Kari Harendorf

Kari Harendorf is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, an E_RYT 500 Yoga Educator, and a Reiki Master. 

Kari, a teacher of teachers, was on faculty for 200-hour and 850-hour teacher trainings at the Kripalu Schools of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Yoga Therapy. She spent over a decade as faculty in Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee’s 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Shanti Teacher Training Programs. She was also a Master Trainer of Urban Zen’s Integrative Therapy Program founded by Donna Karan.
 
As an anatomy trainer for yoga teachers, Kari is renowned for her commitment to helping students and teachers achieve precise alignment, mitigate injuries, and end chronic pain cycles. Her focus on injury prevention ensures the safety of her students and instills a sense of confidence in her teachings. A signature of her teaching is to help people awaken to the body’s innate intelligence. She fosters a sense of awareness and healing through her retreats, programs, and one-on-one coaching in yoga, Ayurveda, nutrition, and healthy living.

As a co-founder of Better Yoga, she teaches two-way Livestream in the online studio weekly and has a YouTube channel for helpful yoga therapy tips and practices.
 
Kari founded New York City’s recently closed East Yoga Center studio and was the former star of Animal Planet’s K9 Karma, where she famously merged her passion for yoga and dogs with a monthly “Doga” class. She has been featured in publications including Yoga Journal, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, and on television shows like The Martha Stewart Show, ABC News, and many more.

Kari lives on a small animal rescue farm in the mountains of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with her partner, Eric, and her three children, along with their dogs, cats, goats, horses, chickens, and rabbits. She grew up in Toronto, Canada, and holds a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

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