Ty is a yoga teacher based in Paris. He has taught privates, classes, workshops, trainings and retreats all over the world in Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, New York, Toronto, Berlin, Italy and Cape Town. You can find him online at The Studio and Skyting, as well as in person in Paris.
He believes that with the right tools we all have the capacity for great insight, the ability to use our time to unearth our personal narratives and alter our trajectories, and the responsibility to remain hopeful. Ty grounds heady, esoteric, and spiritual material in a practical, deeply therapeutic physical practice. Lensed through the Katonah Yoga® canon, Ty's teaching blends techniques from Hatha yoga, Taoist philosophy, and theoretical components of Chinese Medicine.
Ty incorporates a kaleidoscope of personal reference and banter in his teaching. From the esotericism of mountain climbing to using a yoga practice as a tool for self-cultivation, Ty’s ability to play with and integrate theoretical information underpins his teaching. He is passionate about how we use language to communicate, reconcile dilemmas and tell stories. His teaching philosophy is centred around the use of a good metaphor that connects us to a universal idea, and believes that a teacher’s role is not to fix but to re-orient. He considers teaching part of living an artful life.
Ty is a certified Katonah Yoga® teacher, E-RYT200 and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. He lives in Paris with his husband and their dog. He welcomes inquiries for private sessions, collaborations, and workshops.
Contact him over email tyrone13watson@gmail.com.
Katonah Yoga® is a syncretic Hatha yoga practice developed by Nevine Michaan over 40 years. She and her teachers incorporate classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, geometry, magic, mythology, metaphor, and imagination — in a practical framework designed to potentiate personal and communal well-being. Framing the practice, maps of time and personal space are defined and refined. Themes using asana as origami, manipulating form for function, and developing a sense of personal measure are incorporated in Katonah Yoga practices.
Katonah Yoga is organized around three principles of esoteric dialogue: all polarities are mediated by trinity; the universe has pattern, pattern belies intelligence; by virtue of repetition there is potential for insight. Disciplined techniques are organized for revelation through revolutions.
Katonah Yoga Center