Amy Patee

Amy Patee is a yoga and authentic-living expert who inspires countless individuals to remember the truth of who they really are and to live and express as that in the world. 

In 1995, she was introduced to yoga purely by chance when she purchased a yoga VHS tape by Kathy Smith at the Goodwill. In the years to follow, she experimented with yoga while suffering from bouts of anorexia and depression. Then one morning she experienced a life-altering epiphany when she heard an internal voice forcefully declare, “I can’t live like this anymore. I need to practice yoga every day to heal myself.” She then began practicing yoga in earnest, referring to this early transformative period as her “raw yoga days.” Despite not even owning a yoga mat, she persevered in her practice, often beginning at 4 a.m. Her anorexia slowly subsided and her depression began to lift. During an especially intense and emotional practice session, a mantra began to resonate within her: “Everything was already OK.” For the first time she saw the truth of life —  the basis of everything is love.

In 2001, Amy left her corporate job as an advertising manager, gave away most of her possessions, and left for Mount Madonna in California to embark on her first yoga teacher training program. She had found her true calling in life. Her soul had awakened. 

Amy later explored many other avenues of healing (see professional credentials). Many experiences, such as multiple bouts of severe depression, anxiety and gallbladder surgery, fueled her desire to live more truthfully and authentically. She is no stranger to suffering. She gets it and extends this real understanding to her students and the people she meets through compassion. She also understands what it means to truly heal and has experienced the truth that everything we seek and need is within. Healing is always the result of coming back home to our authentic selves.  

Presently you can find Amy reveling in her human experience —unabashedly laughing out loud, making inappropriate wisecracks while teaching yoga, co-producing the Minneapolis Yoga Conference, walking her dog Ellie, bringing to life her creative vision, making earrings, and playing as much as possible. 

Visit www.amypatee.com to learn more.

Professional Credentials: 
Amy is certified in and/or has in-depth experience with:
Yoga (twice certified: Mount Madonna + Donna Farhi), Global Somatics, Aspects Energy Work, Reiki, Thai Yoga Massage, Vipassana Meditation, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Massage Therapy, Continuum Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Trager, Five Rhythms Dance, UTUE Energy Clearing, Presence Practice with Leonard Jacobson, Somatic Experiencing, and many other body-mind modalities that afford her a comprehensive perspective on healing, self-development, and self-mastery. 

These teachers have deeply informed Amy's journey:
Donna Farhi, Angela Farmer, Suzanne River, Jason and Patricia Rohn, Thea Lee, Marie Forleo, and Leonard Jacobson

Other influential teachers that Amy has learned from include:
Seane Corn, Max Strom, Shiva Rea, Rod Stryker, Bo Forbes, Gary Kraftsow, Saul David Raye, Kia Miller, Sadie Nardini, Doug Swenson, Mas Vidal, Todd Norian, Marcia Monroe, and many others...

For more infor­ma­tion about Amy visit
www.amypatee.com
http://youtube.com/amypatee
http://twitter.com/amypatee
Email Amy directly at [email protected].
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"You will be challenged. You will be called to move past that place that holds you, that place that has owned you for too long. You will re-form yourself, you will become new, again and again. This is yoga." 

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