Women's Sunday Spiritual Group

This class is taught by:

Kate Coughlin

Kate is a passionate and dedicated explorer of movement, meditation and yoga which spans 40 years.

She is an inspired practitioner who loves the precision of alignment, and teaches with a creative joyful approach.

Kate has been an inspiration to thousands of students during her 30 years of teaching. She has developed two Advanced Studies Programs with over 100 graduates who now teach throughout the U.S.

She has studied intensively with such wonderful teachers as: Donald Moyer, Erich Schiffmann, and Arunji of Bangalore, as well as teachers all over the Bay Area. Kate is also a world traveler including trips to India to study yoga.

Kate created and taught the yoga program at Stanford University from 1989-2001. She is the Founder and Director of Downtown Yoga in Pleasanton California. She is an international teacher offering retreats for inspiration and restoration.

Her students describe her as warm hearted, inspiring and caring. She is a radiant, beautiful soul who honors the beauty and presence of each and every moment.

The Sunday Women's Spiritual Group meets from 7pm to 8:30 p.m. each Sunday at Downtown Yoga. The group's intention is to explore and share our experiences with spiritual teachings and practices, both ancient and modern. Each meeting begins with 20 minutes of meditation, which is followed by a discussion of the book we are currently studying. Previous books the group has read include: Using the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, Communion with God by Neale Donald Walsch, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron, The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation by Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, edited by Chip Hartranft, A Thousand Names for Joy, by Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell. We focus on sharing how we apply the teachings from these books and the practice of meditation in our everyday lives; members find it's a rich exchange of experience and insight and a wonderful way to start the new week. The group is open to all women. We each give an offering of $5 every Sunday to support the studio. For more information contact: jane.murphy1@comcast.net (925) 425-9252 or (408) 398-1098 (cell)