11/21/2025
Our Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training lead is also one of our beloved teachers (she's been with us since we opened!!) & our childbirth education lead - Katie Painter!
Hi, I'm Katie ๐
When I was pregnant for the first time, I saw firsthand just how much bad, outdated information there is out there, especially in the health and fitness world. Thankfully, I found tons of support and guidance while taking prenatal yoga classes throughout that pregnancy and I knew I wanted to be able to provide the same judgement-free, evidence-based information to others on their journeys. So early in my pregnancy with my second daughter, I took a deep dive into pre- and postnatal specialty certifications including prenatal yoga. The first time I attended a birth as a doula for the first time? Pure magic. It was amazing. I was like, โI need to be doing more of this immediately.โ All I wanted to do was teach yoga, work as a doula, and talk about birth and raising children.
Ten years later, thatโs my reality! Iโve had the privilege of helping to welcome hundreds of babies into the world while supporting even more new parents โ both virtually and in person โ through childbirth classes and in prenatal and postpartum yoga. Iโm excited to lead a new cohort of teachers into the life-changing world of perinatal yoga.
When Iโm not at the studio, Iโm at the gym (because being a doula is physical work), hanging on the couch watching TV in a cuddle puddle with my kids and cats, reading ALL the books, or sneaking off to the piercing or tattoo studio for some new body art.
Join me in 2026 to start your new journey โ wholeheartspace.com/pytt
