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Katie
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YogaSmith™
ABOUT KATIE
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Katie Smith, 45, an executive recruiter and yoga practitioner, saw a need for stress reduction tools for individuals and organizations. Her work with mid-and executive level managers for the past six years surfaced that need, along with an even greater desire for a way to manage the level of stress fast-paced jobs produce. A sense of urgency and fast response time are key in corporate cultures. Katie understands this and tempers that awareness with her ability to negotiate, follow-up, and build relationships based on integrity. Yoga can reduce stress. Katie knows. She has seen it work its magic in her own life. A yoga practitioner for 18 years, and Kundalini Yoga and Meditation instructor for 11 years both in the Bay Area and now, in Austin, Texas, she has watched a stress alternative become a mainstream pass time. A Fashion & Art Institute graduate and former personal shopper, for years, Katie assisted others in presenting a "dress for success" image to the world. But in 1990 her focus turned inward, spurred on by a desire to redefine "success" in light of personal challenges that included raising a profoundly hearing impaired daughter. After practicing Hatha yoga for 4 years, in 1990, Katie discovered Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, a holistic form of yoga that integrates body, mind and spirit in one practice. Immediately, she saw positive results. She became a certified International Kundalini Yoga Instructor in 1993 after the birth of her second child. Katie believes in the power of Kundalini Yoga. So do others. In fact, in 1995 the State Law Board of California approved her custom-designed program for emotional distress and substance abuse as a continuing legal education course for lawyers. Since that time, she has worked nationally with corporations and individuals. Specifically focusing on the power of this technology as a stress management tool. Offering to others a way for living a more balanced life. Clients range from CEO's to stay-at-home moms and in industries as diverse as legal, healthcare and education. Katie's tandem career as an executive recruiter, along with her yoga instruction and raising two children has shown Katie how to integrate this technology to the fullest when faced with the demands of everyday living. Katie offers a more balanced way of living by combining self-empowerment techniques with easy-to-use yoga poses so one can refocus their stress into productivity, anger into positive energy and overwhelm into calmness. YogaSmith is for every Dick or Jane employee, for every Brown or Smith executive. It's easy, it's professional. It's guaranteed top-notch because Katie demands that. Does it work? Ask Katie's clients. Or better yet, ask Katie. She is her best testimonial. |
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