MAMASTE YOGA FOUNDER

Karen Prior is a registered prenatal yoga teacher (RPYT),
a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE),
and the founder of Mamaste Yoga®.

KAREN PRIOR, RPYT, LCCE

Karen PriorKaren combines a background in hatha yoga with her deep understanding of pregnancy and birth. She has worked with pregnant women since 1995. She is a registered prenatal yoga teacher, doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor. Karen is certified to teach both the Radiant Child and Indigo Yoga programs to children and holds certifications from Integral Yoga in Postpartum Yoga and Laughter Yoga. Karen has also studied with Judith Lasater and is a certified Relax and Renew Restorative yoga teacher.

Karen draws from the classical hatha and Integral Yoga traditions and is grateful to the teachers who have influenced her teaching and guided her studies: Judith Lasater, Robert Boustany, Doug Swenson, and Jyothi Larson.

Karen is the former owner of Yoga for Women in Houston, Texas and Samatva Yoga in Oklahoma City. Karen has trained over 100 hatha yoga teachers and 50 prenatal yoga teachers. She continues to provide continuing education to other teachers as a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).

Karen is a Yoga Alliance-registered Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with over 500 hours of training (E-RYT 500), an ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor and has completed training/certifications in prenatal/post natal fitness through NDEITA, AFPA, AAFA, and Moms in Motion. Her non-fitness related credentials include being a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and a Certified Doula through both DONA and CBI. She holds a childbirth education diploma and breastfeeding counselor certificate with Childbirth International and is an accredited Breastfeeding Counselor with BreastfeedingUSA.

Previous Speaking Engagaments

17th Annual DONA International Conference July 2011, Boston, Mass
"It's Not Your Birth: Communication Skills for Doulas"

Lamaze International 2011 Annual Conference September 2011, Fort Worth, TX
"Doctor, Doctor, Gimme Your Views: Teaching communication skills in early pregnancy

Lamaze/ICEA "Future of Birth 50th Anniversary Mega Conference October 2010, Milwaukee, WI
"It's Not Your Birth: Communication Skills for Childbirth Educators"

ICEA 2009 Annual Convention October 2009, Oklahoma City, OK,
"Stretch, Relax & Laugh: A Sample Prenatal Yoga Class"


Yoga teachers who have studied prenatal yoga with Karen Prior:

Postnatal Yoga Class
Yoga Teacher Training
Vrksasana - Tree

Nurturing Mother

Mamaste Yoga salutes the mother in all of us, celebrates the miracle of childbirth, and nurtures the child by nurturing the mother.

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