About Katie
My Story
Katie Thorworth is an E-500 registered yoga teacher (RYT) and a Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (LPTA). She started teaching yoga in 2000, and has taught thousands of classes and helped launch hundreds of yogis' teaching careers over the years. She has taught in many studios and is in high demand for personal training and private yoga sessions. She has participated in several 200hr and 500hr yoga teacher training programs, including Charm City Yoga and the University of Maryland to name a few, and specializes in the anatomy of movement. She has also written a curriculum for a 200 hour level YTT and participated as lead trainer. Katie was published in the Yogic Way in 2016.
Katie is well known in the Baltimore and DC complementary and alternative medicine community; she attends numerous training and seminars every year and brings the best of these modalities to her yoga instruction. What makes Katie's teaching so unique and sought-after is her understanding of how yoga and physical therapy share many therapeutic principles. She finds joy in creating functional fitness programs through yoga that address individual-specific training and rehabilitation goals. Treating injured athletes, highly involved neurological patients, and Baby Boomers facing the challenges of aging alike – Katie is adept at bridging the gap between yoga and integrative medicine. A gifted teacher, she excels at explaining health and healing in a way that is accessible, enjoyable, and has the benefit of being rooted in the best that contemporary research has to offer.
Katie believes in putting the responsibility and power of one's health back into a person's own hands. Skilled at functional anatomy, she will teach you how not only to do asana on the mat but to bring healthy movement to every aspect of life.
Yoga180, “ the turning point in your health” is Katie’s brand and Yoga business. She offers private sessions to over 25 clients per week and facilitates wellness for corporate events.
