Exploring Life & Business with Emily Chhatriwalla of Emily Kathryn Yoga & Somatics

Today we’d like to introduce you to Emily Chhatriwalla

Hi Emily, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I was introduced to yoga in college – I took a class for actual credit! At the time I was studying dietetics, and I remember saying “it seems like I should know about yoga”. After my first class in the basement of the student rec center, I was in love. Fast forward 15 years and I was signing up to become a yoga teacher. It wasn’t long after my yoga teacher’s training that I was introduced to the unique way in which yoga supports trauma healing. I was hooked and took every workshop and read every article I could about the complex topic of trauma. In 2020, like so many others at the time, I began to reimagine my career. I started my business, Emily Kathryn Yoga, and transitioned from group teaching to private sessions. My approach includes a unique blend of evidence-based practices, including yoga and somatic experiencing, and intuitive nurturing. I provide the tenderness and clarity that many clients are looking for but may not be able to put the words to in their healing journeys.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Life as an entrepreneur is never a completely smooth road. There’s so much to figure out in the early days from business software to marketing, location, and everything in between. And balancing work with motherhood frequently has me feeling like there aren’t enough hours in the day. Lucky for me, I’m a sucker for learning something new. And I’ve had a lot of support along the way from friends and mentors. Something I learned early on that has served me well is if you don’t know how to do something in your business, someone else does, and you can probably pay them to teach you or even do it for you! Business logistics aside, my yoga practice and healing resources have kept me afloat many times over the years, and it’s my own healing work that largely informs my work as a practitioner.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I offer private sessions to support individuals on their healing journey. Clients often find me when something in their life, whether rising stress or a significant change, prompts them to really, truly want to feel better – in their day-to-day, in their relationships, and in their own skin. We work together to support the nervous system using yoga practices, like gentle movement and mindfulness, and somatic experiencing (an evidence-based trauma healing modality). Clients often return saying they learned tools (that actually work) that they’d never learned before. Through our work together, they learn to relate to their anxiety and stress in a new, more compassionate way. When stress and anxiety are more manageable, everything is more manageable!

What was your favorite childhood memory?
Some of my favorite times from my childhood were recording videos – movies, skits, and other nonsense – using one of those old huge camcorders. Children of the 80’s know what I’m talking about.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.emilykathrynyoga.com
• Instagram: @emilykyoga
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilykyoga