While traveling throughout South America and Europe immediately after high school, Karina was introduced to the benefits of yoga in Istanbul, Turkey. Two years later she moved to New York to pursue receiving her yoga certification in 2009. She continued to expand her training with a specific focus on prenatal yoga training at Seattle Holistic Center in Seattle, Washington, and Doula training at Big Belly Birth Services in Bend, Oregon. In 2013 Karina returned to her hometown in Kalispell, MT.

Karina’s passion for helping people gain deeper insight on their mechanics and alignment let her to pursue becoming a Physical Therapist Assistant in 2017 and a Personal Trainer in 2019. She enjoys incorporating her skillset from Physical Therapy into the yoga instruction by offering guidance for optimal alignment to help create ease and space in the joints and muscles based on the students injuries, limitations, and movement pattern.

She values introducing the practice of yoga to new students, offering many variations to poses. Her goal is for each student to have the practice modified to them to gain the most benefit.

Karina developed a love for the outdoors while growing up in Montana. She enjoys downhill and cross-country skiing, triathlons, and biking with her two sons, as well as practicing and instructing yoga.

Karina Ek

Certified OM yoga Instructor, Certified Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Certified NASM Personal Trainer & Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant