Kara Nastasi

Kara has taught a variety of classes from Chair Yoga, Beginner Flow, Vinyasa, Restorative, Kids Yoga, Yin, Yoga Nidra, and Mindfulness. In 2024, Kara completed a Plugged into Mindfulness Training from Insight with Joni. She also recieved her 25-hours Chair Yoga Teacher Training Certification from Yoga & Ayurveda Center. Kara was the consultant teacher for Yoga and Mindfulness at the Gaiser Center for clients with that are overcoming substance use disorder from 2019-2024. Her passion is to help her students find joy and happiness through movement and meditation. Her hope is they will use these tools to be able to apply these skills in their everyday lives after leaving the program. Kara was the Pre-K Yoga teacher for the Fall Semester in 2022 at HeartPrints Montessori School. She enjoys introducing children to yoga and mindfulness though childrens books, movement, and music. Kara completed the Trauma-Informed Yoga Certification in 2021 from My Vinyasa Practice. Kara completed her 30-hours Yoga Nidra certificate in 2020 from ShivaShakti School of Yoga. Kara also previously lead an after-school yoga program for elementary school-age children in 2019. Through the program, students learned gratitude and kindness to apply to their lives. Yoga poses, games, and crafts rounded out the weekly one-hour class. Kara started Moraine Yoga in 2018. Through the support of her husband and children, she continues to teach classes in Western Pennsylvania at Studio Z.