Yoga with Kat - Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher

A little re-intro... 👋🏻

Hi I’m Kat, a trauma-informed facilitator & space holder. I teach yoga through a somatic lens & weave together inspiration & wisdom from the natural world, yogic philosophy & somatic psychology.

I’ve been teaching for 5ish years - offering group classes in person & online, hosting specialist workshops & masterclasses, facilitating 1-1 therapeutic yoga containers & even training others to become yoga teachers. I write this to remind myself of how much I’ve grown. I’m so excited for the all the ‘becoming’ ahead of me. 🌱

I’m currently building some pretty special trainings & events; both independently & in collaboration with others (a big fat TBC for these - they’re being birthed in their own sweet time!).

To all the students I’ve facilitated for, to my 1-1 clients that have trusted me so deeply, to my mentors who have believed in me when I’ve been on the verge of giving up - thank you 💛

After a year of massive change & shedding (thanks year of the snake 🐍 ) that has been both painful & necessary, I’m regrounding & reorienting my work in Sheffield.

Like a seed planted in the depths of winter, I’m slowly beginning to crack open. I’m prioritising rooting down into fertile, resourced & nourished soil first. Seeds only grow upwards because they ground themselves in the Earth first, right?

All of this to stay I’m still here with a deep desire to serve & hold space. 🌀

See you soon ~

I m b o l c B l e s s i n g s 🌱

I’ve always been drawn to liminal spaces and thresholds. Imbolc is the threshold between what calls ‘𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠’

I feel February can get such a bad rep & is often labelled as one of most depressing months!

But I LOVE this turn of the wheel! 🌀 Imbolc means ‘𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲’ or ‘𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐛’- it reminds us that life begins in the darkness of soil, in the womb of the Earth 🪾

Over Imbolc & the coming weeks - seasonal energy will slowly expand. In a Persephone-esque ascension from the underworld of our winter dreaming, we stretch & let our bones creak and crack. Winter stiffness starts to dissipate as we turn towards the light ~

The air this time of year starts to tentatively taste like 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 ~

Hope is such a complex & vital component of well-being. Our ability to envision a future that is brighter - our capacity to connect to the sheer p o s s i b i l i t y of the universe we live in....
.. all of this can be felt through the season & our body’s rhythms.

This past week the dark mornings have felt especially heavy - almost as if winter pressure was rising to transmute, to transform into seeds of possibility ~

There’s still time to join Somatic Yin online tonight where you’re invited to celebrate Imbolc by using the body as a gateway 🌻🌼🌸🌺

🔗 is in my bio to book - donation based - pay what you feel 💛

~ NEW CLASS IN SHEFFIELD ~

Sheffield pals! I’ll be starting up a new class at the lovely space - it’s called “Relax & Unwind” & is a weaving of all my favourite practices 🌀

🦋
🦋Thursdays 6pm
🦋Starting 19/02

This nourishing 60 minute class is the antidote to this fast paced world we live in 💛

Expect a delicious blend of gentle yoga, that prioritises & explores:
🔆 Mobility.
🔆 Embodied awareness.
🔆 Yin yoga.
🔆 Meditation.
🔆 Breath/prāņāyāma.
🔆 Relaxation.

You can book on through the link 🔗 in my bio or head over to Yoga at the Reach’s website ☁️

It’s gonna be a dreamy one ☁️ ☁️

yogasheffield

S o m a t i c Y i n 🪻for Imbolc 🪻

~ Online over Zoom
~ 1st Feb
~ 7-8pm
~ Donation based, 🔗 to book your free ticket in my bio

Imbolc means “in the belly” or “in the womb” - the darkness of soil; the womb of winter is where life begins 🌌

Imbolc marks the halfway point between Winter Solstice & Spring Equinox. Even though in Feb we are technically still composting in winter months - for me, Imbolc is a gentle unfurling of something that tastes like ~hope~

Imbolc reminds us that blooming begins in the dark. That darkness is incubation, gestation and provides the nourishment needed for the coming year🌼

All these words, just to offer up a little nugget of what we can explore in this class - together 💛

Journey Through the Elements 🌳🌊🔥🌬️🌀

WORKSHOP
📍
📅 28/02
⏱️1-3pm
🔗to book in bio

My wild & creative self is delighted to offer this explorative & transformative journey through the 5 physical elements. ~

Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether - these are the foundations of the physical world around us & the subtle world within us.

Expect a curated blend of:
🌀Mindful & dynamic movement
🌀Breathwork.
🌀Soothing Yin yoga
🌀Meditation.
🌀Extended śavāsana

Leave feeling whole and in harmony with the world around you.

