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Mark Kater has a BFA in Dance, is a Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer, and Storyteller. Mark has been teaching dance and exercise since 1980. After receiving his BFA from the University of Illinois in 1980, Mark moved to Chicago and began performing his own modern dance choreography at Moming and Links Hall. Soon, Mark was teaching exercise at various clubs and became the Aerobics Director at Lakeshore Athletic Club in Chicago. Where he piloted their program during the early years of the Aerobics craze. After 20 years Mark is still teaching yoga and personal training at Lakeshore.

Mark has been teaching yoga since 1988. He has studied with Ganga White and Tracey Reich at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA., Donna Farhi from New Zealand, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch and Tom Birch.

Mark also studied movement therapy at Columbia College, Chicago and has studied extensively with Gabrelle Roth and her Five Rhythms healing work.