Kim Austin-Peterman
Kim Austin-Peterman, CMT, 500RYT , Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner
Kim Austin Peterman CMT, RYT 500 Kim is the co-owner and co-creator of The Space Above Yoga Center. Kim Kim humbly and thankfully appreciates that her abilities and offerings as a mother, teacher and therapist are ultimately gifts of a divine nature.
not only appreciates the daily reminders yoga brings to who she is, but also considers the incredible influence it brings to her family. Raising her two children, daughter Josie and son Hobie along side her husband Greg, with the principles and understanding of yoga and Ayurveda is for Kim a wonderful way to contribute back into the world. It is her goal to forward deeply her personal devotion to yoga, and equally important for her to share, on any level, the gift of yoga with others. Kim believes that by planting even the smallest of seeds to even the smallest of insights, is giving back on a Universal level. By working with people in ways most suitable to their needs Kim hopes to motivate any start for opening up to a better life. Her eleven years experience as a massage therapist is only complimentary to her abilities as a yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Kim has been practicing and studying yoga for close to ten years and has successfully completed both the 200 hour (in 2004) and 500 hour (in 2006) level of teacher training with well respected teacher Anna-Amulyana Pittman. At this level she is certified and registered (500RYT) with the National Yoga Alliance. Kim has also experienced profound influences studying with senior level teachers Sarah Powers, Aadil Palkivala and Doug Keller. She has been certified by Emerson Theological Institute and the Dhanvantari Ayurvedic Center, after finishing the required 500 hours of studies with teacher Vijaya Stallings in 2008 to become a practitioner of the cosmic science of Ayurveda. In her teachings she intends to blend today's more modern lifestyle with the ancient wisdom of Vedic philosophy. She knows through pure experience how Ayurveda can cultivate a profoundly clear understanding of what balance can do for the body, mind and soul. Kim has also extended her yoga studies and teachings to infants, toddlers and children. She is trained and certified in the Internationally known Itsy Bitsy Yoga Program. She has also certified in prenatal yoga and enjoys very much bringing the practice of yoga to women preparing for motherhood. After considering the contrast of each personal experience (carrying and birthing one child without yoga in her life and another with the a strong yoga practice and awareness) Kim feels well aligned to share and encourage other women to seek a more organic, connective and amazing prenatal experience.