Kathy Van

More than 10 years of yoga experience and more than 23 years of tennis experience.  Due to intense tennis training as a young competitive player and playing #1 at a Division 1 university, San Jose State, I started practicing yoga in 2002 as a rehabilitative exercise.  Since my love and passion grew for yoga, I completed an intensive training program in the foundations and teaching techniques of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga by David Swenson in 2010.  David Swenson's mentor was Patabi Jois, the founder of Astanga Yoga.  

From 1998 - 2005, I was a tennis instructor at TVTennis in California.  I taught the fundamentals and advance techniques of tennis to young competitive players who were nationally rank and went college on full tennis scholarships.  In 2002, I received a full tennis scholarship to San Jose State University and completed during the weekdays but taught tennis during the weekends.  

I am currently a Media Strategy Manager at a digital company, Twelvefold Media in NYC but I practice yoga 5 times a week and teach yoga 2 times a week as a consultant.