Meet your
movement team.

Emily is a yoga instructor, business owner, independent contractor, and mom. She founded Trails Within, a yoga studio in Graeagle, and is passionate about helping students discover what becomes possible when they bring their whole selves to each moment.

A student of yoga for more than 20 years and a teacher for 18, Emily has trained in Hatha, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Anusara traditions. Her alignment-based Hatha classes may include somatic movement, pranayama, and meditation. She is also trained in therapeutics, pre/postnatal, and restorative yoga.

Emily and her husband have lived in the Shire for years while growing their family and operating a successful Truckee business. She loves the outdoor life here—camping, hiking, skiing, golfing, and time at the beach.

After trying nearly every workout under the sun, Emily found her favorite in Pilates. Her classes focus on core strength, stability, balance, strong legs, and using body weight to build total-body strength—with the goal of helping every participant feel more confident in their own skin.

Brooke is an international yoga and wellness teacher dedicated to embodying and sharing the practices of yoga. Through yoga therapy, she helps people move toward improved health and well-being with personalized, evolving practices that support the physical, mental, and spiritual self.

She offers private sessions, small-group and corporate wellness classes, and curated retreats. Brooke is a 500-RYT Yoga Alliance teacher, certified trauma-informed yoga instructor, Reiki Master, and holds advanced training in Yoga Therapy from Loyola Marymount University.

After years immersed in the Santa Cruz yoga community, Katie began teaching Hot Pilates and Sculpt in early 2024. Each class is built around a fresh, intentional sequence that raises the heart rate, challenges targeted muscle groups, and moves seamlessly from one exercise to the next.

Katie’s goal is to help students realize they are capable of more than they believe. Expect to sweat, laugh, struggle, surprise yourself, and leave class stronger—in body and mind.

With more than 25 years of fitness experience, Denese is trained in many forms of movement and loves sharing her passion for exercise, wellness, and nutrition. She is a certified Pilates, barre, yoga, and group-exercise instructor.

An avid snow skier and water skier, Denese also loves the outdoors, nature, and animals. She looks forward to helping students feel strong and energized in her classes.

Ari is dedicated to guiding students toward calm, balance, and strength. With a mindful approach, she meets each person where they are and creates a supportive space to connect with the body and notice what is needed.

She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2019 and Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in 2021. Drawing from her experience as a mother of two, Ari creates alignment-focused sequences that support resilience and help students feel grounded on the mat and in everyday life.

Ashley grew up in New Hampshire and moved to Tahoe in 2012. Now a mom of two young boys in Truckee, she loves movement and spends much of her free time outdoors with her family.

Ashley began gymnastics at age three and competed through level nine before focusing on cheerleading. Her experience includes middle-school, high-school, and all-star competition as well as coaching. She brings that experience and enthusiasm to youth programs designed to inspire the next generation of athletes.

Heather comes from a theater-arts background and has explored many genres of dance. Along the way, she cross-trained in Barre and Pilates and developed a movement style full of energy, creativity, and fun.

She weaves Afrobeats, hip-hop, dancehall, and her own personal flair into classes that generate joy from the inside out. Heather believes group fitness makes space for creative expression, connection, mental well-being, and a welcoming community. Sweat. Smile. Repeat.

Rebecca is a retired paralegal and longtime Truckee local with more than 20 years of experience teaching step aerobics, cycling, and circuit training. She is passionate about serving her community, cares for her elderly mother, and is active in her church and women’s ministries.

An avid hiker and paddleboarder—and proud grandmother of five—Rebecca brings energy, motivation, and sweat to every class. She creates inclusive workouts that help people move better, feel stronger, build confidence, and have fun: good music, fun vibes, strong bodies, better mindset.

Staci grew up in a small Northern California mountain town and now calls Tahoe–Truckee home. Movement has always been central to her life, from competitive dance and college dance study to yoga, strength, and outdoor adventure.

She earned an associate degree in dance, completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance training in Truckee and a 300-hour Holistic Yoga Therapy training in Rishikesh, India. Her additional studies include Reiki, process coaching, TRX, RIPPED, and Thai massage. After nearly 18 years of teaching, she hopes every class—whether yoga, dance, cardio, TRX, or strength—brings students exactly what they need.

Gyöngyi is a seasoned sound healer with more than 15 years of experience. Born in Romania with Hungarian roots, her global journey led to training with metal singing bowls in Austria and certifications in sound healing, Reiki, Emotion Code, and AromaTouch.

She completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in India and blends sound and essential oils into her Lake Tahoe offerings. Gyöngyi has trained more than 50 sound healers and shared her work at festivals, retreats, and women’s circles. She is also a spiritual life coach and a Level 3 PSIA cross-country ski instructor.

Britney’s passion for wellness began as an athlete studying Exercise Physiology at Chico State. Work alongside physical therapists, chiropractors, and cardiac-rehabilitation teams built an intuitive foundation for her bodywork.

Her studies continued through sports nutrition, Ayurveda, and a comprehensive 650-hour massage program at the Bodhi Tree Healing Center. Her modalities include deep tissue, prenatal, acupressure, myofascial release, dynamic cupping, warm stones, sports massage, and energy techniques. Britney’s integrated approach honors each client’s changing needs and supports a deeper connection among mind, body, and soul.

Holly discovered yoga at age 15, when her dad introduced her to a practice that helped ease perfectionism and anxiety. Every teacher since has offered a lesson that continues to shape the way she practices and teaches.

A Michigander who found home in California, Holly has taught yoga for nearly a decade. She uses the practice as a way to become grounded, know our true selves, and find more joy and peace. Her classes blend warmth and fun with a strong sense of community and belonging.

Amy has worked in fitness and wellness for more than 25 years and continues to expand her knowledge through education and hands-on experience. Her focus includes functional movement, yoga, outdoor fitness, mindfulness, and massage.

She is a certified personal and group trainer, yoga and kids-yoga teacher, outdoor fitness and TRX instructor, and massage therapist, with a master’s degree in Kinesiology–Sport Performance. Amy also co-owns A Singletrack Mind mountain-bike skills coaching and loves trail running, skiing, biking, and exploring with her daughters and dogs.

Kendall is a certified yoga teacher, sound practitioner, and lifelong lover of music and movement. Her sessions blend movement, breath, and sound to support nervous-system regulation, deep rest, and energetic renewal.

Her approach is grounded in training, inspired by devotion, and shaped by a deep love for community, the earth, and the restorative power of intentional rest.

Hawley has lived in Truckee for more than 26 years, raising three children with her husband, operating a horse-training and riding-lesson business, and falling in love with yoga. After her first local 200-hour training, she continued studying with Jason Crandell and Noah Mazé and completed multiple advanced trainings.

An E-RYT 500 and YACEP, Hawley has owned and operated a yoga studio and created and facilitated teacher trainings. Her distinctive style draws heavily from Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa, and her love of continual learning shines through every offering.

Nikki Dean, E-RYT, has taught yoga internationally since 2003 to students ranging from professional athletes to people navigating cancer. She is certified in Aerial, Kripalu, Vinyasa, and pre/postnatal yoga, as well as Yoga Nidra, transformational coaching, and cancer exercise.

Her mission is to help others reduce daily stress, live intentionally, and experience meaningful success. After traveling the world and living everywhere from New York City to New Zealand, Nikki now loves life in Truckee with her husband, children, and fur baby—hiking, skiing, paddleboarding, and breathing in the mountain air.