Mountain Heart Resident Practitioners

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Aubrey Cheatham
Restorative / Vinyasa Flow

Aubrey is a certified registered 200 hr yoga teacher who received her teacher training here at UNM Taos. Aubrey offers Restorative, Vinyasa, and Ashtanga flows with a trauma informed approach to support all levels. Incorporating the 8 limbs of yoga throughout class to connect with the mind, body, and spirit. Including Mantra, Meditation, and Mudra in the beginning of practice to ground and release while focusing on the breath throughout. Inviting freedom and expression in Asana by cultivating a balance of movement and stillness. She guides individuals, providing accessible yoga in a safe manner and space to reach a state of union.

Megan Beck Kaula Tantra Yoga

Megan completed her YTT 200 hr in Vinyasa (2017, Michigan) and YTT 500 hr in Kaula Tantra Yoga (2019, Quito, Ecuador) at Durga’s Tiger School for Yoga, Arts, and Shamanism. She has since continued to collaborate with Durga’s Tiger School by returning every few years to participate and teach at the school. In 2020, she dedicated herself to supporting the development of the off-grid community, Durga’s Tiger Land (outside Esmeraldas, Ecuador). This land project provides a space for yoga graduates of the school to visit, offer healing retreats, and develop the community into their home. Megan’s journey weaved her worldwide, which is now concentrated between North, Central, and South America, where she continues her work and study as an eco-builder, yogini (always learning), and professional photographer.
Her journey into discovery through the tantra practice has provided deep insight into the nature of unifying and balancing duality. Shiva and Shakti, Eagle and Condor, Mind and Body, Left and Right, Duality and Non-Duality. These concepts are a guiding light along her path.

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Cat Shank
Meditative Hatha

Cat Shank is an inner ecologist exploring the complex and ever evolving terrain of the bodymind. She is studying Rolfing Structural Integration to bring greater somatic awareness, physical ease and mobility, and direct experience of the bodymind connection to her community. Beyond the studio Cat offers eco-somatic nature meditation experiences, is a ski instructor, dances in the kitchen, and is an avid gardener—a tender of soil and soul. Cat has been teaching yoga asana since receiving her YTT 200hr in 2020 from Bhava Yoga in ABQ, NM & is a certified Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation teacher.

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Lacy Archer, Owner
Yoga Therapy/ Motion Lotion for Longevity

Since 2016, Lacy has devoted herself to sharing her extensive knowledge of yoga, immersing in various yoga traditions worldwide, and delving deep into Yoga Therapy as a comprehensive method to facilitate healing across physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions. 

Step onto the yoga mat with me, where I provide group classes and personalized sessions tailored to the specific needs of individuals and within our community.

My specialties include Yoga for Neuropathy, Yoga for Stress Management, Yoga for a Healthy Heart as well as basic care and tools for addressing emotional challenges, mood disorders, grief, well-being and vitality for longevity.

I also find great fulfillment in teaching a creative Tantra-Hatha inspired Vinyasa, Yin, Chair Yoga, Restorative Yoga and designing programs for transformational retreats and festivals. 

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Lisa Sharp
Slo-Flo Yoga / Yogilates

Lisa has been a yoga practitioner for 30 years and received training in Hatha, Yin  and Iyengar yoga. She has attended numerous workshops involving the pelvic floor, hip and back alignment. A life-long equestrian with several injuries, her yoga practice has been instrumental in overcoming obstacles in healing and brought a new flexibility in body and mind.  

“I believe Yoga helps the human spirit to live our lives with a gentler and kinder outlook towards ourselves and others. We learn to accept our limitations and expand our body, mind by moving our energy through our body in a positive way.  Life’s journey is a constant  exploration of ourselves and for me, Yoga has played a major role.