Kathleen Furey has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education, and has been studying yoga since the early 1970's. Her mother heard yoga would help with her arthritis, so they joined a class together. Kathleen first began teaching yoga through Triton College, and in the late 1990's, discovered Ashtanga yoga through Joan and Ben Taylor. She enrolled in teacher training with Suddha Weixler, and has also studied and practiced with David Swenson, Richard Freeman, Manju Jois, Paul Greeley, David Roche, Nancy Gilgoff, and Sarah Powers. The family dog, Chester, knows the rule- "No walking on the sticky mat."