About
About Us
Barefoot Sanctuary™ is a unique partnership with Whole Foods Market with the goal of bringing affordable, accessible yoga, dance and fitness classes and workshops to the community. Our mission is to create a place for locals and visitors to Las Vegas to find their “om away from home” in a relaxed, healthy, comfortable atmosphere.
You’ll find a mix of courses at the studio, from yoga to handstand classes to African-inspired dance classes. Our workshops feature guest instructors from diverse disciplines – from healing to acrobatics to drumming and chanting. All levels of practitioners are welcome to Barefoot Sanctuary, and we encourage you to come try a class with us.
In the News
Read about Alvin Tam and Soul Acrobats in the Las Vegas Weekly!
Read about Barefoot Sanctuary in the Las Vegas Review Journal!
Take a peek at photos of our studio in the Las Vegas Review Journal
Read about Jaime Tam and the Barefoot Sanctuary in the Las Vegas Examiner!
Read about Barefoot Sanctuary in Town Square News!
Studio Owners
Jaime Tam … Heal and Inspire! She is a spiritual yoga instructor, talented painter-artist and ethnic fusion dancer who dedicates her artistry to evoking creativity and peace worldwide. She has developed a unique form of movement called Expressive Yoga™, a healing and unique practice she has coined as Serpentine Asana Flow in 2001. This organic form of yoga highlights a restorative and creative form of movement that she has created in addition to her Sacred Dance Fusion and Tribal Trance Dance style and methodology.
Jaime Tam also professionally performs Polynesian Fire Dance acts, combining West African, Middle Eastern and Serpentine dance styles. Her performances are ‘Sacred’ in that they exhibit tales of love and emotive release, catharsis and indigenous exploration.
At the age of 18, Alvin Tam left Edmonton, Canada to travel the world and to pursue his passion for performing. His journey led him to Montreal, where he spent four years mastering skills in acrobatics, trampoline, dance, juggling and clown at the renowned National Circus School. Upon graduating (yes, you can graduate from circus school), he began his career in a casino show in Atlantic City as a member of the acrobatic troupe followed by a touring contract in Japan to perform in a children’s physical theater show. He then returned to the United States to tour with an American circus with his solo Chinese pole act. After a year on the road, Alvin switched performing genres and began a run with the musical Notre Dame de Paris which toured in Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Alvin made his directorial debut with Kosmogonia, a 900 seat exterior circus-theatre show. In 2002 Alvin was invited to help create and perform in the biggest Cirque du Soleil show to date in Las Vegas, KÀ, as an aerial acrobat, stunt performer and character actor.
In addition to his stage career, Alvin is a dedicated teacher, having coached at the National Circus School of Canada and thousands of children and adults around the globe. He spent several months in Brazil working with street children and also created a circus program for kids in a northern Quebec summer cam. Alvin also has an undergraduate degree in business from Royal Roads University.
In 2005 Alvin began Soul Acrobats, along with with his friends and professional acrobats Darren Dos Santos, Marylene Hickok, and Christian Durocher. Since then, he has delivered motivational seminars to crowds throughout North America, created a line of instructional fitness DVDs, developed an acrobatic training system, and continues to inspire through his newsletters and blog. Alvin also operates the first yoga studio located inside a Whole Foods Market called Barefoot Sanctuary with his loving wife, Jaime. Alvin lives in Las Vegas.