HOW I WORK: Cat McElveen is, first and foremost, a human and a woman. Her life’s work is rooted in weaving women’s spaces for healing, connection, and witnessing. Through her practice and study of classical Tantra and Kriya yoga, along with somatic and movement-based modalities, she teaches the art of accepting yourself fully through feeling, not fixing. After a lifelong personal study of yoga, Cat studied traditional Hatha, Tantra, and Kriya yoga in India at Sattva Yoga Academy. With over 500 hours of study with her teachers, Cat is passionate about sharing the authentic roots of yoga and honoring its origins. Her classes and retreats include extensive breath, meditation, mantra, and movement practices to shift energy powerfully and bring the body, mind, and heart into coherence. Along with yoga and meditation teaching, Cat is currently pursuing a master's in clinical mental health counseling with a focus on somatics and trauma. She is also a devoted dog mama, lover of sunshine, oceans, and rivers, a daughter, a sister, and a lover of delicious food and good wine. Cat sits in reverence to her teachers: Anand Mehrotra, Christopher Wallis, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji.