ABOUT
Karen "Karb" Bullard, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, has been practicing yoga since 1998, has completed three teacher training programs and is a Registered Yoga Teacher via Yoga Alliance and Certified Mindfulness Instructor via Mindful Schools. She was introduced to yoga shortly before her first pregnancy and it has led her to tools that have helped her embrace parenting and life with its continual challenges and rewards. It is the physical practice of asana that led Karb to discover an inner quiet and peace that is leading her along this journey called life. Her gentle low-key style and ability to relate to and connect with others are what bring her students (age 4 - 90) returning to her classes time and again.
Karb has worked in project management at Microsoft, led bicycle tours for Bicycle Adventures, worked as a copy editor for Best Places to Kiss and written a blog about living abroad with her family in Spain. She has run marathons, scaled mountains, biked across the United States and traveled the globe for both work and pleasure and now happily finds herself based in her native Seattle and Hood River, Oregon, where she both teaches and makes the time to spend with her family, friends and community.
Teachers: She has studied with and/or is continuously inspired by Anne Phyfe Palmer, Bob Smith, Chiara Guerrieri, Chris McKenna, Jenny Hayo, Ki McGraw, Megan Cowen, Melina Meza, Stephanie Adams and Swami Omkarananda as well as her husband, Nat, and two sons, Clark and Colin.
Professional Yoga & Mindfulness Trainings
Becoming a Teacher of Presence, Eckhart Tolle, Banff, Canada & online, May - Sept 2023
Journey to Insight, 10-Day online retreat with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, Feb 2023
Living From a Place of Surrender, Michael A. Singer via Sounds True, Dec 2022
Mindful Self-Compassion, Center for Child & Family Well-Being at the University of Washington, April - May 2021
Being with Dying, Online course with Roshi Joan Halifax and others, Upaya Institute & Zen Center, May 2021
A Year to Live Training, year-long course on death as a spiritual practice with Vinny Ferraro via Spirit Rock, Jan - Dec 2021
Say What You Mean: Mindful Communications, Online course with Oren Jay Sofer, Sept - Dec 2020
Wise Speech, Online Course with Oren Jay Sofer, June - July 2020
Blue Heron Circle, Weekly sangha with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, ongoing
Strong Knowing: The Beginning, Middle and End, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, Sept - Nov 2019
Transitions & Manifestations, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, May - June 2019
6 Month Meditation Intensive, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, July 2018 - Jan 2019
500 hour RYT, Jaya Yoga, Hood River, OR; Sayulita, Mexico; Maui, HI; Rishikesh, India; Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, July 2013 – Sept 2018
200 hour RYT, Hatha Yoga Center, Seattle, WA, Bali, Indonesia, March 2017 - Sept 2018
108 Day Pilgrim, Online pilgrimage with Britt B. Steele, Sept - Dec 2015, 2016, 2017
Awakening in the New Year, Online training with Caverly Morgan, Jan 2017
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), University of Washington, Jan - Feb 2017
Training with Byron Katie, Feb 2017
Undoing Institutionalized Racism, The People’s Institute, Seattle, WA, March 2016
Mindful Parenting, Mindful Schools, April 2016
Year-Long Certification program, Mindful Schools, Emeryville, CA, July 2015- July 2016
Mindful Educator Essentials, Mindful Schools, April 2015
Mindfulness Fundamentals, Mindful Schools, June 2015
Non-violent communications workshop, Chiara Guerrieri, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, 2015
Intro to Yoga Sutras, Jenny Hayo, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, Sept 2014
Intro to Pranayama, Jenny Hayo, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, April 2014
200 hour RYT, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, April 2013 - Feb 2014
TAP (Teacher Assisting Program) Training, Lisa Black, Shakti Vinyasa, Redmond, WA, Nov 2012
Karb has worked in project management at Microsoft, led bicycle tours for Bicycle Adventures, worked as a copy editor for Best Places to Kiss and written a blog about living abroad with her family in Spain. She has run marathons, scaled mountains, biked across the United States and traveled the globe for both work and pleasure and now happily finds herself based in her native Seattle and Hood River, Oregon, where she both teaches and makes the time to spend with her family, friends and community.
Teachers: She has studied with and/or is continuously inspired by Anne Phyfe Palmer, Bob Smith, Chiara Guerrieri, Chris McKenna, Jenny Hayo, Ki McGraw, Megan Cowen, Melina Meza, Stephanie Adams and Swami Omkarananda as well as her husband, Nat, and two sons, Clark and Colin.
Professional Yoga & Mindfulness Trainings
Becoming a Teacher of Presence, Eckhart Tolle, Banff, Canada & online, May - Sept 2023
Journey to Insight, 10-Day online retreat with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, Feb 2023
Living From a Place of Surrender, Michael A. Singer via Sounds True, Dec 2022
Mindful Self-Compassion, Center for Child & Family Well-Being at the University of Washington, April - May 2021
Being with Dying, Online course with Roshi Joan Halifax and others, Upaya Institute & Zen Center, May 2021
A Year to Live Training, year-long course on death as a spiritual practice with Vinny Ferraro via Spirit Rock, Jan - Dec 2021
Say What You Mean: Mindful Communications, Online course with Oren Jay Sofer, Sept - Dec 2020
Wise Speech, Online Course with Oren Jay Sofer, June - July 2020
Blue Heron Circle, Weekly sangha with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, ongoing
Strong Knowing: The Beginning, Middle and End, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, Sept - Nov 2019
Transitions & Manifestations, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, May - June 2019
6 Month Meditation Intensive, Online course with Megan Cowen & Chris McKenna, July 2018 - Jan 2019
500 hour RYT, Jaya Yoga, Hood River, OR; Sayulita, Mexico; Maui, HI; Rishikesh, India; Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, July 2013 – Sept 2018
200 hour RYT, Hatha Yoga Center, Seattle, WA, Bali, Indonesia, March 2017 - Sept 2018
108 Day Pilgrim, Online pilgrimage with Britt B. Steele, Sept - Dec 2015, 2016, 2017
Awakening in the New Year, Online training with Caverly Morgan, Jan 2017
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), University of Washington, Jan - Feb 2017
Training with Byron Katie, Feb 2017
Undoing Institutionalized Racism, The People’s Institute, Seattle, WA, March 2016
Mindful Parenting, Mindful Schools, April 2016
Year-Long Certification program, Mindful Schools, Emeryville, CA, July 2015- July 2016
Mindful Educator Essentials, Mindful Schools, April 2015
Mindfulness Fundamentals, Mindful Schools, June 2015
Non-violent communications workshop, Chiara Guerrieri, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, 2015
Intro to Yoga Sutras, Jenny Hayo, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, Sept 2014
Intro to Pranayama, Jenny Hayo, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, April 2014
200 hour RYT, 8 Limbs Yoga Centers, April 2013 - Feb 2014
TAP (Teacher Assisting Program) Training, Lisa Black, Shakti Vinyasa, Redmond, WA, Nov 2012
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