Mountain Yoga - The Place for Yoga in South Lake Tahoe

Amrito Cross
Amrito was born in England. First introduced to yoga at the age of six by a family friendvisiting from India, Amrito moved to India at the age of fourteen and briefly studied at Desikachar’s yoga school in Madras. She has subsequently studied with various teachers including Doug Swenson and Jonny Kest with whom she completed yoga teacher training programs. Amrito’s background in bodywork is reflected in the sensitivity and compassion with which she teaches. She brings to the classroom a unique way of communicating yoga’s transferable skills by helping students apply the lessons of asana practice to ‘off-mat’ practice.

Brandy Davis
Brandy began the study of yoga during her student years in New Zealand, and since then has studied with numerous teachers across the world. During this period she practiced dharma in the Tibetan tradition under Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other teachers. Brandy holds a degree in biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a teaching credential from Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada. She currently blends her eclectic yoga training with the wisdom and compassion teachings of Buddhism in a style developed by her teacher, Geshe Michael Roach. When she isn’t teaching and practicing yoga, she stays quite busy learning from her five-year old daughter, Dronme.

David Fishman
David began his study of Eastern philosophy and spiritual practices in the Tibetan tradition over a quarter century ago while living in a small Himalayan village where he earned a Diploma in Indo-Tibetan Studies from Visva Bharati University in West Bengal. After studying and traveling in India for five years he returned to the U.S. to obtain a J.D. degree in law from the University of California at Berkeley and pursue a career in international estate planning. He began to explore hatha yoga studies in 1995 and since then has traveled extensively, studying with many of the foremost yoga practitioners of our day. He is a co-founder of Mountain Yoga, Lake Tahoe’s first yoga studio, and with his partner, Brandy Davis, offers classes and workshops in Tibetan Heart Yoga - locally and nationally - integrating the wisdom and compassion teachings of their heart teacher, Geshe Michael Roach. He also serves as a founding director of the Yoga Studies Institute and assists in the development and delivery of their programs.

Jillian Raymond

Jillian Raymond began her path practicing yoga deep in the heart of the Shenandoah Mountains at Swami Satchidanada’s Ashram. Her practice took her to San Francisco where she embraced the traditional yoga discipline of Ashtanga Yoga. After completing her yoga teacher training at It’s Yoga in SF she moved to North Lake Tahoe to teach and study at the Tahoe Truckee Yoga and Wellness center. During that time Jillian’s Ashtanga practice became infused with vinyasa flow, yin, hatha, and anusara yoga styles. Her academic studies then had her moving to Arcata, California where she taught at a vinyasa based yoga studio and continued teaching and practicing alongside Ashtanga, Forrest, yin, and vinyasa yogis. Her primary influences include: Pattabhi Jois, B.K.S Iyengar, Sharon Gannon, and David Life. She facilities a practice that heavily relies on connecting breath, body, mind, and movement with a focus on one’s conscious breath and its role in guiding the postures in a moving mediation.

Jackie Schechinger
Jackie’s journey with yoga began in 2000, when she took her first yoga class and was immediately drawn to the challenging connection of breath and movement, and the strength, grace, and focus of this moving meditation. Always interested in the art and science of healing, Jackie soon found yoga to be a balancing and opening force, both on and off the mat, quieting the mind, strengthening the body, and enriching the spirit. After receiving her degree in Physician Assistant Studies and working as a PA in Orthopedic surgery for four years, Jackie’s desire to share her passion for yoga with others led her to the teacher training at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara. There she studied Classical, Vinyasa, Iyengar, and Hatha Yoga, in addition to pranayama, meditation, anatomy, nutrition, and the history and philosophy of yoga. Jackie enjoys teaching a vinyasa style class, exploring proper alignment and emphasizing breath awareness and its role in guiding postures and connecting body, mind, and spirit. Jackie hopes her teaching will help her students cultivate personal awareness and peace of mind while developing flexibility, strength, and balance.

New Teachers at Mountain Yoga Include:

- Alli Meetze

- Dave Beecher
- Serina Sullwold
- Andrea Creo
- Kris Zehren
- Lorilyn Haubrich
- Scott Nanamura

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585 Tahoe Keys Blvd. (Tahoe Keys Village) • South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
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