PC Yoga Collective’s Erin Maloy on the Power of Breath and Belonging

Park City yoga instructor Erin Maloy brings creativity, warmth, and a grounded presence to every class she teaches at Park City Yoga Collective, where she helps students reconnect with movement, breath, and joy. Photo: PC Yoga Collective

PARK CITY, Utah — For PC Yoga Collective instructor Erin Maloy, the practice of yoga has always centered around one straightforward goal: coming home to herself.

“I’ve always cherished the hour yoga provides. It’s a chance to focus on moving my body and breathing, allowing everything else to fade away,” she said. “It’s the one place where I can re-center and reset. The whole world melts away, and I can just be in my body and fill up my own cup.”

Maloy began her yoga journey over 20 years ago, starting with a VHS tape in her parents’ living room. Throughout the decades, she practiced with teachers across the country while moving with her husband and raising four children. “Wherever we went, I sought out studios,” she explained. “It didn’t matter what style it was — Ashtanga, Bikram, vinyasa — I always found the same value in it: an hour for myself to reconnect with who I am.”

When her children grew older, Maloy decided to turn her lifelong passion into a vocation. A former attorney, she earned her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification in 2020 and began teaching immediately. “Some people enter teacher training just to deepen their practice,” she noted. “I knew I wanted to teach. I come from a family of educators, and I have always loved being in yoga studios — the energy, the community, the teachers. I wanted to help create that.”

Today, Maloy teaches multiple classes at PC Yoga Collective, where she is known for her creativity, warmth, and dynamic sequences. “At the Collective, I offer three types of classes — two vinyasa-based flows and a meditation class,” she said. “I think of myself as a guide, creating and maintaining a safe space for people to practice their yoga, however that looks for them.”

Her vinyasa classes, held on Monday and Friday mornings in the B-Side, focus on linking breath with movement. “The pillars of my vinyasa class include building strength, flexibility, balance, and aligning your energetic body with your physical body,” she explained. “The goal is to help guide students away from the distractions of their morning and into a space that’s just for them.”

Her meditation class on Mondays combines breathwork, guided meditation, and sound healing. “My meditations are designed to connect your energetic body with your physical body while grounding yourself in time and space,” Maloy shared. “They are often seasonally inspired — in the fall, we focus on shedding and going inward; in the spring, we aim to bring ideas to fruition.”

Maloy describes PC Yoga Collective as a community that feels like home. “The teachers are incredible — it’s like different flavors of ice cream,” she laughed. “The community is amazing; the way Jenn runs the business is wonderful, and it creates such a supportive environment. The B-Side allows for creativity and variety, while the hot room delivers the consistent, powerful experience students expect.”

Outside the studio, Maloy channels her creativity through painting, a passion that was reignited thanks to a fellow Collective member. “Art had been patiently waiting for me to return to it,” she said. “A friend at the studio asked me to paint a large Buddha, which gave me the reason I needed. Since then, I’ve completed around 20 commissions — mainly pet portraits and landscapes — and it has been a joyful extension of my creative life.”

Her artwork can be found on Instagram at @oilpaintingsbyerin, and her yoga classes at PC Yoga Collective continue to welcome new students every week.

For anyone hesitant to start yoga, Maloy’s advice is straightforward: “Just come. The B-Side is a wonderful place to begin — no heat, no pressure, just space to explore how your body feels when you give yourself an hour. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

She adds, “I think that’s what yoga really is — remembering what it feels like to be human, just as you are.”