KATE GERRITSEN – Stay Curious Yoga

• Registered 500 Hour Yoga Teacher on Wadawurrung Country, Ballarat, Victoria.

Eastside Yoga Ballarat : 67A Scott Parade, Ballarat East, VIC, 3350

Mondays – Strong & Steady – 5:30pm (1hr)

A beautifully calming practice focused on breath and foundational poses. Designed to be held and felt, this class supports nervous system regulation leaving you feeling strong, steady and grounded. Suitable for all levels.

Mondays – Rest & Recover – 7pm (1hr)

A yin-style class where we hold a smaller number of poses for longer periods of time (3-5 minutes), giving you time to explore how your body feels in each shape. Designed to help you relax deeply, release tension and find balance amidst the busyness of everyday life. Suitable for all levels.

Fridays – Strong & Steady – 7:30am and 8:45am (1hr)

A beautifully calming practice focused on breath and foundational poses. Designed to be held and felt, this class supports nervous system regulation leaving you feeling strong, steady and grounded. Suitable for all levels.

Check out the full Eastside Yoga timetable for other wonderful teachers and practices!

February-October – Federation University Ballarat, Performing Arts students (not open to the public). See you on your mats performers 🙂

Contact

Kate Gerritsen is a yoga teacher based on Wadawurrung Country in Ballarat, Victoria.

Kate began practicing yoga in 1998, regular practice eventually inspired her to undertake ongoing teacher training from 2020 onwards. Kate is a registered 500hr yoga teacher with Yoga Australia.

She is deeply interested in both the physical and emotional benefits of yoga and somatic movement practices. How might we practice yoga to energise, calm, heal and to open ourselves to new possibilities? How can we stay curious about ourselves in this practice?

She gently guides asana using a trauma-informed approach and encourages practice in a way that is kind, compassionate and appropriate for each student – taking into account energy levels, injuries, emotions and current life circumstances.

Kate was born in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and spent living and working on the traditional lands of the Ohlone people in San Francisco, CA before migrating to Australia.

Yoga Qualifications and Training

• 500 hour YTT (Ambika Chadwick, The Yoga Social)
• 12 month Yoga Teaching Mentorship (Jill Harris, Kyo Yoga)
• Foundations of Trauma Informed Practice (The Blue Knot Foundation)
• Yoga for Menopause (Liz Williams, Yoga Therapy Institute)
• Mastering Simplicity (Donna Farhi, ongoing)
• 20hr Applied Somatics for Practitioners (Collective Being)
• Evolving Towards Simplicity Intensive (Donna Farhi)

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Community and cultural work

Kate also has over 20 years experience working in community engagement, arts management, public art commissioning and curating and is currently the Director of Communications and Engagement at Regional Arts Victoria. Kate’s curatorial and project management experience have resulted in ambitious projects that reflect community values, strengthen cultural identity and use art to enhance public space.

Kate holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Waikato Institute of Technology, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and a Masters in Cultural Heritage from Deakin University, Melbourne (Australia). Kate is also a registered community engagement practitioner and has completed the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) qualification.

Her writing has appeared in Untitled Magazine, Groundwork Magazine, UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts Journal, ArtsHub and online forums.

A selection of Kate ‘s curatorial and public art projects can be viewed here.