Cat Alip-Douglas

cat.
the yoga timeline vs. a bio.

2000 – living and working in nyc. started practising yoga at jivamukti on lafayette street
2001 – practice got serious after 9/11
2004 – moved to london
– unemployed; yoga teacher training
– started teaching anyone who was willing (not many) 🙂
2005 – new york: yoga teacher training
– london: working and teaching full time
2008 – advanced certification (jivamukti)
2011 – assumed co-directorship for JYL
2015  – senior yoga teacher “status” (yoga alliance)
2016 – space reincarnated into sangyé yoga school
– 1^st SYS awakening student teacher training
…offered every year since…
2023 – no scarcity of material to bring adversity onto the path
2024 – …still here, for now…better than ok

throughout the last two+ decades…
i met some cool humans (and canines),
got a few tattoos,
travelled the world a bit,
taught yoga,
travelled + taught some more (more than i ever imagined possible),
travelled + attended tibetan buddhist teachings and empowerments,
immersed in the dharma, took some vows,
loved hard, broke harder,
at times resisted the certainty of change
yet continue to experience deep contentment
in the ongoing practice of letting go.

current mood: travelling inwardly, most fulfilling.
this precious human life…a joy and a privilege.
grateful that you are or may become a part of it.

tremendous confidence in the three jewels.

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His Holiness Dalai Lama’s Daily Prayer
-Excerpt from Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva

“May all beings everywhere
Plagued by sufferings of body and mind
Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy
By virtue of my merits.

May no living creature suffer,
Commit evil, or ever fall ill.
May no one be afraid or belittled,
With a mind weighed down by
depression.

May the blind see forms
And the deaf hear sounds,
May those whose bodies are worn with toil
Be restored on finding repose.

May the naked find clothing,
The hungry find food;
May the thirsty find water
And delicious drinks.

May the poor find wealth,
Those weak with sorrow find joy;
May the forlorn find hope,
Constant happiness, and prosperity.

May there be timely rains
And bountiful harvests;
May all medicines be effective
And wholesome prayers bear fruit.

May all who are sick and ill
Quickly be freed from their ailments.
Whatever diseases there are in the world,
May they never occur again.

May the frightened cease to be afraid
And those bound be freed;
May the powerless find power,
And may people think of benefiting each
other.

For as long as space remains,
For as long as sentient beings remain,
Until then may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world.”