About Karen

Karen Wightman is the founder of Creative Yogis. She is an experienced, local and international children’s yoga instructor, yoga teacher trainer, and children’s art teacher.

Karen began her yoga practice in Thailand in 1995, and began assisting in kid’s yoga classes in Bangkok in 2003, under the guidance of yoga master Justin Herold at the Iyengar Yoga School. She went on to coordinate a 2-year yoga program at Satit Kaset International Program in Bangkok.

In 2006, Karen moved to Australia to follow her passions and immerse herself further in the study of yoga. She studied the foundation, intermediate and pregnancy teacher training with Nicky Knoff in the Knoff Yoga system and completed the 200 hour Yoga Alliance RYT. She then went on to complete her second yoga teacher training in the Ishta system with world-famous Rachel Zinman, from 2007 – 2014.

Karen continued to develop her skills in children's yoga by completing Level 1 and 2 trainings in “Yoga for Primary School children” with Kylie Peters of Simply Kids Yoga in 2006/7, and also studied “Yoga Therapy for children” with Loraine Rushton of Zenergy Yoga in 2011.

She currently facilitates local and international teacher trainings and workshops in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Taiwan, and is part of the faculty for Rachel Zinman's ISHTAM teacher training. Karen also dedicates her time to teaching yoga to children of all ages, from pre-school to high school, with 15 years of experience.

Karen has been a children’s art teacher for 30 years, and is passionate about offering a variety of unique educational yoga resources to stimulate the imagination and capture the hearts of children. Check out her beautiful mandalas to color in the Creative Yogis shop!

Yoga Alliance Registrations

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500 hours
Specialty RCYT, Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher
YACEP, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

Children are almost like butterflies of differing types - size, shape, colour and marks, some are heavier and others are lighter.... the thing they seem to have most in common is a willingness to transform moment to moment, demonstrate courage as they fly and giggle as they attempt it. What an inspiration they truly are!

KAREN WIGHTMAN | Founder of Creative Yogis

Karen Wightman
Founder of Creative Yogis
Director & Senior Trainer