Yoga by KatYa is Yoga for everyone. Because you do not need to be flexible or strong to do Yoga. You just have to be willing to try. Your flexibility and strength will be developed through your practice exactly the way you need it.
Yoga by KatYa is Yoga with a smile. Because a good mood is the best support for a good practice and because our smile is worth the whole world and more.
Yoga by KatYa is Yoga without posing. Because Yoga is not about making a perfect Asana. It is about how you feel yourself while being in any Asana.
About me
I had my first experience with Yoga in 2004 at the 3-hour Bryan Kest’s Power Yoga Workshop. Bryan is known as one of the founders of this dynamic Yoga style in the West. I just loved the way he was talking about Yoga: very simple and understandable to any newcomer. Bryan made Yoga sound very applicable to our lives. I was fascinated by the grace of Asanas we were going through and absolutely loved the effect this class had had on me: my body felt tuned up and my minds felt liberated. It was amazing and that is how I lost my heart to Yoga.
In the following years my curiosity for Yoga lead me through various Yoga schools, from traditional Hatha to Kundalini, from Ashtanga to Anusara. And I must admit that my favorite remains dynamic Hatha, which is known mostly as Vinyasa Yoga. I simple need to feel the flow of energy created by Vinyasa in order to appreciate the full body-mind relaxation in Shavasana.
After a year of intensive studying I accomplished my Teacher Training and received a Certificate recognized by the Yoga Alliance in June 2017 (RYT200). My specialization was in Vinyasa Krama and Alignments. I am continuously working on deepening my knowledge of the subject and regularly attend Yoga Workshops and Seminars by various international Yoga teachers. In March 2019 I completed 50 hours of YIN Yoga Fundamentals Teacher Training. I have been teaching Yoga since 2016 in various Studios in Frankfurt, including one of my own.
Yoga is a very complex subject, if you like to get deep into its teaching. But the true understanding of Yoga lies not within its theory, but your feeling of Yoga. As Sri K. Pattabhi Jois said: “Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.” As you start practicing you build an intimate relationship with Yoga. And there will be no better time then NOW to start.
I personally believe that Yoga is universal. Anyone can find the right Yoga style/teacher/school to fit ones needs at any particular moment in life. For me Yoga is life and as the life changes, so the way you practice Yoga will change. And Yoga will be changing you – for certain!
