Cathy Louise Broda has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga for 18 years and was authorized by Sri K Pattabhi Jois in 2000. Her ongoing studies are with Nancy Gilgoff, one of the first Americans to study with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India over 30 years ago.

Cathy Louise assisted certified Ashtanga teacher John Scott before leading her own Mysore practice classes at Astanga Yoga London. She also taught Vinyasa Yoga at London's Triyoga center and did a one-year training in Pregnancy Yoga with Lynne Pinette.

Her first teacher was Beryl Bender Birch (author of 'Power Yoga'), with whom she undertook a two-year apprenticeship in New York. Her teaching is also inspired by Jivamukti founders David Life and Sharon Gannon.