Katrina Atkin

Katrina Atkin

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Katrina Atkin
  • 45 min restorative w/ Katrina

    This 45 minute restorative practice is intended to be super relaxing and comforting. We open with seated pranayama, and move into long holds in supported poses, using our all important props: two blankets and two pillows. Put on your favorite relaxing music, toss on some socks, and give yourself ...

  • 45 min restorative w/ Katrina

    This tension releasing restorative practice starts with seated breathing and simple spinal movements before moving into fully supported, resting poses. Please have two pillows and a blanket minimum, but more props are welcome (like another blanket to cover up with, for example!).

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    Sometimes life is hard! And often, it is made harder by questioning why or wishing that it wasn’t so. In this practice, we engage with the hard tasks and attempt to disengage from the story and narrative around it, while also acknowledging that what is hard sometimes shifts without warning. Full ...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    This practice goes into the alignment principle of inner spiral of the legs. We will practice inner spiral in lunges, hip stretches, standing poses, and backbands in this full spectrum practice.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: tree pose

    This practice focuses on honoring support of the earth, gravity, and other systems of support in our lives. Work accessible tree pose variations to practice balance, and close with calf and foot stretches.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: hip openers

    This practice offers outter hip openers while intentionally supporting the earthiness of body, and the airyness of breath and spirit. Have blocks nearby!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: balance and transition

    Third eye chakra practice, centered on imagination and gaze. Practice using the focus of the eyes to support balance, transition, and a sense of being in the space. Either have yoga blocks or something sturdy like a wall or piece of furniture near by!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: self massage, hip openers, & balancing poses

    This practice focuses on all the directions that the spine can move in honor of the seven spinal chakras, moving towards the peak pose of twisted monkey. Balances, hip opening, and some soothing back massage from a blanket close out practice. (Have a blanket or towel available!)

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: fish pose

    This class focuses on neck health, upper back mobility, and shoulder opening to move towards a modified fish pose. End with hip openers and a supported savasana. Have a blanket or towel with you!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: bound side angle

    This practice focuses on shoulder health through the lens of outer spiral. Use shoulder stretches to help relax the neck and upper back, working towards bound side angle. Have a strap, hand towel, or scarf on hand!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: cooling practice for heat wave

    Yoga for a hot day! This practice includes cooling poses like bridge, gentle twists, and anjaneyasana, and prioritizes rest between shapes. Also learn sitali pranayama, a cooling way of breathing.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: dancer pose

    Seasonal shifts can be very unsettling and call for extra intention around grounding. With this in mind, we will use the principle of Open to Grace and extra attention to how our breath enhances each pose. Practice hip and quad openers to prepare for dancer pose. Have a strap and wall or chair ba...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: hamstrings

    This practice explores how the opposing forces of pushing out and pulling in create the a necessary energy loop, in breathing, in most poses, and in life. Expect hamstring openers moving towards standing hand to big toe. Have a strap handy!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: shoulder & hip openers

    Practice finding the part of challenging situations that feels good, and then spread that good as far and wide as possible. We will practice this in shoulder and hip openers, moving towards humble warrior. Cool down with simple twists and a generous savasana.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: core strengthening & hamstrings

    The curiosity and not knowingness of something trying something new opens up the space for possiblities. How can we approach familiar expereinces with this same beginner’s mind so that we can be open to the lessons of the moment? In this practice we will work to strengthen this openness. Hamstrin...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: airplane

    WE CAN DO HARD THINGS. The pandemic is the the most prolonged, hardest thing that many of us have had to go through. This practice aims to strengthen the part of ourself that remains steady during challenges. Expect a few pushups, funky twists, and the number one agreed upon tricky balance: airpl...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: dancer pose

    Destruction is required for rebuilding to occur. This practice aims to honor the powerful force of destruction as a necesary aspect for growth by moving towards dancer pose, or Natarajasana, which represents the dance that Shiva does while destroying the universe. Practice upper back opening, thi...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    One breath after another takes us through days, months, and years. The simply yet vast awareness carries us through a full spectrum practice of simple poses that aim to stretch and strengthen each muscle group at least once. Have a blanket handy if your knees need support for kneeling poses.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    Class begins with a mountain meditation and the imagry of the mountain carries through as we practice hip openers, side bends, and neck stretches. Have two blocks ready to go!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: peaceful warrior

    Finding calm in a world of struggle and violence can be an act of resistance, and a fight all it’s own. Focus on side stretches and knee alignment to prep for peaceful warrior. End with hip openers and quad stretching to keep the body in balance.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: eagle pose

    Vision practice focusing on drishti (the gaze, or outer vision) and third eye wisdom (intuition, or inner vision). Vision assists balance and supports the practice of eagle pose with a funky transition into lunge. Close with gentle poses to support the low back.

  • 20 min all levels w/ Katrina: hips & hamstrings

    This short practice focuses on hamstring and outer hip stretches. After a quick warm up, we start with hamstring activation and balance to support safe access to deeper stretches like pigeon thigh stretch and revolved triangle. No props are necessary!

  • 30 min all levels w/ Katrina: get into twisted monkey

    This quick practice focuses on the three components of twisted monkey - twist (of course!), backbend, and quad stretch. Prioritizing healthy shoulder placement, we make our way through the ingredients of twisted monkey to end up in the pose. A brief savasana and you are on with your day. (Have a ...