About
The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse.
Hot.
Like 95° hot. Like Norwegian sauna hot. Our studio is custom built to maintain July temperatures all year long. Heat purifies, improves flexibility, protects from injury, torches calories, and simply sets you free.
Power.
Power yoga isn’t about bending you into a pretzel or forcing you to chant. It’s about challenging you to reach your fullest potential. Basically, you're a rock star. We'll help you realize it.
Yoga.
Baptiste-Style Power Vinyasa is how we roll. It is a challenging, flowing practice that produces extraordinary results while being accessible to all levels and abilities. It’s yoga The Funky Buddha way.
It's green and LEED Silver Certified! We love our space and know that you will too. We’ve taken great care in the construction of our studio, a recently expanded 3,400 square foot space that’s light-filled and colorful. Our studio also features:
- Natural cork flooring
- Interactive practice space
- Surround sound
- State-of-the-art heating system
- State-of-the-art humidification system
- Energy Recovery Ventilation
- Private changing rooms
- Private bathrooms
- Hot yoga boutique
Come see why our hothouse makes its home in the Boland building, a recently renovated Eastown gem that’s LEED Silver certified. We trust you’ll love calling our hothouse your hothouse.
Kerri ~ Co-Founder, Certified Baptiste Teacher & Senior Staff Instructor
Kerri took her first yoga class in 2003 after a knee injury left her unable to run. Little did she know a yoga mat would take her more places than running ever could. For Kerri, yoga took a refreshing turn when Baron Baptiste’s Journey Into Power arrived in her mailbox. She’d found her yoga home. Since then she’s watched her life transform in ways she couldn't have scripted thanks to an approach that’s accessible, relevant, and ridiculously fun. Kerri considers herself a lifelong student of this beautiful thing called yoga. She’s up to something big when it comes to life and teaching and hopes you are too.
Amber ~ Senior Staff Instructor, Certified Baptiste Teacher
Amber was introduced to yoga in 2001. At that time, yoga didn’t speak to her the way typical forms of exercise did, and she drifted away from the practice. Years later, Amber traveled to Africa to work with children affected by HIV/AIDS. She came back to the States liberated. Ready to BE the change. It was at this time yoga began speaking to her in a way she’d never heard before. With the realization that yoga is much more than just a series of poses, and that anyone can harness their personal energy for positive change, Amber began her journey into teaching. Amber is in ongoing training with Baron Baptiste. She is super stoked to share this practice with you and can not wait to witness your own journey into power!
Laura ~ Senior Staff Instructor
Out of the gym and into the studio Laura took her first yoga class in 2001. She began to experience greater ease within her body, an increase in physical strength, and found more mental stability with each practice. Yoga was the missing puzzle piece she was looking for in her life. After her first vinyasa teacher training in 2003 she began to share this power yoga practice with students of all levels. Laura seeks to help students discover and connect to their inner radiance and empowers them to step into their own strength. Laura describes yoga in one word: yummy.
Ashley ~ Senior Staff Instructor, Certified Baptiste Teacher
Ashley took her first yoga class in 2007 out of pure curiosity. She was instantly in love. After taking her first Baptiste Power Vinyasa class she knew that she wanted to share that love and so began her journey into teaching. Yoga has transformed her life in ways unimaginable and she seeks to show students that anything is possible. A lifelong student, Ashley is in on-going training with Baron Baptiste. If she isn’t teaching at The Funky Buddha, she’s practicing there and looks forward to sweating and bringing the funk with you.
Lindsay ~ Staff Instructor
Before the Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse opened, this girl had never set foot on a yoga mat. It really was love at first down dog for Lindsay! The Funky Buddha quickly became her second home, and soon she realized this practice to be more than just a physical workout. Busting out of the routine and initiating change in her life, Lindsay wondered, Could it be the yoga? Excited to learn more, this forever long-student of the practice is in ongoing training with Kerri Reinbold and Baron Baptiste, and you’ll find her on her mat daily. Lindsay is a YES for disrupting business as usual. She enjoys facing her fears and wearing hot pink pants on occasion. She can’t wait to share her enthusiasm for yoga and a sweaty hug with you!
