Michael Katz

My objective in teaching yoga is for students to have fun, to do yoga for the pure joy of it, and to leave class feeling wonderful and that the light of yoga has brightened their day in a very special way that could not have happened without coming to my class.

The central theme of my life has been the process of following my heart.

I have been practicing yoga on a daily basis since 2000 and I am certified as a yoga teacher by the Yoga Alliance. My certification is based on the principles of Anusara Yoga created by John Friend.

After four years of studying many styles of hatha yoga I went to a week long yoga retreat taught by Todd Norian, a certified Anusara instructor and teacher trainer. During that week it became clear to me that Anusara Yoga was the path I wanted to follow. I have since taken many classes with its creator and master yoga teacher John Friend and in April 2009 I completed a three day intensive on Yoga Therapeutics with John Friend in Ashville, NC. In addition, I have taken workshops with other great Anusara teachers including Mitchel Bleier, Susie Hurley, Desiree Rumbaugh, and Doug Keller. My year-long teacher training was with Deb Neubauer. In October 2008 I completed a Level Two Teacher Training with John Friend. Although I am a teacher, I am also a student and as such I will always continue my yoga studies. I find yoga to be a process of discovery, enrichment and revelation.

I recently retired from my business as a financial consultant. I now devote my energy to teaching yoga in my home studio as well as other venues such as Yogave’, the Cancer Community Center and The Nautical Mile at Martin’s Point Health Care Center. Also, as a professional musician for over thirty years, I now have the time to enjoy playing my classical guitar at weddings and special occasions.  And, I always accompany the final pose of all my yoga classes with a warm and soothing live serenade on my guitar.  For more information please visit www.athomeyoga.us.

You may contact Michael at Michael.Katz@Yogave.com