About Us

A mat, a hard season, and the slow discovery that healing was possible.

Reiki healing Aztec NM

A studio on Main Street in Aztec, built for the community that raised her.

Her Story

Shelly Found Her Way Back On A Yoga Mat

Shelly's Cove started with a simple truth: Shelly found her way back to herself on a yoga mat.

Years ago, during one of the hardest stretches of her life, yoga became the thing she reached for instead of the things that were pulling her under. What began as a way to get through the day slowly changed her from the inside out, in her body, her mind, and her spirit. The more time she spent around people who took care of themselves and each other, the more she saw there was a gentler way to live than the one she had known.

That discovery became a calling. Shelly earned her 200-hour yoga teaching certification, became a licensed massage therapist, and trained as a Master Reiki Practitioner, gathering every tool she could to help others find what she found. Born in Farmington and raised in Aztec, she built her home and her practice in the community that shaped her, because healing feels different when it happens among your own people. At Shelly's Cove, you don't need to have it all figured out. Maybe you're carrying stress you can't set down, working through something hard, or just wanting to feel at home in your own body again. Either way, there is room for you here. Come move, breathe, and let yourself slow down. This human experience gets a little easier when you have somewhere to land.
-HR
Registered Yoga Teacher
Licensed
Massage Therapist
Master
Reiki Practitioner

Move, Breathe, Slow Down

Why The Cove

More Than A Workout

Every class and session at Shelly's Cove is about caring for the whole of you, body, mind, and spirit, in a space where nobody expects you to have it figured out.
Michelle Cross
Owner