Cator Shachoy began the practices of yoga, Buddhist meditation, and energy healing in 1990 to heal chronic illness. Through the regular practice of these disciplines, she recovered her strength and vitality. For Cator, spiritual growth and development is a healing path inviting us to become more intimate with everything. Her practices of Buddhism, Energy Healing, Yoga and conscious body movement are deeply integrated. Cator is a CIAYT yoga therapist, YACEP instructor, MBSR Mindfulness teacher and Visionary Craniosacral work practitioner. She completed teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Instutue of San Francisco and Kripalu, and studied extensively with Bay area senior Iyengar teachers for 24 years. Her primary meditation teachers are Ajahn Pasanno and Ruth Denison. Cator has a certificate in Buddhist Chaplaincy. She began teaching in 1996, and currently she is in private practice and teaches internationally. She has published numerous articles on health and healing in a variety of publications. Her book, The TMJ Handbook: A Therapeutic Guide to Relieving Jaw Tension & Pain with Yoga & Mindfulness will be available from Shambhala publications Fall 2022.