Come as you are.
Welcome to our collective. We are a community oriented, locally owned yoga studio and wellness center located in the historic granary building on Bellingham’s waterfront. We believe mindfulness practice is a radical act of self care and our mission is to provide you a space to come practice and connect. The Bellingham Yoga Collective is deeply committed to offering a safe and accepting space. All are welcome here.
What We Offer
We specialize in Vinyasa style flows, thought-leading Hatha alignment, as well as Yin & Restorative classes. We offer a modern, innovative approach while honoring the 8,000 years of tradition that has come before us.
In addition to regular yoga classes, we offer comprehensive yoga teacher training programs, enriching multi-day retreat experiences, and a holistic line of therapeutic services embracing a variety of wellness practices. Learn more about our offerings below.
Our Values
Lineage Acknowledgement
The Yoga Practices we offer at Bellingham Yoga Collective are a set of ancient tools developed from the cultural heritage and ancient spiritual teachings originating from Northern India.
Although most instructors at Bellingham Yoga Collective are visitors to the practice, we aim to live by and have a deep personal reverence for the tools we have adopted and share within our walls. Bellingham Yoga Collective honors the roots of yoga, and as a collective of instructors we commit to teaching all eight limbs of the Yoga tradition.
Land Acknowledgement
Our studio sanctuary is built upon the ancestral and stolen land of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Xwlemi (Lummi) Nation and Nooksack Tribe. Out of deep respect for the Indigenous Nations here, we acknowledge we are visitors on this land. Within our studio space, we align with the Indigenous worldview; that people, plants, waterways, land, and animals are intimately interconnected, sacred, and dependent on each other.
This worldview in action, from small scale to governmental policy, is one way we can honor the cycle of life that all creation is bound by, and is a path by which we can move our future forward with care for those who have come before us, those who are here today, and those who have yet to come.
Meet BYC Founder, Claire
Claire Stetina Zurbrugg (E-RYT 500, YACEP, LMT) is the Founder of Bellingham Yoga Collective as well as the Co-Founder of Lynden Yoga Collective. She is a yoga educator, yoga teacher and Licensed Massage Therapist offering public classes, workshops, retreats and trainings in both Bellingham and abroad. She is passionate about studying and sharing the intersectionality of mindfulness systems, tools and yoga philosophy from Ancient India with the evolution of functional movement, anatomical awareness, and creative innovation that is happening in modern yoga in the West. Claire has been deeply influenced by Bhakti, Anusara and Iyengar schools of thought and is a product of her personal practices, personal relationships and teachers Katchie Ananda, Annie Carpenter, Christina Sell, Janet Stone, Rusty Wells, Harvey Deutch PT and Eric Rubin DC.
Her intent with the spaces she stewards is to offer a heart-full sanctuary where we can gather in community to be in relationship with source wisdom, accessed from inside each one of us. Claire is in a life long love affair with yoga, her mission is to make the practices, traditions and teachings relevant, transformative and sustainable.
Help Us Grow
We love constructive feedback and we appreciate the chance to grow if you feel that something needs to be addressed or can be improved. Please send us your comments through our community feedback form. For all other studio inquiries, you can reach out to our front desk through our general contact form.