KATE WAITZKIN

Kate Waitzkin is a mama, yoga and meditation teacher, writer, speaker, and mentor. She has taught yoga + meditation since 2006 and her passion lies in sharing and spreading the teachings of yoga as a way to explore, heal, and deeply reconnect with ourselves. Through the ritual of this practice, Kate believes we begin to awaken more fully to our daily experiences, our internal wisdom, and our highest possibilities.

Kate’s teaching is influenced by several yoga traditions and a number of distinguished teachers and mentors with whom she has studied and worked. Kate is recognized for her accessible and potent approach to guided meditation and for creating fluid, rhythmic vinyasa classes with a thoughtful blend of breath-centered flow, inspired sequencing, and purposeful moments of pause and reflection.   

Kate currently shares her teachings through her online studio and gathering space, The Shala, which serves and connects students globally through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness programming. She teaches a weekly in-person class every Wednesday at Sukha Yoga in Austin, Texas.

Kate created and lead The Gathering and Sunday Ritual - monthly yoga, meditation, and community-centered experiences at MAUFRAIS and South Congress Hotel, respectively, in Austin. Her guided meditations are featured on The Shala, and goop.com, and her yoga tutorials are featured on CamilleStyles.com.

In 2019, Kate presented breath work and meditation classes at goop League - goop’s first-ever fitness experience in Austin, Texas. She leads public and private yoga and meditation retreats annually in Nosara, Costa Rica, El Pescadero, Baja Mexico, Marfa, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Kate has led teacher training programs for over a decade. Through her own devoted studentship and experience, she brings a deep respect for the teachings of yoga as a way of life and offers a steady, nurturing support for the work and transformation of students on their own, unique paths to deepen their knowledge and step into the seat of the teacher.

Kate is a regular contributor to Magnolia Journal and her forthcoming book, The Ritual of Being, will be her first. Her writing has also appeared in Texas Highways, goop.com, camillestyles.com, and teach.yoga as well as her own Substack, UNFOLDING.

Get in touch with Kate: info@katewaitzkin.com