INTENTION + SKILLS

Kim’s intention is to move students into a deeper study of themselves. The teaching skills that set Kim apart include explicit instruction, excellent demonstration technique, and an in-depth understanding of alignment and therapeutic applications.

CERTIFICATIONS

500-hours Therapeutic Alignment

Lighten Up Yoga, to be

completed Fall 2014

230-hours Alignment

Lighten Up Yoga 2009

200-hours Flow Yoga

Asheville Yoga Center 2008

CURRENT EXPERIENCE + PROJECTS

Yoga Instruction-- HereNowYoga

Asheville, NC to Birmingham, AL — 2010 to present

HereNowYoga is Kim’s personal yoga brand under which she offers therapeutic private appointments, workshops, special events, and international retreats (Galapagos Islands in January 2016). She maintains her own website/blog, social media, marketing and promotion. Kim is partnering with Becca Impello to offer the first ever 200 hour alignment based teacher training in Birmingham in 2016.

Kim teaches weekly classes and offers seasonal workshops and events at the following local Birmingham, AL studios: The Yoga Circle, Villager Yoga, Birmingham YOga, Lemontree Yoga, and Embody Practice Center.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Yoga Instruction, Front Desk Attendant

Asheville, NC, — 2009-2014

Kim taught part time from 2009-2011, then taught full time at various places including: Lighten Up Yoga, Asheville Yoga Center, West Asheville Yoga Center, South Asheville Yoga, Asheville Community Yoga, Asheville Yoga Donation Studio, French Broad River Academy, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville Buncombe Technical College, Bella Vista Retirement home, Hope Medical Center, the Federal Building, the Crest Center, the Wellness Center at the Cliffs, Leila Patterson Center, Cooperris Mental Health Clinic, a number of health clubs/gyms, and various special events and private sessions including weddings and private yoga hikes.

Her classes included regular Level 1, 1-2, and 2 asana usually a mixture of alignment yoga and flow; chair yoga; yoga for seniors; yoga for middle schoolers; yoga for breast cancer survivors; corporate lunchtime yoga; yoga for mental health patients (including recovering addicts and those suffering from eating disorders especially); general therapeutic classes; back care yoga; yoga for athletes; yoga for Multiple Sclerosis, etc. Her classes at the technical college were semester long “Yoga I” curriculum courses.

As a front desk attendant at Lighten Up Yoga and One Center Yoga, Kim would greet and register students upon arrival and perform general office responsibilities including client database maintenance; maintain contact with studio patrons in regard to their accounts; organize, label, price, and sell merchandise; answer any key questions in regard to studio policies and classes.

Teacher Trainings--

Staff Member and Assistant, 200 hour TT Lighten Up Yoga and Asheville Yoga Center

Asheville, NC, — 2012-2014

Kim was a staff member and assistant in the 200-hour yoga teacher trainings at Lighten Up Yoga and Asheville Yoga Center where she offered guidance to teachers about their personal practices, teaching sequences, and teaching skills.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING + TEACHERS

Workshops with master teachers: John Friend, Roger Cole, Matthew Sanford, Aadil Palkhivala

Topics:

yoga anatomy, yoga for back care, yoga for multiple sclerosis, physiology of relaxation and sleep, physiology of inversions, yoga for sacral imbalances, yoga for scoliosis, yoga for the asymmetric body, the art of sequencing, the history of yoga, pranayama, meditation techniques, yoga for seniors, chair yoga, yoga sutras and philosophy, the energetics of yoga (chakras, bandhas, koshas), and cranial-sacral rhythm in yoga (somatic release through asana), yoga of relationships

Related academic coursework at UNCA:

Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, Neuroscience, Maternal and Infant Health, Cellular Biology, General Chemistry 1 & 2, Organic Chemistry, Physics 1 & 2, Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Philosophy, Health Promotion and Wellness, Biofeedback, Health Parity, Nutrition, Food Politics

SEVA

Kim offers ongoing promotional events for land conservation organizations Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy and Wild South featuring experiential yoga hikes and adventures.

She works closely with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of NC, offering trainings for teachers and yoga classes at their yearly retreats.

She completed a 150 hours Internship at CarePartners Rehabilitation facility in the Summer of 2012 and a service learning internship at Thrive, an organization devoted to positive health promotion, in Spring of 2012.

Kim also completed 2 years with Americorps, working with impoverished youth.