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Katy Appleton, Founder and Director of appleyoga brings to yoga more than 25 years of expertise in movement through ballet, body tuning, breath and energy work.

Vinyasa Flow Hatha

Katy is an internationally-recognised teacher of Vinyasa Flow and is known for bringing the true essence of yoga alive in a student’s body-mind in creative, dynamic and life-transforming ways. Her teaching is biomechanically savvy whilst also being fun and playful, invoking a deeper embodied sense of self.

Katy enjoyed a 10-year career as a dancer before devoting herself completely to yoga. She danced across the world with the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, complimenting her dance career with the power of yoga’s movements, breathing and relaxation techniques.

After qualifying to teach in 1998, she studied many different styles with some of the world’s leading teachers, and she draws on her experiences to form her own style of yoga, known worldwide as appleyoga. Katy is also the creator of the appleyoga school, running life-transforming teacher trainings, apple adventure worldwide retreats and online courses. She has published several yoga books and award-winning DVDs for home practice.

Katy is delighted to share her teaching online with EkhartYoga and looks forward to meeting you in person at one of her teacher trainings, retreats or workshops.

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Earn the light

An illuminating class where we use the principals of Tapas and Tejas from yoga philosophy to create beneficial challenges for the mind and body, then explore the opportunity to ‘earn light’, which will fundamentally change how we show up in this life. Tapas means the stoking of our inner fire, which leads to the purification that builds character and strengthens our will. When you are able to say, ‘my intention is stronger than the obstacles I face; my willpower is stronger than my old patterns’ – i.e. when tapas is rightfully applied – it leads to Tejas (light). This class is designed to provoke thinking and action, and to take its learnings off the mat and into the world to create change.Props (optional): bolster or cushion, 2 blocks

Create balance

Vinyasa Flow, Hatha

Balance is not something we find, it is something we create. In this flow, we'll explore balance on physical, mental and emotional level. We'll begin with some shaking and alternate nostril breathing before making our way slowly and mindfully into our flow, then returning to the ground for some delicious floor poses. You will walk away feeling brighter and more connected after this practice.Props: 1 or 2 blocks and a cushion or bolster to sit on.

Spring Yin Yang practice

Spring Yin Yang practice

Yin Yang Yoga, Hatha

In Spring, those aspects of ourselves that have been dormant over the Winter months begin to awaken. Nature enters a cycle of renewal, growth and expansion – so does the energy within us. For any plant to grow well, the health of the soil is most important. And like soil, the health of our mind and body is essential. This is a Yin/Yang yoga practice with pranayama, affirmation and deep rest. We’ll create a deep intention for this new cycle of growth and expansion into the light once more.Props (optional): bolster or cushion, 2 blocks.