Catherine Njeri is from Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in the Slums of Kariobangi. She is a certified Africa Yoga Project and Baptiste yoga teacher, having completed level 1, 2 and 3 Baptiste yoga teachers training and FIT to lead Training with Baptiste Institute. Catherine has been teaching and practicing yoga since 2009 and is passionate about creating world class wellbeing leaders due to her personal experience of how yoga changed her life. By offering accessible yoga classes in her own community in Kariobangi, she witnesses daily how yoga impacts the overall wellbeing of her peer. and encourages a healthy lifestyle.
Catherine is 500 Hours Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. She leads 200 hours of Yoga Teacher training. She is the first Kenyan woman to lead a 200 hour yoga teacher training in Africa. Creating yoga teachers and teaching yoga is Catherine’s full time job and it gives her fulfilment and purpose in her life. Catherine gives back to her community by teaching free yoga classes to Teen and young mothers from Kariobangi. Apart from teaching free yoga, she offers mental health support, sanitary towels and partners with local psychiatrists and counselors to offer professional mental health support to the young mothers.
She also teaches private clients, group yoga sessions, yoga at workspace, yoga for team building, corporate yoga, yoga retreats and festivals. She owns a pop up yoga studio at Prestige Plaza on Ngong Road Nairobi. Catherine uses these classes to raise funds to support her community where she can.
When she isn't traveling and teaching yoga or leading trainings, Catherine is a proud mum to a baby girl. She also enjoys braiding her daughter’s and friends' hair. She is in the process of getting a physical space in her community where the community can access unlimited sanitary towels and weekly yoga and therapy sessions.
Styles Practices
Baptiste Power Yoga(All levels)
Yoga for the elderly(Chair Yoga)
Trauma Informed yoga
Prenatal Yoga
Kids Yoga(Next Generation Yoga)
Yoga for 12 steps to recovery(Y12SR)
Customized yoga classes