquiry process is witnessing mastery in action. Her compassionate and patient approach is relentless in uncovering truths beyond mere narratives. The outcome is a glimpse of liberation."
Pat
Inquiry Work
"Holly makes self-inquiry accessible. She brings years of her own practice and training to the table, introducing ways to train attention, process emotion, and stay present in the body. What she teaches is simple but profoundly important."
Joy
Contemplative Practice
The people who find their way to this work are rarely beginners. They are thoughtful, capable, often accomplished. They have done the reading, the therapy, the trainings.
And something still feels unfinished.
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