About

Welcome. I'm Katie, founder of Mindful YOLO. 

Mindful YOLO offers

• • Chair Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Fitness, Balance, Strength, Salsa, Meditation and Mindful Movement classes via zoom and in person to elders in assisted living homes, memory care facilities and to independent living active agers.

  • Mindful support as a both a Birth and End of Life Doula. 

  • Mindful Teaching sessions through Creative Arts, Poetry, Visual Thinking Strategies and Gardening to youth and elders in schools, organizations and long term care facilities. 

  • Daily Check-ins with isolated seniors for social, emotional and physical health. 

  •  Mindful Work sessions to essential workers, caregivers and to the greater community to help them pause,  breathe, and restore.

  • Gentle Yoga,TRX, Strength and Sidewalk Cycle classes socially distant in local parks, client backyards, and through Zoom via personal sessions, collaborating with local gyms and wellness organizations.

  • Monthly Wellness Challenges. 

I started Mindful YOLO in 2020 as a way for people to connect, move mindfully and release stress during the global health pandemic.  I taught my first yoga class in 2003 as Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua and I have been teaching a variety of wellness classes ever since.  I am certified and/or trained in the following...

1. • 200hr Yoga Instructor

   • Mindfulness Life Coach

   • Live 2 B Healthy Trainer

   • Yin Yoga

   • Restorative Yoga

   • Yoga Nidra

   • Chair Yoga

   • Yoga for Back Relief Pain and Prevention 

   • Kids Yoga & Mindfulness 

   • Salsaton

   • Group Exercise Instructor

   • Personal Trainer

   • KaiaFIT & KaiaFLOW

   • TRX & Lebert 

   • Cycle, Pedal & Pulse

   • Tabata, Kickboxing, Piloxing

   • Pre & Post Natal Yoga

   • Birth Doula, Slow Doula, Postpartum Doula and End of Life Doula

   • Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Teaching Artist

   • Trauma Informed Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

 In addition to my passion for wellness, I hold undergraduate degrees in Spanish, Sociology and a Non Profit Leadership Alliance certificate, a graduate certificate in documentary photography, a NY State bilingual teaching credential and a Masters Degree in International and Transcultural studies.  

Practicing and teaching Mindful YOLO classes encourages me to be patient, supportive, empathetic and creative as a photographer, teaching artist, doula and mother.  I am inspired by family adventures, the great outdoors and growing and reflecting in our garden together.  I am grateful for the opportunity to nourish mindfulness and strength in the Yolo County community and beyond.