Kate Giampapa Friel
Kate took her first yoga class in 2004 in Massachusetts and began teacher training with Bikram less than three years later in Hawaii and has been teaching full time ever since! She spent a decade in Aspen Colorado immersed in her daily practice while teaching yoga to X-Games and Olympic athletes, students, and people of all ages and sizes. As a yoga leader in the community, Kate hosted an outdoor yoga television show, “Yoga With a View,” founded a mountain top yoga class with Aspen Ski Company and became a Lululemon yoga ambassador.
Now living in Santa Cruz, she has found herself in "the hot room" teaching large groups of all levels. Kate enjoys introducing yoga to beginners and experts alike and shows a great amount of patience and compassion. She has also attended and taught many advanced yoga seminars and trainings and gets a thrill out of motivating and inspiring more seasoned yogis to go further, physically, emotionally, and mentally.
As a certified birth doula, Kate now offers prenatal and postpartum yoga as well as birth education. You can find Kate teaching daily classes at HotSource Yoga in Aptos, California, or The Circle Family Center. When Kate isn’t planning her next yoga class or retreat, you can find her playing with her young children and husband on the beaches and parks of California.
Certifications
B.A. in Teaching and Fine Arts University of Massachusetts Amherst 2004 (Graduated Magnum Cum Laude)
Bikram Yoga College of India - Honolulu, HI 2007
Synergy Partner Yoga - Tulum, Mexico 2008
Vinyasa Power Flow Yoga - Aspen, CO, Arjuna Yoga 2009
Restoritive/Yin Yoga - Aspen, CO, Arjuna Yoga 2009
Yoga Retreat Leader and Host - 2008-present
Birth Doula - Santa Cruz, 2021
Employment
Art Teacher - Roaring Fork High school, Carbondale Colorado
Santa Cruz, CA- Hot Yoga Aptos, Village Yoga Santa Cruz, Divinitree Yoga, Pleasure Point Yoga, The Circle Family Center
Aspen, Colorado- Arjuna Yoga, King Yoga, Bikram's Yoga College of India in Basalt
Montclaire, New Jersey - BeEvolution Yoga
San Diego, CA - Bikram Yoga Kearney Mesa
Jaco, Costa Rica- Los Suenos Resort
Private Yoga instructor - If you would like one on one classes with Kate contact her!
Mentions and Press
Kate Giampapa Friel hosted a television show in Aspen Colorado, “Yoga with a View”