About Kāli
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With a deep affinity for meditation and a background in dance and athletics, Kali completed her initial yoga trainings in 2010. Since then she has been teaching vinyasa styles, hatha, bikram sequences, restorative, and trauma-informed practices. On a quest to eliminate her own back pain, she completed a back-care therapy training in 2015 and now develops classes with the Yoga Wall, a popular Iyengar tool to aid in decompression and alignment. Kali leads semi-private, specialty classes in addition to booming hot yoga classes and has over 3500 hours of on-the-ground teaching experience in studios, gyms, recovery centers, and international retreats.
Inspired to share the philosophy of yoga, Kali created The Devotional School of Yoga, a school that offers a balanced curriculum for both the physical (postures, body) and nonphysical (meditation, philosophy) aspects of the yoga practice. She has loads of fun planning destination trainings and loves guiding others through an in-depth study of yoga via immersions, focus workshops, and popular weekly classes. Kali is passionate about continued education, committed to exploring more effective teaching strategies and yoga methods to share with you.
When Kali is not leading destination trainings in places like Panama, Guatemala, and Alaska, she is holding down her home yoga studio, 4th Avenue Yoga, as lead instructor and studio director. She has a team of 25 yoga teachers at a hoppin’ downtown studio in the quirky town of Tucson, Arizona. Through her studio work, Kali found passion for hosting special events and attending monthly donation classes to benefit humanitarian efforts within our community. In her free time, Kali enjoys photography, writing, time with nature, friendships, fitness, and stand-up comedy at local places of laughter.
Kali’s Yoga Background
24 Hours Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training, Sundara Yoga Therapy
10 Hours 8 Limbs of Yoga Workshop, Embodying Awareness Yoga Therapy
20 Hours Overcome Pain with Gentle Yoga Workshop: Life is Now, Pain Care Inc
20 Hours SmartCore Training Workshop: Stability of the Pelvis, Staffan Elgelid
25 Hours Inversion Series + Advanced Teacher WS, Arizona School of Yoga
100 Hours Happy Back Training: Spine + Chronic Pain, Yoga is Therapy
100 Hours Power Vinyasa Training Intensive, Baron Baptiste Bootcamp
200 Hours Vinyasa Teacher Training, Arizona School of Yoga
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. Then go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”