Join Ainslie Mintz for a weekend of depth, focus, and transformation in this thoughtfully curated mini-yoga immersion. Inspired by the metaphor of a mountain, this four-class series will guide you through foundational alignment, structural awareness, embodied strength, and ultimately, integration and stillness at the peak. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or newer to the path, this weekend is designed to enrich your understanding and experience of yoga with intelligent sequencing, refined technique, and introspective practice.
Climbing the Mountain
11 AM – 1 PM
Explore the alignment principles of Tadasana (Mountain Pose) and discover how these foundational actions apply to all standing poses. This workshop-style class will refine your awareness of posture, balance, and grounding—building a stable base for the journey ahead.
Learning the Ropes
2 – 4:30 PM
Dive deep into your personal structure using the rope wall as a tool for insight and support. Through traction, resistance, and suspension, you’ll enhance your understanding of alignment, spinal integrity, and body awareness in both familiar and unfamiliar postures.
Finding The Edge
9 – 11 AM
This dynamic vinyasa flow will challenge and invigorate, with a focus on precision and sustainability. Learn how to move powerfully while maintaining attention to detail—honoring your edge, without overriding it. A practice for longevity and integrity.
The Peak
1 – 3:30 PM
Arrive at the summit. In this final session, you’ll integrate everything from the weekend in a cohesive flow that culminates with the Ashtanga Yoga closing sequence. Settle into the stillness, clarity, and spaciousness of the peak experience.
Ainslie discovered yoga in 2005 in her high school library. She threw herself into the study of yoga at a local vinyasa studio and began working behind the desk shortly after. She fell in love with the challenging, graceful movements and has not taken a serious break ever since. In 2011 she completed her first 200-hour teacher training with Adi Amar and Angela Tong.
Since then she has been teaching yoga full time in Jackson Hole, completing an additional 300-hour training at Teton Yoga Shala and attending many workshops. She considers herself very lucky to have studied under Eddie Modestini, Barbara Benagh, Eddy Marks, Mary Obendorfer and most influentially Adi Amar.
Ainslie spent several years exclusively studying vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga but after a hip injury in 2013 she realized the capacity for the practice to truly heal the body in ways she couldn’t imagine. She began teaching more toward populations with injuries and chronic pain and feels so much more fulfilled in her day to day work teaching private students and supported group classes.