Cathy Harmon, PYT, E-RYT 500 Owner/Instructor cathy@grapevineyoga.com A student of yoga since 1985, Cathy Harmon received yoga teacher training from Namaste International,  earning her 500-hour certification in 2004.  She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500) and has taught over 2000 hours of yoga classes since 2004.  Most recently, Cathy completed Professional Yoga Therapist training in August 2009 with Yoga Therapists Joseph LePage and Maria KaliMa of Integrative Yoga Therapy. Recognizing and supporting Yoga as an established therapy, Cathy is also a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. IAYT.org Cathy teaches a style of yoga inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli, author of Awakening the Spine.  Vanda Scaravelli began to practice yoga when she was in her mid-40's, and found such release and joy in yoga that it changed her life.  Cathy is fortunate to have studied yoga with Irene Beer, Diane Long and the late Esther Myers, all of whom were Vanda's students. Classes with Cathy are light-hearted and compassionate. "I want people to feel good in their bodies," she says.  Cathy's classes are an amalgam of her many years of learning, teaching and practicing.  Cathy has also studied yoga with Mukunda Stiles, author of Structural Yoga Therapy, and Judith Lasater, well-known for Relax and Renew, the definitive guide to Restorative yoga.  Cathy certified as a Relax and Renew Trainer in 2008. See: www.RestorativeYogaTeachers.com Health and movement have long been  important to Cathy.  In the 1980's, she earned an instructor-level rank in the martial art of Lung Gung Fa Kung Fu ~ the Dragon Forever Learning.  Cathy is proud of achieving her Kung Fu ranking, as it required completing a 17-mile survival run in addition to the traditional testing on forms.  Cathy taught Kung Fu classes and was an instructor with Jackie Sorenson's Aerobic Dancing while living in southern California. Cathy holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Secondary Education; she taught high school English and Remedial Reading in the public school system for many years.