Catherine Allen
Catherine Allen is renowned throughout the yoga community for her skill as a teacher trainer and mindful practitioner. Catherine began teaching yoga in 2001. Catherine has studied several forms of yoga, including Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Pralaya Yoga, and completed a month-long Hatha yoga immersion in India. She found her yoga home in the Forrest Yoga system. For years, Catherine apprenticed directly with Ana Forrest, the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga, as Ana’s lead teacher training assistant. After receiving the honored title of Forrest Yoga Guardian, Catherine became one of the first Forrest Yoga Guardians to be authorized by Ana Forrest to teach the 200-hour Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training and 9-day Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training. Catherine created Poppy Perinatal Yoga (85-Hour RPYS with Yoga Alliance), an approach to prenatal and postpartum yoga that promotes more comfort and support in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery. When not teaching, Catherine enjoys spending precious time with her husband, daughter, and coterie of canine and feline companions. She is a Level 5 Certified Forrest Yoga Teacher, Forrest Yoga Guardian, E-RYT 500, Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator, and Birth and Postpartum Doula.
Catherine Allen's classes emphasize breath, focus, mindfulness, and strength-building. Your strength lies in meeting yourself where you're at and asking yourself "What part of this can I do?"
Catherine Allen is renowned throughout the yoga community for her skill as a teacher trainer and mindful practitioner. Catherine began teaching yoga in 2001. Catherine has studied several forms of yoga, including Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Pralaya Yoga, and completed a month-long Hatha yoga immersion in India. She found her yoga home in the Forrest Yoga system. For years, Catherine apprenticed directly with Ana Forrest, the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga, as Ana’s lead teacher training assistant. After receiving the honored title of Forrest Yoga Guardian, Catherine became one of the first Forrest Yoga Guardians to be authorized by Ana Forrest to teach the 200-hour Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training and 9-day Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training. Catherine created Poppy Perinatal Yoga (85-Hour RPYS with Yoga Alliance), an approach to prenatal and postpartum yoga that promotes more comfort and support in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery. When not teaching, Catherine enjoys spending precious time with her husband, daughter, and coterie of canine and feline companions. She is a Level 5 Certified Forrest Yoga Teacher, Forrest Yoga Guardian, E-RYT 500, Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator, and Birth and Postpartum Doula.
Catherine Allen's classes emphasize breath, focus, mindfulness, and strength-building. Your strength lies in meeting yourself where you're at and asking yourself "What part of this can I do?"