heart fire yoga

Good news! Irus is back on Sundays at 5pm!

If you’ve practiced with Irus before, you know no two classes are ever quite the same. Expect creative sequencing, playful exploration, unexpected moments, and just the right amount of challenge to keep you curious from beginning to end. It’s the perfect way to close out the weekend and step into a new week feeling energized and inspired.

Saturday
7:30m Heated Vinyasa 60 with Steph Bertsch
9am FitFlow with Shawna_B_Fitness CPT 🌈 + Steph Bertsch

Sunday
9am Heated Vinyasa 75 with Molly Gelsomino
12pm Community Class: Heated Vinyasa 60 with Michael Robert
5pm Vinyasa 75 with Irus

Come through for a sweat and a smile!

Friday ✨

Clear your mind. Wake up your body. Close out the week and make room for whatever the weekend brings.

7am Heated Vinyasa 60 with Steph Bertsch
5:30pm Heated Vinyasa 60 with Molly Gelsomino

Pick your time, grab your mat, and come get gloriously sweaty with us.

📷: Jessica Nicolosi Photography

Tuck yourself into your practice.

12pm Vinyasa 60 with Jamie Monte
5pm Gentle Flow with Rebekah O'Kelley
7pm yin + restore with River C. Ionta, DC | River Flow Chiropractic

Wrap yourself in movement that softens the edges. In breath that quiets the mind. In a room where the only thing you have to do is arrive.

📷: Jessica Nicolosi Photography

Meet Caroline ✨

Caroline Keane will be subbing the 7:00 AM Heated Vinyasa class for Steph Bertsch this week! We can’t wait for you to practice with her and experience the warmth, wisdom, and intention she brings to her teaching.

Here’s a little about her, in her own words:

I have loved yoga for almost a decade however, in recent years, my relationship to yoga and meditation has transformed ever since I began practicing more intentionally with a focus on breath, awareness, and presence. I received 550 hours teaching certification while living in India the past year. On this journey, I met so many amazing people from all corners of the world and feel so fortunate to have experienced what it means to be a part of a community so diverse, uplifting, and compassionate. I knew I wanted to bring that feeling back to Buffalo.

Although my roots are in Vinyasa, I’m also certified in Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin, and Meditation. It’s through appreciating all of these unique styles of yoga that I saw to value it as an internal practice and form of moving meditation, rather than just the physical. I’m a believer that yoga is for everyone and want to provide a safe space for everyone to feel comfortable and connect with it in their own way.

Off the mat, I run my own business as a hairstylist! Being a Gemini, I have many many interests and hobbies. Mostly, I find myself to be a forever student, passionate reader, lover of languages, and spontaneous traveler.

Come give her a warm heart fire yoga welcome Tuesday morning. We think you’re going to love practicing together. ❤️‍🔥

There are a lot of ways to spend a weekend. Here are a few ideas…

Friday
7am Heated Vinyasa 60 with Kristalee
5:30pm Heated Vinyasa 60 with Steph Bertsch

Saturday
ONE CLASS ONLY
7:30am Heated Vinyasa 60 with Steph Bertsch

Sunday
9am Heated Vinyasa 75 with Catherine Cook-Cottone
12pm Community Class: Heated Vinyasa 60* with Michael Robert
5pm Vinyasa 75 with Jamie Monte

*$5 class

Strong bodies, quiet moments, and a community that’s always happy to see you.

Get a leg up on your Thursday.

7:00am Heated Vinyasa 60—for the early birds—with Nozomi 
6:00pm Heated Vinyasa 60—for the after-work crowd— with Rebekah O'Kelley 
7:30pm yin + restore—for a soft place to land— with Rebekah O'Kelley

The hardest part is getting here. We’ll take it from there.

📷 : Jessica Nicolosi Photography

Buffalo Spree’s Best of WNY just announced their 2026 winners and somehow, some way, heart fire yoga has found itself at the top of the mat for the THIRD year in a row. 👀

To the folks who brave Buffalo winters for a 6am class. To the people who accidentally fell in love with hot yoga. To the ones who come for movement and stay for community. To every teacher, student, friend, volunteer, and cheerleader who has helped make heart fire feel like home—you are the reason this little yoga studio keeps shining.

We’re endlessly grateful that in a world full of choices, you continue to choose us.

Heart Fire has never been about being the best. It’s about creating a space where people can show up exactly as they are, take a deep breath, and remember they belong. The fact that so many of you believe in that mission enough to vote for us year after year is something we’ll never take for granted.

Three years. Countless classes. Infinite gratitude.

We love you. ❤️‍🔥

For the third year in a row, heart fire yoga has been voted Best Yoga Classes-City in Buffalo Spree’s Best of WNY!

And while our name may be on the award, this honor belongs to all of us. To every early bird who rolled out their mat before sunrise, every sweaty high-five after a hot class, every deep breath, every laugh, every tear, every person who has ever walked through our doors—YOU are heart fire yoga.

What started as a yoga studio has become something so much bigger: a place to move, connect, heal, celebrate, and belong. We are endlessly grateful that you choose to share your practice, your energy, and your hearts with us.

Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for supporting local. Thank you for helping us keep the fire burning bright.

Now excuse us while we blush, happy cry, and get ready to celebrate at the Best of WNY party next month. ❤️‍🔥

Do your weekend plans include a lil visit to heart fire yoga? They probably should. 😉

Move your body with us!

Friday
7am Heated Vinyasa 60 with Kristalee
5:30pm Heated Vinyasa 60 with Molly Gelsomino

Saturday
7:30am Heated Vinyasa 60 with Steph Bertsch
9am Fit Flow with Shawna_B_Fitness CPT 🌈 + Steph Bertsch
1pm The 8 Limbs of Yoga: Dharana with Kristalee

Sunday
9am Heated Vinyasa 75 with Catherine Cook-Cottone
12pm Community Class: Heated Vinyasa 60* with Jamie Monte
5pm Strength ’N Bands Pop-Up with Shauntel Douglas

*$5 class

📷: Jessica Nicolosi Photography