Cathy Yoshimura

Having retired from dancing professionally in 1998, Cathy needed to fill a physical void in her life. She entered a yoga course at a fitness center and was intrigued by the practice. When an instructor invited her to teach yoga, she shied away saying that she would need to study seriously before she could feel adequate in passing on the practice. Lo, and behold, a star on High Street shone and she was soon studying with Martha Marcom, Marcia Miller and Linda Oshins. Ballet training and instructing ballet was a head start, especially after training with Yoko Ichino and her anatomically respectful method of teaching dance. The Yoga Teacher Training Course reinforced and illuminated that aspect of teaching and introduced Cathy to yoga philosophy and the methodology of asana practice, which opened new doors for her. She continues to teach dance but with a better sense of alignment as well as a yogic disposition (at least, she’s working on that). Cathy is a graduate of Yoga on High’s year-long teacher training.