Hi, I'm Kat.
I co-founded Mindful Store with my friend Mike after a singing bowl found its way into my practice, and changed how I work with stillness.
I've been deep in Yin Yoga for a while - the long-held, quiet practice that asks you to actually arrive in your body rather than push through it. Then a bowl entered the picture during a meditation, and the way the sound landed felt like it completed something Yin had been doing on its own.
The vibration wasn't separate from the stillness. It deepened it. Sound and stillness, working together.
From one bowl to a conviction.
After that first meditation, I wanted a bowl of my own. What I found instead was a market full of mass-produced imitations sold under spiritual-sounding names, and very little honest guidance for anyone trying to start a real practice.
So in 2024, I travelled to the Himalayas. I met the artisans who hand-hammer these bowls in family workshops that have been doing this for generations. I came home with a collection, and a conviction shared with Mike - that this was worth doing properly.
Mindful Store is the result. We source directly from artisan workshops I've visited in Nepal. No drop-shipping, no mass-produced imitations, no faceless suppliers.
The long route here.
For years I was in a corporate role - long days, constant stimulation, the pressure to always be productive. I burnt out completely. Yoga started as something to do after work; it became something much deeper. Through movement, breath, and later sound, I rebuilt my relationship with my own nervous system.
That journey also led me back to traditions I'd pushed away growing up - the Chinese practices of qigong, yin, and meditation that view body, breath, and mind as one interconnected system. The singing bowl work sits within that broader practice for me. It's not separate from the Yin and the meditation; it's part of the same conversation about slowing down.
Grounded in study, refined in practice.
Wellness
- 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
- Yin Yoga training with Jo Phee and Bex Tyler, two of the most respected Yin teachers internationally
- Ongoing study of qigong and meditation rooted in Chinese philosophy
- Focus on nervous system regulation, fascia release, and mindful movement
Writing
- 5+ years in digital marketing across PR, content creation, and SEO
- Published in Frankie Magazine, Escape, and Urban List
- Writes on Yin, qigong, and mindfulness at Mindfulness With Kat
- Author of the singing bowl guides on the Mindful Store blog
How singing bowls live in my days.
In my own practice
Most mornings start with breath, gentle movement, and a few minutes with one of my own bowls. The one I reach for most is the Full Moon Singing Bowl, etched with the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra. It anchors a lot of my mornings.
In sessions with clients
I run in-person Yin Yoga and sound sessions, weaving bowls into restorative practice - particularly around savasana and the longer-held postures. Sound has a way of getting under the conceptual mind and reaching the nervous system directly, which is exactly the territory Yin works in too.
In workshops and speaking
I host regular workshops on slowing down, nervous system regulation, and the integration of sound and Yin practice - in person in Sydney and Barcelona, where I split my time, and online.
Chosen by ear, in Kathmandu.
Our metal singing bowls come from artisan workshops in the Kathmandu valley that I've visited in person. I work directly with family workshops where the hammering rhythms have been refined across generations.
When choosing which workshops to partner with, I listen for three things in their bowls: warmth - does the tone feel embodied, not just heard? Balance - do the overtones layer cleanly? And presence - does it hold a room? I don't pre-select notes the way some sellers do. I source for character, and let you choose by listening.
That approach shapes how I write, too. I'm honest on our blog about the things this industry tends to oversell. The craft is genuinely beautiful - it doesn't need exaggerating.
Mindfulness With Kat.
Alongside the shop, I write and teach under my own name at Mindfulness With Kat, where I focus more broadly on Yin Yoga, qigong, meditation, and nervous system practices. The two sit alongside each other - Mindful Store is the shop and the singing bowl writing; Mindfulness With Kat is the teaching, the practice videos, and the writing on wider Chinese wellness traditions.
Work with Kat.
Buy a bowl with personal guidance - I can record audio of specific bowls before you commit. Or get in touch about Yin and sound sessions, workshops, and speaking events.
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