Yoga Alliance
Kady Lafferty is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in social impact, education, and program management. Currently serving as the Director of Social Impact at Yoga Alliance since July 2019, Kady oversees the development and execution of initiatives aimed at promoting yoga accessibility, diversifying yoga teacher demographics, and enhancing advocacy tools for sustainability. Kady also holds the position of Director of Standards at Big Body Yoga since February 2016 and has a background as the Founder and Brand Strategist at Lowry Speech and Occupational Therapy, alongside previous roles as Practice Manager, Assistant to the Executive Director at Riverside Education Centers, Painting Instructor at The Palette, and Administrative Assistant at Colorado Mesa University. Kady's academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from Colorado Mesa University and multiple certifications in yoga teacher training.
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Yoga Alliance
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Yoga Alliance is the leading nonprofit association representing the yoga community worldwide. Our work is a direct reflection of yoga professionals’ needs and feedback, and supports and fosters the high quality, safe, accessible, and equitable teaching yoga everywhere. We do this through: • Celebrating and uplifting the many diverse yoga styles, traditions, and lineages; • Upholding the worldwide growth of yoga through education and community, including Digital Event programming; • Encouraging safe yoga instruction via quantitative Standards and a member-wide Ethical Commitment, which includes an enhanced Code of Conduct, Scope of Practice, and responsibility to equity in yoga; • Advocating for self-regulation in the yoga industry, our community's protection from unfair or unnecessarily burdensome patents, taxation, or government regulation; and universal access to high quality, safe, accessible, and equitable yoga practices; • Serving the member community by providing tools for professional growth and development, exclusive benefits, and timely resources and information including those on COVID-19 and Social Justice; • Fostering accountability within our standards, membership, and internal team; and • Providing yoga schools and yoga teachers with effective business practices to help achieve success.