Katie Blecker Yoga

on developing skills in facilitating accessible practices for a wide variety of student populations in both group and 1:1 settings, including in yoga studios, retirement & long term care communities, healthcare facilities, corporate workplaces, and online. I live with multiple chronic illnesses and chronic pain, which have furthered my interest in making yoga more accessible to the chronically ill and disabled communities. As someone who has struggled to feel safe and supported in many conventional yoga studios, I aim to cultivate more inclusive, welcoming, and judgement-free spaces when and where I can. My background is in hatha yoga rooted in classical Tantrik philosophy, yin & restorative, yoga nidra, chair yoga, yoga for older adults, and trauma-informed yoga facilitation. I offer deep gratitude to the many teachers who have come before me, and offer particular reverence to those of South Asian descent from whose cultural and ancestral knowledge & practices I benefit. I’m grateful to live and work as an uninvited guest on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples (known as Vancouver, BC).