YA was created as a heart station for community. A collective for the things we love, yoga, outdoors, conversations, walks, the sea, herbal medicine, educational experiences, nutrition, art, gatherings, sound, dance, movement, mindfulness & meditation, offered within a safe space.

Immerse in a combination of exceptional sensory experiences, in different settings, as an inner communion to learn about ourselves through self enquiry.

Our bodies represent the life we have lived, a personal narrative of our history. Kat facilitates & practices yoga because it provides a useful tool to view patterns of holding & potentially transform these patterns that are no longer useful to us. She promotes the participant, to choose through agency & provide a seed for self-enquiry & greater self-acceptance in the present moment.

Her passion for mindful movement, self-enquiry, interoception & empowerment are the foundation for her sessions.

About The YA BUILDER: Kathryn Fa

Kat started her adult life in the heart of the London art world in the 90’s. Moving to London at barely 19, she followed her passion & immersed herself to work within theatre, opera & later the film industry in the hair & make up scene. Her creativity knew no bounds & her work repertoire extensive. Her endometriosis symptoms became extreme, when working on improving her health she tried yoga out.

Several years later she took an RYT 500 Teacher Training with Tias Little at Prajna Yoga & intensives with Max Strom. She continues to practice under their guidance. Kat is a 300HR Trauma Centre- Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TC-TSY). These sessions are available on a one to one basis or small group. She creates sessions with psychoeducation around trauma and its effects on the body & brain. Kat runs seminars for the Department of Education on how to build awareness and trauma sensitive systems in schools. She is keen to bring secondary trauma and burnout to light within services in Gibraltar.

New & exciting opportunities unfurled before her & through yoga Kat has empowered herself & continues to heal her body. This odyssey to heal has driven her to support health for others, due to experiencing the nourishing effects through a combination of movement, meditation & nutrition.

Kat's basis of teaching lies in a synthesis of TC-TSY (Trauma Centre-Trauma Sensitive Yoga) Hatha with Iyengar alignment, Qi Gong & Somatic movements. Her classes inspire a greater compassion for the self while cultivating a strong mental & physical practice. 

Kat is also a Director of a Non Profit in Gibraltar SUPability. Which aims to offer SUP experiences for people of all ages, genders, diverse cognitive and physical abilities, neurodiversity and recipients of mental health services.

SUPability believe everybody should be able to enjoy the adventures the sea brings and work hard to provide a trauma informed accessible experience for as many people as possible.

Sessions are based on self empowerment and person first not disability or diagnosis.

Kat is grateful to all her teachers, SUPability team, those who share her sessions, friends & family who continue to guide, inspire & motivate her.

Through motion & breath, moving from the gross to the subtle. 

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