The pod will be a cosy ambient temperature rather than its usual 37 degrees so please wear layers and bring some water with you ~

Big excitement for this one pals!!

~ What is Somatic Yoga? ~

Somatics is a bit of a buzzword at the moment - as is somatic yoga. It seems to be kinda trendy. But what does it actually mean?

Really, all yoga is somatic - yoga is kind of like the OG somatic practice.

Somatics is a paradigm - a way of living - a philosophy and a methodology.

Somatics comes from the greek word ‘Soma’ (Soma is also a sanskrit word!) meaning living body.

The somatic view point is that life is lived through the body. That the body isn’t just a bag of flesh and bones, that it is a living, breathing organism that has its own intelligence.🧠🫁

Somatic Yoga is a way of practicing yoga that helps you tap into your body’s innate wisdom with greater purpose, gentleness & fortitude.

Whereas some approaches to yoga prioritise alignment, physical progression or technicality, Somatic Yoga prioritises sensation, embodied attention & inquiry.

There are so many ways to practice Yoga - and the nuance is there’s no right or wrong. The way we practice dances past the duality of “good” vs. “bad”.

All yoga cultivates inner awareness & attention - the art of noticing & being with. 🌀

Somatic Yoga is nuanced because it places special emphasis on cultivating interoception - sensing the body from within & is informed by nervous system physiology.

At the heart of Somatic Yoga is the cultivation of accessing the body as a source of healing. ❤️‍🩹 This is done slowly, over time - with the student/individual placed at the center of the experience.

➡️ I’ll be offering a donation based Somatic Yin Yoga class ONLINE on the 1st Feb.
🔗 to book is in my bio

S p r i n g A w a k e n i n g

This 2 hour seasonal workshop celebrates the return of the vibrant, boisterous energy of Spring 🌸

✨
🗓️ 14th March
⏰ 11-1pm (SPACES)
or
⏰2-4pm (FULLY BOOKED, DM for waitlist)
🦋Sliding scale pricing.
🔗 to book in bio!

Expect:
🌱 Embodied ritual.
🌞Uplifting mantra.
🧘‍♀️ Somatic Yin yoga.
☁️ Somatic Dreaming

Come as you are - no experience of anything needed! If you are a human that is enough 💛This workshop is offered through a trauma informed lens and values accessibility. Reach out if you have any questions or support needs ~

These workshops at The Elephant Rooms bring me so much joy - gathering in this community space is so special. If you have joined previously THANK YOU for making this possible 💛

Where you can practice with me in 2026 ➡️➡️

Mondays & Saturdays at the warm & friendly space of 💜

I’m also announcing a March Springtime workshop at The Elephant Rooms in Derbyshire later this weekend - the first slot is already fully booked wowweeee 🫶

I’m teaching a little less currently as I find my feet in a new city but I’m cooking up some BIG offerings (online & in person) in the background that will be birthed at the perfect time no more no less 🌼🌸

Jai xx

~ ☁️ Free Somatic Dreaming ☁️

A holiday offering to you - clink the link in my bio to receive a free 30 minute Somatic Dreaming for slowness, for stillness.

This is available on my NEW (eeep) YouTube channel! Where I’ll be uploading meditation, yoga Nidrā, yoga practices, somatic practices & somatic dreaming ~

The perfect medicine if this season is chaotic for you 🩵

Somatic Dreaming is a little like Yoga Nidrā - it is an imaginative practice accessed from a place of deep relaxation.

It helps to create the change you long for by tapping into the felt sense of what it is you desire.

This transformative practice works with our physiology - the body - the subconscious mind - to shape the way we move through the world.

As a lover of the light I’m learning to embrace the dark depths of Winter. ❄️

I’m learning how to dream in the dark - to see this fallow period as an opportunity to sink down into the nooks and crannies of my bones. The places where cobwebs have grown and dust is sprinkled like snow.

In this descent into the underworld this year, I’m learning to trust in the pace of the seasons. Winter is a time for allowing ideas, imagination and desires to percolate, to stew long and slow. ~

I’m learning that just because the trees are bare doesn’t mean there is a lack. They still thrive in the fecund underworld of soil & mycelium.🍄‍🟫

Some prompts for you to consider this solstice:
🪾What am I cultivating quietly in the dark?
🪾Where can I slow down and find more ease?
🪾What kind of underworld journey am I currently going through?
🪾How can I embody the crone - my inner grandmother this season? What wisdom does she have for me?