Kate MacDonald

Trainer Bio

Kate MacDonald was born in New Bern, North Carolina but spent two decades satisfying her wanderlust around the US and Europe before finding her way back to her hometown in 2014. She loves all things yoga and psychotherapy and weaves the ancient wisdom and undeniable health benefits of the practice with various counseling interventions to guide students through a transformative experience they can take off their mats and into their world.

Yoga first discovered her during a time when she was shifting from one chapter to the next in her own personal narrative. It was at a seaside South Florida studio fortuitously named Kate Yoga, and she knew after her initial class that this practice would be more than just a workout she did every now and then; it would become a way of life. After pouring through all the texts she could get her hands on and studying rigorously with her own “Yoga Kate,” she began teaching full-time just 6 months after she stumbled into that studio. Her classes have evolved to a space where students are encouraged to give up limiting beliefs, move beyond their comfort zones, laugh, ground, and embrace their own perfectly imperfect journeys.

Kate is an E-RYT 200-hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, is Tier 1 Certified in Baptiste Yoga, is a Yoga for 12-Step Recovery Leader, Kid’s Yoga Certified, Yoga Life Coach Trained, and also teaches Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga. She is currently completing a Master of Science in Clinical Counseling with an emphasis in Addiction and Rehabilitation at East Carolina University and is on track to graduate in December of 2020. When not upside down on her yoga mat or with her nose in a book, Kate can be found on a kite board next to her husband, Jamie Mac.