About me
Katie O'Connell is the owner and principal teacher at Dragonfly Yoga Barn in North Sandwich, NH. An Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500), Katie has been practicing yoga for 27 years, has over 2,000 training hours in yoga studies alone, and has taught nearly 17,000 hours since she began teaching over 2 decades ago. She has been training yoga teachers since 2011, and has studied with veteran teachers and experts in the fields of Yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation since she started her yoga career in 2003. Her teachers and mentors include numerous senior experts in the yoga world: Paula Tursi, Bernie Clark, Dr. Paul Dugliss, Dr. Marc Halpern, Sudha Lundeen (Kripalu), Judith Lasater, Cora Wen, Janet Stone, and Gloria Latham (Kundalini).
Katie studied Ayurveda Yoga Therapy with Marisa Kinman and Dr. Marc Halpern, head of the California College of Ayurveda, with whom she also earned a certification in the ancient science of Yoga Nidra. Katie is an Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, studying under Dr. Paul Dugliss at New World Ayurveda and has over 1,000+ hours of study as an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Ayurveda Yoga Specialist, as well as traveling to India each winter since 2016 for Panchakarma therapy and to study Ayurveda with Dr. Chandra Mouli and Dr. Sundara Raman. She has numerous certifications in Thai Yoga, is trained in SUP Yoga, and is a long-time student of Bernie Clark, one of the three primary Yin Yoga teachers in the West. Katie continues to study and is currently enrolled in Advanced yoga teacher training with Janet Stone, as well as Kundalini and Astrology with Gloria Latham. Katie is certified in Spiritual Mentorship and became a certified Heart Based Meditation teacher in 2020.
Katie teaches daily yoga classes, runs yoga retreats worldwide, offers Ayurveda & Yoga consultations and classes, private Thai Yoga bodywork, Yoga & Spiritual Mentoring, and Yoga Teacher Training at Dragonfly Yoga Barn overlooking the White Mountains of NH.
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