Wild Mountain Yoga Director Jo Kirsch, RYT started Wild Mountain Yoga LLC in February 2004. Jo is certified to teach Astanga Yoga by Beryl Bender Birch, author of the best selling book Power Yoga. Jo has been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching since 2001. Coming from an athletic background as a certified ski instructor, an avid backpacker, runner, gardener and former triathlete, Jo has found yoga essential to her well-being on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Jo has taught yoga to many other skiers and athletes, including ski pros, ski academy students, women’s groups and college athletes, as well as to private schools, corporations, and local community classes. Jo has a unique ability to understand the challenges of athletes and individuals to be flexible and to break through physical and psychological barriers.

Jo moved from Wilmington, Vermont to Manchester, with her husband, Bob Speck, and her two children, Alex and Natalie and their black lab, Jackson, in August of 2003. Alex is attending the University of Vermont in Burlington and Natalie attends Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester.

In addition to teaching yoga in Manchester, teaching skiing at Stratton, Vermont and Snowbird, Utah, Jo recently accepted a position as Event Coordinator at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vermont.

Bob Speck has been practicing Astanga yoga with Jo since 2001 as part of his personal conditioning program. He has completed 150 hours of yoga teacher training with Beryl Bender Birch and has attended workshops with David Swenson and Kathy McNames. Bob is a former member of the PSIA Eastern Division Educational Staff, a NOLS graduate, and an avid student of fitness and nutrition. A former school teacher and coach, endurance athlete and ski school director, Bob now balances his time between designing environmentally-friendly timber buildings, ski teaching, and leading outdoor trips with Jo, Alex and Natalie.

Jo and Bob teach skiing part-time at Stratton Mountain Ski School – Stratton, Vermont. For private lesson reservations call: 801.933.2170 AND Snowbird Mountain School – Snowbird, Utah. For private lesson reservations call 800.787.2886.