Catherine "Cat" Allen is a yoga teacher of 25 years, Forrest Yoga Guardian, teacher trainer, and founder of Poppy Perinatal Yoga. It is her life’s work to share the transformational teachings of the Forrest Yoga® system. Cat's teaching style and classes methodically increase one's awareness, openness, and strength, and inspires people to live with more consciousness and connectedness in the world.

Cat has completed immersive study and practice of Bikram Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Pralaya Yoga. Her style is rooted in the Forrest Yoga system. She apprenticed directly with Ana Forrest, the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga, and is authorized by Ana to teach the Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training and Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training. Cat herself created Poppy Perinatal Yoga, an approach to prenatal and postnatal yoga that promotes more comfort and support in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery. Yoga teachers and birth workers worldwide throughout the United States and Europe have been trained in the Poppy Perinatal Yoga approach. Cat is a Level 5 Certified Forrest Yoga Teacher, Forrest Yoga Guardian, E-RYT 500, RPYT, Spinning Babies® Certified Parent Educator, and Birth, Loss, and Postpartum Doula. When not on the mat, Cat enjoys spending precious time with her husband, her children, and a coterie of canine and feline companions.

To learn more about Cat, visit https://poppy.yoga/ and https://catallen.yoga/