PC Yoga Collective, a place that holds space

PC Yoga Collective teaching team. Photo: PC Yoga Collective

PARK CITY, Utah. — PC Yoga Collective (PCYC), located in Kimball Junction, opened its doors in March of 2021. In a matter of months, the studio built a home in the community and is thriving. Owner plus co-founder of PCYC and founder of Tall Mountain Wellness, Jenn Armstrong-Solomon, is on a mission to empower through yoga-based movement.

Jenn is no stranger to the overwhelming pace of our society. She managed restaurants for 20 years before diving into her calling to facilitate spaces for healing. Jenn aims to share the freedom she encounters through yoga with each of her students and draws on a wealth of education and experience.

Jenn’s non-profit, Tall Mountain Wellness, collaborates with community-based organizations to enrich people in all walks of life.

“Tall mountain wellness is my entire soul and spirit… Every class I teach is influenced by my work in the trauma field. I’m very lucky to partner with incredible non-profits like the Summit County Recovery Foundation, Peace House, Solomon Children’s Justice Center, National Ability Center, and the Huntsman behavioral health unit to bring Trauma Informed Yoga and Trauma Yoga Therapy to individuals and groups that may not otherwise have access,” she says.

PCYC enriches Jenn’s experiences guiding trauma-aware yoga. She explains, “I’m so lucky to have PC Yoga Collective to help facilitate my work with the non-profit.”

The PCYC mission is to empower instructors and empower students. Paying teachers fair wages and offering reasonably priced classes to the community is how PCYC invests in practitioners.

Jenn elaborates, “We set out to show that it is possible to have a successful model that is priced in a way that appeals to everyone AND pay teachers their value… We also model that our teachers teach in a way that’s authentic to them, not to the studio. Depending on the class, you’ll have a completely different yoga experience. That’s our goal. Consistently unique and consistently excellent.”

The Park City Yoga Collective is a community hub that fosters diversity and fulfillment.

Jenn sums it up, “Hold space. That’s what we do. That’s all we do… I’m a space holder. My clients do all the work. I just hold the space for that. We teach yoga in a way that facilitates individuality, encourages choice making, total autonomy, and authority over your own practice and your own body. That’s empowerment. That’s holding space.”

Written by Ashley Brown on behalf of Neighbors of Park City