Katie has been teaching yoga since 2005 and practicing medicine since 2004. Katie thanks Kundalini yoga for teaching her discipline, Thai Massage for teaching her patience, Prajna yoga for teaching her humility and Western Medicine for teaching her anatomy. Katie uses an integrated lens of Eastern & Western medicine to simplify complex concepts for any level of understanding. She loves teaching yoga and Thai massage through the lens of western anatomy and non-violent
communication.

Katie works as both a nurse midwife and family nurse practitioner at a Medicaid clinic in the Reno/Tahoe area. Katie is a daily meditator in the Zen Buddhist tradition and an associate professor for the schools of Medicine and Nursing at the
University of Nevada, Reno. She mentors students regularly. Katie bows deeply to her teachers: Tias & Surya Little, Jack Kornfield, Elizabeth Greathouse, Kay Ryan, and the thousands of patients, students and colleagues she's worked with along the way.