“What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love that somehow contains the entire universe.” Rumi

 The pace of breath & movement are mindfully slowed in Katie’s classes in order to listen to the inner body as creator & teacher.  Students are invited to explore the interior landscape of their bodies through visualizations, breath & meditation. While working to strengthen the core, students will also focus on releasing their bellies & deeply stretching the spine, shoulders & hips.  The combination of both restorative & physically assertive asana will enable students to experience yoga as a practice of surrender & empowerment.  All levels welcome.

Katie has been practicing yoga asana for ten years &  teaching to adults & children for the past five years. She has completed  asana teacher trainings with Angela Farmer, “The Undoing of Yoga,” Lesvos, Greece 2004, Shiva Rea, “Vinyasa Yoga,” Kripalu, MA. 2002 & Larry Schultz, “Ashtanga Yoga,” SF, CA 2001.  Other teachers whose understanding has inspired her are Pattabi Jois, Manju Jois,  Dena Kingsberg, Richard Freeman, Victor Van Kooten & Devorah Sacks.  She studies the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Kate Holcombe, a senior student of Desikachar & has recently begun to study nondual tantra with Dharmanidhi Sarasvati. 
The practice of yoga awakened Katie’s fascination with the body & what it means to be embodied & she began to study bodywork in 2002, receiving a certificate in Asian Body Systems from the Mckinnon Institute. Presently, she is completing an apprenticeship with Hugh Milne in Visionary Craniosacral Work & has embarked upon a long journey with Isa Gucciardi for certification in Depth-Hypnosis & with Gilles Marin for certification in Chi Nei Tsang.

Katie is inspired by the inherent & unerring intelligence of the body to heal from within & loves to share what she learns with others. If interested in scheduling  bodywork or yoga, please call her at 510.388.1737.