Catherine L. Schweig

Catherine L. Schweig has been a student of ancient Bhakti Sanskrit texts since 1986. In the 1990s she dedicated herself to mantra recitation under an Indian master in Orissa and learned asanas and pranayama from Swami Nirmalananda. In 2003 Catherine studied the sattvic diet with Gabriel Cousens in Arizona. She co-founded the Secret Yoga Institute with her husband in 2006. Together they create and present teaching materials for Yoga Teacher Training programs and universities. Catherine also compiled the first collection of poems by contemporary women of the Bhakti yoga tradition. She happily applied yogic and Ayurvedic principles in raising her sons.