Karen Patterson

Karen Patterson fell in love with yoga, and started teaching, at the age of 28. She trained with the German spiritual teacher Heinz Grill and also attained a British Wheel of Yoga teaching diploma. Now at the age of 60 her continued passion for yoga is supplemented by a wealth of experience. She loves to use her expertise to help people make real progress, both with their physical practice and in understanding the spiritual qualities of the poses. Karen runs Yoga in Somerset yoga school offering classes, workshops, retreats and yoga teacher training courses.

Qualifications

Yoga teaching certificates both with the 'Association for the promotion of spiritual and social cultural impulses' and with the 'British Wheel of Yoga'. In the past she has obtained a degree in Biochemistry, practiced as a qualified state registered dietitian (registration no longer upheld) and a Bach Flower practitioner. Now focusing on yoga rather than the other areas.