What is Exceptional Yoga?
It is a culmination of years of practice, teaching, and inspiration brought together on one website under one name. Kat Casey has been a teacher and student of yoga for over 10 years. She works extensively with exceptional children both as an educator and yoga therapist.  This wide range of interests has branched out into several expressions as listed below:

The Yoga therapy approach is recommended for children with: Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Microcephaly, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Delays, AD/HD, and other disabilities.

Yoga is particularly helpful for children with special needs, as the relaxation and meditation practices help children to focus, decreases hyperactivity and impulsivity. It also improves physical strength and awareness as well as academic achievement, increases attention span, memory, and improves communications and interpersonal relationships.

Physical Benefits:

·         Helps Fine Motor Coordination  

·         Improve Visual and Auditory Processing

·         Deep Breathing Techniques Increase Lung Capacity

·         Improves Muscle Tone, Balance and Alignment     

Cognitive Benefits    

·         Deep Breathing Techniques Promote Relaxation

·         Reduce Tension & Relieve Stress

·         Increase Vitality & Sense of Well-Being

·         Cultivate Better Interpersonal Relationships

·         Increase Attention Span and Memory

·         Improve Self-Monitoring Skills & Awareness of Emotional Behaviors

Core Power Fusion Yoga
An adult yoga practice that combines vinyasa flow and the static holds of hot yoga, resulting in a style of class that strengthens, opens and flushes out all the anatomical systems.

Yoga Products for the Classroom

Through her personal teaching experience in the classroom, Kat has created a variety of tools for the classroom she created as she felt a need for something that did not yet exist.  Because of the great success she experienced using these self-made tools in the classroom, she is now offering them to all teachers.


Yoga Clothes for Babies & Tots
Let your little ones show off their inner yogi and yogini in adorable organic cotton onsies and t-shirts!

http://www.cafepress.com/littleyogini for the girls

http://www.cafepress.com/littleyogi for the boys


Children's Books

Kat has aspired for many years to be a published children’s author. She has written a variety of baby and children’s books. Her topics of interest include yoga, families and animals.

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Exceptional Yoga
Yoga for Adults, Children, Infants and the Exceptional Child
yogawithkat@yahoo.com