Kate is a yoga, meditation, and improv teacher, and a lifelong student of all three disciplines.

Her yoga journey started at a retreat center in rural Oregon, where her mom brought her as a teenager to chill her out. It didn't work. At least, not right away. She spent the next 30 years trying to find that chill, and making her way back to yoga because the practice brought her peace every single time. These days she brings a lot of humor and kindness to her practice, and hopes to pass that along to every student she teaches.

The physical practice eventually led her to meditation — specifically vipassana, or insight meditation. Meditation has become her most essential life tool: teaching her acceptance, softness, and the radical skill of leaning into difficulty instead of running from it.

Last came improv — appropriately third in this list because of the comedic rule of threes. When she moved to DC, Kate took a class to just to do something that wasn’t her day job, but was immediately hooked by the thrill of being on stage without a script. What followed was a full-on obsession. She trained extensively at Washington Improv Theater and took workshops at UCB and Second City, performed at festivals around the country with a rotating cast of beloved teams, and has taught corporate improv workshops nationwide — bringing the principles of spontaneity, collaboration, and yes-and to boardrooms and off-sites everywhere. It didn't take long to notice how much improv and meditation have in common: both ask you to show up fully, with curiosity and kindness. She thinks they make each other better, and she thinks you should probably do both.

Born in California, raised in Oregon, with stints in Mali for the Peace Corps and a summer law internship in Alaska, Kate has lived in a lot of places — though let's be honest, Maui was the best one. She currently lives in Washington, DC with her two cats and nine (absolutely thriving) plants.

CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, Class of 2021

Yoga Alliance, RYT 500

Prison Yoga Project, Volunteer Teacher, 2017 to present

Washington Improv Theater, Teacher & Performer, 2011 to present