Kathy Cooper
This Practice was a Love Affair!
“I felt like I was making love to the universe. I could move, breathe, open and it was just luscious..”
In this intimate portrait, Kathy Cooper reflects on nearly five decades of yoga practice. Beginning in 1976 in Maui, she learned directly from David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff, immersing herself in the earliest Western expressions of Ashtanga Yoga. What unfolded was not just physical discipline, but a devotional, inner relationship with life itself.
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How Kathy Cooper and I met...
I first met Kathy in 2019 when we were teaching together at the Bali Ashtanga Yoga conference. We had such an amazing time and I new I had met a kindred spirit. Since that time we've connected a lot and Kathy has become a close friend. In October 2024 she came to Stillpoint to teach. We spent a beautiful week hanging out. Kathy has such a zest for life and in her mid seventies is more vibrant than ever. She is one of my favourite people...
About this interview
Kathy Cooper’s story is not a history lesson, it’s a living memory.
She practiced consistently through decades of change, motherhood, injury, and awakening. Her voice is steady, humble, full of insight. The practice wasn’t about performance, it was about entering a state.
In her words, yoga became “a love affair”, with breath, with stillness, with presence.
Her story is an offering for anyone seeking to understand what it means to be held, shaped, and freed by a practice that never leaves you.
I hope you enjoy it.
You can find out more about Kathy Cooper here.
