Kate Lombardo
Kate Lombardo is an international yoga teacher trainer, yoga teacher mentor, business mentor, and Yoga Director at YogaRenew. Her work is rooted in helping yoga teachers build strong, sustainable, and authentic careers while staying connected to the deeper purpose of the practice. Through YogaRenew, she has helped train and support thousands of teachers around the world, with a focus on intelligent sequencing, clear cueing, accessible education, and heart-led teaching.
Teaching experience and background
With more than ten years of teaching and teacher-training experience, Kate has become a trusted voice in modern yoga education. Her background includes training in vinyasa, yin yoga, positive psychology, and Reiki, giving her a well-rounded approach that blends movement, mindset, energy work, and personal growth. She received her RYT 500 certification through Hudson Yoga Project and completed yin yoga training with Corina Benner.
Before expanding her teaching online, Kate taught and led training programs through yoga studios, then brought that experience into the global online space through YogaRenew. Her teaching influence now reaches students and teachers internationally, especially through programs focused on 200-hour and 300-hour certifications, yin yoga, meditation, sequencing, and the business of yoga.
Areas of expertise
Kate’s expertise sits at the intersection of yoga education, teacher mentorship, and conscious business. She is especially known for her work in vinyasa sequencing, yin yoga, yoga teacher development, and helping teachers understand how to create meaningful, financially sustainable careers. In YogaRenew’s Business of Yoga training, she guides wellness professionals through practical topics such as building a yoga business, creating offers, and navigating the professional side of teaching with confidence.
Teaching philosophy
Kate’s approach to yoga is both grounded and intuitive. She emphasizes breath, presence, alignment, nervous system awareness, and the transformational power of practice. In her writing for YogaRenew, she has reflected on the breath as a bridge between the conscious and subconscious body, showing her interest in yoga as more than physical movement. For Kate, yoga is a practice of awareness, connection, and inner steadiness.
Authority and trust
Kate’s credibility comes from years of hands-on teaching, advanced training, teacher mentorship, and leadership within one of the most recognized online yoga teacher training platforms. She is also a speaker, entrepreneur, wife, and mother, bringing a relatable and grounded perspective to her work. Her voice is practical, warm, and honest, which helps newer teachers feel supported while encouraging experienced teachers to lead with more clarity and confidence.
Through her teaching, mentoring, and leadership, Kate Lombardo continues to support a new generation of yoga teachers who want to teach skillfully, serve authentically, and build careers that feel aligned from the inside out.
