Meet Cathy Prescott

Cathy is an educator, yoga therapist and mentor who works with individuals to help them optimize their wellbeing – body, mind, and spirit – to create a more joy-filled and balanced life. She also coaches wellness practitioners to help them build thriving businesses so they can do what they love while realizing their personal and professional goals.

Cathy’s knowledge and experience in a variety of lifestyle modalities has spanned more than 40 years. Not only has she personally integrated these tools to thrive and grow doing the things she loves, she has also helped countless others pursue their dreams, customizing and adapting these techniques to meet their unique needs as they navigate the inevitable ups and downs of life.

For over 20 years, Cathy has worked with the [Kripalu School of] Integrative Yoga Therapy in Stockbridge, MA as faculty, mentor, and historian. Although she retired from the faculty position in 2021, she continues to mentor aspiring yoga therapists during their Practicum. She has been honored to support over a thousand practitioners on this path as they develop their skills and bring yoga therapy to their communities.

In 2012, Cathy received formal initiation into a traditional yoga lineage and was given the name Nityatara, which means “eternal star” or “always shining.” While her yoga home is with Integrative Yoga Therapy, she has also studied in India and Great Britain, as well as with other organizations in the U.S.

Cathy holds certifications in:

• Yoga: Yoga Teaching & Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic Yoga, Energy Medicine Yoga®

• Coaching & Counseling: Ayurvedic Health, Vedic Lifestyle, Wellness, Wealth & Abundance

• Energy Work: EFT/TFT, Biofield Tuning, Reiki

• Massage: Therapeutic, Aromatherapy

She also holds a B.A. in French and Spanish Literature from Grinnell College and a certificate in Financial Management from General Electric. Cathy spent 10 years in finance with G.E. and Combustion Engineering before dedicating her work to helping others through yoga and other holistic practices.

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Please note that the yoga therapy components of my instruction or practice are based on my educational degrees, training background and certification through the International Association of Yoga Therapists, not derived from my status as an RYT® with Yoga Alliance Registry.