About

About Katie McNeil

Bio

My vision is to offer a space for people to practice yoga and learn together as a community. I love to help empower students to; feel comfortable being themselves in class, have the opportunity to find a sense of agency within their yoga practice, and find their own set of tools they can take with them throughout their life.

I teach a range of yoga styles tailored to clients, including Gentle Flow Yoga, Restorative, Yin, Hatha, Vinyasa and Power Flow yoga at a range of levels.

Katie McNeil Yoga Oxford

My yoga journey started back in 2015 when I found taster sessions at a peace festival and felt a sense of calm and groundedness. Since then, my practice brings me back to that feeling. I started to find myself, a strength within me, and a willingness to open a conversation with my body and my mind. Yoga became a tool that I used to help me find calm and balance within, and has helped me through periods of poor mental health.

The space on my mat that yoga classes offered me at that time and still now is a place to try to reconnect my mind and my body, to listen, receive gratitude from myself, accept, and learn.

I believe that yoga is for everybody, and I try to make my classes as accessible as I can. I encourage students to come as they are to class and hope to offer a nurturing place where they can just be.

Outside of teaching, I am co-founder of Every Body Studio Teacher Training, a 200h Yoga Teacher Training Course that I now teach on. I also work as an Administrative Assistant for Every Body Studio.

I have 10+ years of experience in administration within the Charity sector and Higher Education working with research groups tackling how to make the world a better and safer place. I pride myself on being well-organised and effective at my work. I volunteer at Survivor Space and Oxford City Farm, charities close to my heart. I am also an active member of the Yoga Teachers Union, where I have supported various campaigns. I have first aid and mental health first aid training and have, prior to teaching, completed an introduction course to psychodynamic counselling.

Qualifications

  • Yoga Alliance E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP® (Registered Yoga Teacher 200 Hours)
  • Level 1 Breathwork & Meditation with Just Breathe
  • Enhanced DBS

Training

  • 200-hour Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance), Yoga Quota/Nourish Yoga Training 2020.
  • 300-hour Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance), Awakening Yoga Academy 2024 (Modules: Awakening Yoga Vinyasa Immersion, Daily Sadhana & Body Reading, Awakening Inversions Intensive, Meditation & Breathwork, Advanced Asana Training, Mobility & Movement Mechanics, Effective Sequencing, Prenatal Yoga, Restorative, Nidra & Rest practices, Teaching Arm Balancing)
    CPDS
  • Teaching Inclusive Yoga Sept 2020 (Nourish Yoga Training)
  • Yoga, Trauma & the Nervous System. Nourish Yoga Training. Jun 2021 (Nourish Yoga Training)
  • Professional Development & Mentoring Program. Jun 2022 (Nourish Yoga Training)
  • Teaching Yin Yoga. Feb 2022 (Nourish Yoga Training)
  • Introduction to Restorative Yoga. Feb 2022 (Nourish Yoga Training)
  • Vinyasa Immersion. Jun 2023 (Awakening Yoga Academy)
  • Meditation & Breathwork. Oct 2023 (Awakening Yoga Academy)
  • Daily Sadhana & Body Reading. Nov 2023 (Awakening Yoga Academy)

Other training:

  • Trauma and teaching relationships, Dr Theo Wildcroft, June 2020
  • Emergency first aid at work, November 2021 +MHFAT
  • Workshop: Reflecting on Roles, Nourish Yoga Training, Jan 2022
  • 38h specialist training in the Violence Against Women & Girls sector with OSARCC covering sexual violence and abuse and the skills required to respond to survivors (2021-22) - This includes ongoing clinical supervision
  • Healing Trauma Through Yoga: A TCTSY E-course Oct 2022

Experience

2000+ hours of teaching

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