ASPEN & SNOWMASS YOGA & PILATES INSTUCTORS
 EMILY HIGHTOWER
Emily Hightower began teaching yoga in 2003 after studying the practice since adolescence. Her passion for yoga was stoked by her first teacher and friend, Paige Robinson, who created Soma Pura Yoga and taught Emily how to work with subtle energy on and off the mat. Emily’s formal training with Debra Koehn, founder of Yoga Adventure, guided her deeper into the nature and heart of yoga. Emily is drawn to working one on one with people to enhance the therapeutic benefits and personal challenges offered by the practice. Her classes are fun, light, inspiring and taught with accuracy, attention and care. Emily continues to study yoga philosophy, coach meditation, and share yoga with prenatal, special needs and personal clients.
 ALLY MORRISON
Awaken and restore harmony to your body with anatomically sound massage offered in an intuitive approach. Since 1997, Ally has trained extensively in massage and yoga therapeutics and integrates her health massage with eastern approaches of therapeutic value. Known for a variety of deep tissue techniques given in a flowing dance around the body, Ally blends modalities to include sports techniques, Ashiatsu body-walking, hot stone, aromatherapy, yoga therapy and general wellness. An award-winning therapist in Summit County from 2004-2007, Ally has practiced massage for 14 years, co-founded Sacred Tree wellness clinic, taught yoga for 10 years and is a Licensed Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher. On her days off she likes to snowboard, XC ski, study yoga, take walks, skateboard and rock climb.
 KAIA COCHRAN
Kaia is a Nationally Certified & Licensed Massage Therapist, as well as a Certified Ashtanga Yoga Instructor. She graduated from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in 2002 and has worked in a variety of Clinical settings in Boulder, Aspen, Snowmass & Oregon (The University of Colorado's Musculo-Skeletal Clinic, Boulder Community Hospital and The Boulder College of Massage Therapy, et al). She has studied extensively with Richard Freeman (completing his Teacher Training in 2006) & completed a Yoga Teacher Training for Cancer Survivors in the summer of 2010.
Kaia specializes in Neuromuscular Therapy (rehabilitative, injury-reducing/relieving Massage) Orthopedic Massage (addressing spinal anomalies, degenerative dysfunction, TMJ, etc...) Craniosacral Therapy, Zen Shiatsu (Japanese Meridian Massage), Energy Work and Prenatal/Postpartum Massage; she works with her clients to address their presenting symptom picture, as well as support their overall health & well-being in a nurturing, grounded way.
 VINCE CONTRERAS
I moved to Aspen from northern California the winter of 1994 and fell in love with the town, people and the endless amounts of powder. Some of my interest include snowboarding, bodybuilding, mountain biking, road biking, motocross, hiking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and more. After competing in my first all natural bodybuilding competition in 2004, I decided I wanted to turn my passion of health and fitness into a career to help others reach their own personal health and fitness goals. I am accredited in the following:
ISSA Personal Training Certification, CO
Athleticism Coach Training, CA
Certified Massage Therapist, Denver School of Massage Therapy
Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Acupressure, Swedish, Trigger Point, Shiatsu, Hot Stone, Thai, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Structural Integration, Prenatal, Chair Massage, and Russian Sports Massage.
Certified Gyrotonic Instructor, FL
Certified in Active Isolated Stretching, Basic (KY) & Advanced (FL)
Vibrogym Specialist, CO
Rip CoreFX, CO
My wife and I plan to raise our three children here in Aspen for years to come. I look forward to helping people of all ages and various conditions, while meeting their needs wherever they are. Overall, I hope to both accommodate and contribute to their Aspen experience and their healthy lifestyle. |
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 RACHEL LUPOW
Discover a whole level of fitness with our pilates instructor Rachel Lupow. Using a revolutionary creative flow, centered around breathing she will allow you to find and develop your core strength. Not only essential to providing support for your spine, your core postural muscles are the key to unlocking the fountain of youth for flexibility, balance and injury prevention. Rachel employs a holistic approach to Pilates with innovative excercises and controlled movements. This methodology provides a fitness foundation and excellent cross training for any other physical activity.
 WINTER BENEDICT
My husband and I moved to Snowmass Village in August 2010, but I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Between 2000 and 2009, I obtained two bachelors degrees, started a Masters program, studied abroad in England and France, and worked at a museum and a doggie daycare center. In all my pursuits, however, I was never able to find inner peace or my true identity.
Yoga found me three years ago when my father was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer and committed suicide. Faced with this tragic loss, I realized that life is about a whole lot more than intellectual accomplishments and an impressive resume.
My teaching style can be described as an eclectic mixture of Power Vinyasa Flow, Classical Hatha, Iyengar, and Ashtanga. Moving with the breath through each sequence of poses guides my classes.
I encourage play and spontaneity in each class and respond to the flow of energy in each session, taking into consideration the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of my students. Through drawing from personal experience and combining different yogic traditions my classes become more than an interesting form of exercise: students increase their flexibility, discover deep relaxation and healing, and develop strength and mental clarity.
 TAMMY FOVARGUE
Tammy is a massage therapist and a yoga instructor. She practices integrative bodywork using techniques from myofascial release, deep tissue, cranial sacral, thai massage, shiatsu, swedish, hot stone, and somatic emotional clearing. Her focus is to offer relaxation, pain relief, balance and better function. Her inspiration to teach yoga comes from wanting to share the beauty, expansion and awareness that are awakened in this practice. She teaches with an emphasis on alignment, acceptance, and listening to the body. Her classes incorporate breath work, asana, and meditation. Tammy received her teacher training from Gayna Uransky, who was one of the 1st Iyengar instructors in California. The training was based in Iyengar's teachings, but also offered an overview of other forms of yoga. Tammy has taken classes with Shiva Rea, Jonny Kest, Mark Whitwell, Doug Swenson, Deborah Koehn, and many other wonderful teachers who have inspired her practice.
 JULIETA HASKETT
Listening to my heart's voice, I came to the USA from Argentina. After attending a Buddhist meditation class in the Roaring Fork Valley I traveled to Thailand for 30 days of silence meditation… there I also began my Yoga practice and other healing arts. I graduated from Crestone Healing Arts Center in Colorado as a Massage Therapist offering Shiatsu, Acupressure, Hot Stone, Rain drop Technique (Aromatherapy), Reflexology, Pre Natal, Reiki, Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Oriental Healing Assessment. I am also a Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. I am honored to offer private/semi private in both yoga styles. My practice and experiences have made me understand the importance of having a meditation practice and living mindfully in the present moment...it is when we can really see within that we can see without.
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