Join local meditation teacher Kriste Peoples for an opportunity to sit and return to yourself. BIPOC centered event, open to all | Bring a cushion, pillow, or towel.

Kriste Peoples is a Denver-based outdoor enthusiast and guide, runner, writer, and mindfulness meditation teacher. As a UESCA-certified trail running coach for L2S (and head coach of our beginner course), she shares her passion for outdoor engagement, fitness, and inspiring new narratives of adventure. As a leader in Colorado’s BIPOC outdoor community, Kriste offers experiential trainings that address increasing the representation of people of color in nature. Her conference presentations include NOLs Risk Management, PGM One, Outdoor Retailer, REI, Summit Sisters, and more. She has served on the board of Running Start nonprofit, an organization dedicated to helping women overcome obstacles to fitness and is a proud member of the American Trail Running Association board. As a founding member of the Trailblazers program at Women's Wilderness, where she also serves as the Executive Director, she creates nature-based events that cultivate a greater sense of agency, community, and engagement in nature among women of color. When she’s not out adventuring along the trails of Colorado’s Front Range, Kriste is likely planning her next adventure over carbs in a local eatery. Her writing has been published in Trail Runner Magazine, Outdoor Research, Altra Running’s Run Better blog, Outside Magazine, Elevations Outdoors, and others. She has been a featured guest on podcasts and virtual events that include Self Magazine’s Checking In, Run This World by Nicole DeBoom, The Shift Network’s Resilience Summit, The Nature Summit, Running for Real with Tina Muir, and more. Kriste is a proud Altra athlete and Ultimate Direction ambassador.