Kate Keskinen took her first yoga class in 2008 while looking to sustain the strength, flexibility, and body awareness she had gained from years of dance experience. While the physical practice of yoga enhanced her mind-body connection and engagement, what really surprised her was the mental clarity and shift in consciousness that yoga eventually brought, and continues to bring. 

As a teacher, she wants to share that magic shift with her students, as well as the idea that you can start with a physical practice, which with focus and dedication can turn into something so much more beautiful. Her classes are focused on the breath, letting it guide and develop movement, and the physical discipline of repeated and sustained asana practice. She believes that an initial concentration on the most superficial limb of yoga is just the gateway to a deeper path. 

“It’s all about balance. Building strength and flexibility in our bodies creates strength and flexibility in our minds. Like yin and yang, parts of one quality always live in the heart of it’s opposite. That is what yoga teaches us. Finding connection and harmony with all things, especially within ourselves.”

Kate received her Yoga Alliance certification in Florence, Italy, and after teaching there full-time for a year, returned home to Florida. She is thrilled to be here, and to be a part of the ever-growing yoga community in Gainesville. She continues to study and constantly explore the facets of her daily practice and expression through movement.