Torched Fire Fitness students with hands raised at sunset
Now at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Yoga is a healing practice.

Heal. Ignite. Repeat. Trauma-informed, choice-based yoga in Buffalo, NY, now every Saturday inside one of the country’s great art museums.

Saturdays 10–11:30amPay-What-You-WishAll levels
As seen & trusted

WIVB News 4Buffalo AKG Art Museum2× lululemon AmbassadorTeaching Buffalo since 2016
Weekly Residency · Oct 2026 – May 2027

Yoga Is Art at the Buffalo AKG.

Every Saturday in the Lipsey Auditorium (Knox Building), and in Townsquare when available. Each session is Vinyasa, Hatha slow flow, Yin or Restorative, announced before class. Some Saturdays become collaborative art practices.

  • Pay-What-You-Wish: no one turned away
  • All levels, mats-down by 10am
  • One Saturday off: May 22 (museum closed)
Cory Sampson, founder of Torched Fire Fitness, in black and white
Meet Cory Sampson

Yoga practice, not yoga perfect.

Cory has taught across Buffalo since 2016, blending vinyasa with trauma-informed and psychotherapeutic yoga. Every class offers choice at every step, invitational language and no hands-on assists without consent.

200Hr YTT Multi-Style200Hr RYT Trauma-Informed200Hr PYT Psychotherapeutic95Hr RCYT KidsCertified Thai Massage

Read Cory’s story →

Ways to Practice

Find your flow.

A Torched Fire Fitness group class in session

Group Classes

Vinyasa, Power Flow, Slow Flow, Restorative, Yin and Sculpt across 7 Buffalo studios and online.

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Private Sessions

One-on-one or small group, built around your body, goals and history. Trauma-informed by default.

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Events & Retreats

Workshops, wellness retreats, corporate wellness and trauma-informed training for your team.

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Our Mission

Do What You Love to End Alz.

Cory’s grandmother lived with Alzheimer’s. Learning new movement builds new neural pathways, so we practice, and the Yoga Is Art Festival raises money for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Yoga Is Art x News 4 Buffalo

Yoga & Alzheimer’s x News 4

“Cory’s classes have transformed my practice. The blend of vinyasa and psychotherapeutic yoga truly ignites strength and brings healing to my soul.”

Student, Buffalo NY

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See you Saturday at the AKG.