Laura ~ Staff Instructor
Laura began to dabble with this funny little thing called yoga in 2001. She bought her first yoga DVD by Rodney Yee, and over the next 9 years she would wander on-and-off her mat. A total type-A personality, this girl has always been looking for growth, and 2010 was no exception. When the Funky Buddha opened in Eastown, Laura found something that challenged her both physically and mentally. She was hooked! Inspired by the positive changes she was seeing in her life, her wandering mat became a yoga practice. In ongoing training with Kerri Reinbold and Baron Baptiste, Laura is excited to Shake Some Asana with the locals. She can’t wait to see what sweet things this practice brings into the life of each and every one of her students!
Jamie ~ Staff Instructor
Jamie is an avid runner and triathlete, but found yoga offers the balance her mind and body need. Her yoga journey began in 2003 in Whistler, British Columbia where she practiced Bikram yoga. After returning to Grand Rapids in 2008, she searched for another hot yoga environment. Little did she know when she found The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse in January 2011, she would find so much more than heat. Jamie went on to become a Teacher Assistant, completed the Funky Buddha Teacher Training in February 2012, and is in ongoing training with Kerri Reinbold and Baron Baptiste. Yoga speaks to Jamie in a way that lights her up, and she is excited to bring that balance and light to her students!
Larissa ~ Staff Instructor
Yoga found Larissa several times. The first time was as a way to take an elective class in college that didn't require a grade (no grade, but the yoga didn't stick).Then came P90X (again, didn't stick). But in December of 2010, The Funky Buddha opened its doors and a (very wise) friend dragged Larissa to her first Saturday class (two words: yoga stuck!!). From that very first class yoga stopped being something to do to get fit, and instead became a practice to embody for life. Larissa found the connection of body, mind, and spirit she didn't even know she was searching for. A forever student of yoga, Larissa is in on-going training with Kerri Reinbold and Baron Baptiste, and can't wait to meet you on your mat and share something to laugh about.
Boy meets girl. Girl says "no way" to first date. Boy and girl marry a few years later. Boy becomes entrepreneur. Girl falls in love with yoga. Boy and girl welcome twin boys. Boy and girl move back home. The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse is born. It was that simple. OK, not really, but what it’s taken to get here has been worth every step.
We grew up in West Michigan. After having lived in Chicago and Madison we decided to return to Grand Rapids in December of 2009 to raise our sons, Abe and Jake. Why? To be close to friends and family, and to be a part of the creative energy that is alive and growing in the city. We also wanted to create a studio like those we have experienced elsewhere; something truly unique, something special, and something that has been missing in Grand Rapids. Until now.
The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse is our gift to you. We hope our passion for entrepreneurial creativity and the life-changing, transformational power of yoga ooze from our being, and from this, our first studio. It’s taken a lifetime of experiences to arrive at 1331 Lake Drive in Eastown, but it’s been worth the journey. Welcome to our hothouse.
Chris & Kerri Reinbold
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The Funky Buddha is amazing! Great instructors, great crew of fellow yogis, great community spirit. It's the perfect place to sweat and grow stronger, inside and out.
Laura
Love, love, love this place! Great classes that build strength, endurance, and bring peace in this busy world. The instructors provide you with everything you need to get started and develop your poses. The heat does amazing things for your practice and well-being. The studios ambience makes it a special place to be. I highly recommend this studio - there's nothing else like it!
Barb
The best workout and stress reliever I have EVER had!
Chelsey
Amazing! Beautiful! Cathartic! Delightful! Energizing! Funky!
Brianna
The BEST! Simply the best! Changes your life...
Karyll
Very good experience and teacher! My first time doing structured yoga class and I really felt comfortable...
Beth
Best possible workout you can get without leaving your 3'x6' mat. Prepare to sweat like crazy and feel great afterward.
Ryan
This place rocks! Totally awesome instructors and front desk staff! All of the staff are very helpful, accomodating, friendly and fun!
Tammy
The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse teachers are excellent and practicing in the heat takes yoga to a new level. I leave class feeling like someone has picked me up by my feet and head and twisted, wringing me out. It's an amazing feeling.
Jason
The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse rocks! The right heat and humidity makes the world of difference in practicing power yoga. Love the large classes too - helps you get lost in the flow! Great inspiring teachers.
Rachel
The Funky Buddha is AMAZING! When it's packed out, the energy in the room feels so great, not to mention the HOT HOT heat! It's a wonderful and soothing experience and I can totally see that the instructors love what they do and 100% believe in yoga and what it does for the body and soul.
Larissa