Kino MacGregor
{{Short description|American author (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kino MacGregor
| image = Facetune_12-02-2025-16-35-23.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|09|12}}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.
| occupation = Yoga teacher, author, entrepreneur
| years_active = 2011–present
| education = New York University (MS, PhD)
| spouse = {{marriage|Tim Feldmann|2008}}
| website = {{url|kinoyoga.com}}
}}
Kino MacGregor (born September 12, 1977) is an American Ashtanga Yoga teacher, author,{{cite web |url=http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/advice/g9217/best-yoga-instagram-accounts/?slide=20 |title=Kino MacGregor |publisher=Elle |access-date=8 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/product-category/books/ |title=Books Archives - Kino MacGregor |website=www.kinoyoga.com |access-date=2019-03-19}} entrepreneur,{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamiyogamagazine.com/|title=flipBook |website=www.miamiyogamagazine.com |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://miamilifecenter.com/ |title=Miami Life Center - Yoga. Holistic Health. Consciousness|website=Miami Life Center |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://omstars.com/ |title=OMstars - the Yoga Network - Online Yoga Videos, FREE Yoga Challenges, Meditation, Vegan Cooking and Yogi Lifestyle TV |website=omstars.com |access-date=2019-03-19}} influencer, inspirational speaker, and video producer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/product-category/dvds/|title=DVDs/CDs Archives - Kino MacGregor |website=www.kinoyoga.com |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Beginners-Kino-MacGregor-Ashtanga/dp/B00JJK06E2 |title=Ashtanga Yoga DVD - Kino MacGregor |website=www.amazon.com |access-date=2019-03-19}} When she was 29, K. Pattabhi Jois certified her to teach Ashtanga Yoga.{{cite web|url=https://sharathjois.com/teachers-directory/north-america/|title=North America - SHARATH JOIS|website=sharathjois.com}}
Early life and education
Kino Anne MacGregor was born and raised in Miami and is of Eurasian descent, with Scottish and Japanese roots. She attended the Palmetto High School, graduating in 1995. Following this she earned a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and studies holistic health at New York University.{{Cite web|title=Ashtanga Yoga - Kino MacGregor Personal Biography|url=http://www.ashtanga.com/html/bio_macgregor_kino.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.ashtanga.com}}
Career
In New York City, she attended her first Ashtanga Mysore style practice while battling depression.{{cite web |url=https://londonreal.tv/e/kino-macgregor/ |title=Kino MacGregor – Be Stronger |date=2017-08-17 |website=London Real |access-date=2019-03-19}} She returned to Miami Beach to create a space for the integration of yoga, holistic health and consciousness.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/schedule/ |title=Schedule - Kino MacGregor |website=www.kinoyoga.com |access-date=2019-03-19}} She started practicing yoga at the age of 19. After three years of Mysore style and Ashtanga practice, she spent 7 years on trips to Mysore to study Ashtanga Yoga at the K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute.{{Cite web |url=https://sharathjois.com/ |title=SHARATH JOIS {{!}} The official website |website=sharathjois.com |access-date=2019-03-19}} Her Instagram account "KinoYoga",{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/kinoyoga/|title=Instagram photos and videos |website=www.instagram.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/free-fitness-classes-you-can-take-periscope |title=9 Fitness Classes You Can Take On Periscope—for Free |date=22 August 2015 |website=Shape Magazine}} had 1.1 million followers as of January 2019.{{cite web |url=https://oceandrive.com/ |title=Ocean Drive Magazine |website=oceandrive.com}} Her YouTube channel has had over 140 million views since 2011.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/KinoYoga |title=KinoYoga |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-19}} She is currently practicing Fifth Series (Advanced Series C) within the Ashtanga Yoga method, and Vipassana meditation.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/the-brainwashing-cult-of-meditation/ |title=The Brainwashing 'Cult' of Meditation: Kino MacGregor |website=www.kinoyoga.com |access-date=2019-03-19}}
MacGregor has written four books. In 2012, she published a memoir Sacred Fire: My Journey Into Ashtanga Yoga. In 2013, she published The Power of Ashtanga Yoga; a view of the practice interwoven with motivation and guidance. In 2013, she released her first chanting CD, The Mantra Collection Vol. 1. In 2015, she published The Power of Ashtanga Yoga II: The Intermediate Series. Her 2017 The Yogi Assignment: A 30-Day Program for Bringing Yoga Practice and Wisdom to Your Everyday Life, has received positive reviews.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ashtangadispatch.com/yogi-assignment-kinomacgregor/ |title=The Yogi Assignment by Kino MacGregor // A Book Review |date=2017-10-03 |website=Ashtanga Dispatch |access-date=2019-03-19}}
MacGregor is the creator of the Miami Yoga Magazine started in 2012,{{cite web |title=About Kino MacGregor |url=https://www.yogaalliance.org/TeacherPublicProfile/tid/23097 |publisher=Yoga Alliance |access-date=8 May 2019}} and the online yoga and holistic platform Omstars in 2017.{{cite web |title=Kino MacGregor - Founder of Omstars - The First Yoga TV Network and Miami Life Center |url=http://www.sflstyle.com/article/Kino-MacGregor-founder-Omstars/id/205 |publisher=South Florida Magazine |access-date=8 May 2019 |date=6 November 2018}} Together with her husband Tim Feldmann,{{Cite web |url=https://timfeldmann.com/|title=Tim Feldmann Official Website |website=Tim Feldmann |access-date=2019-03-19}} she opened the yoga studio Miami Life Center in Miami Beach, Florida in 2006.{{Cite web |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2008/shopping-and-services/best-yoga-studio-6401670 |title=Best Yoga Studio: Miami Life Center {{!}} Best of Miami 2008: Your Key to the City |website=Miami New Times |access-date=2019-03-19}}
In 2008, Yoga Journal named MacGregor on its list of top 21 teachers under 40.{{cite web|url=https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/21-under-40|title=21 Famous Top Yoga Teachers in America|first=Y. J.|last=Editors|website=Yoga Journal|date=2 July 2008 }} She has also been featured in various yoga magazines, newspapers and online platforms speaking openly about her past, her experiences and her public yoga perception.{{Citation |last=Brain Bar |title=Can yoga help you envision what's to come? {{!}} Kino MacGregor at Brain Bar |date=2018-12-12 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMINbwoMzbQ |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/05/the-instagram-picture-i-almost-didnt-post-kino-macgregor/ |title=The Instagram Picture I Almost Didn't Post. ~ Kino MacGregor |website=Elephant Journal |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/ashtanga-yoga-accountability-acceptance-action-arena-sexual-appropriateness-hands-assists-kino-macgregor/ |title=Ashtanga Yoga—Accountability, Acceptance and Action in the Arena of Sexual Appropriateness and Hands-On Assists by Kino MacGregor |website=www.kinoyoga.com|access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.kinoyoga.com/metoo/|title=#MeToo |website=www.kinoyoga.com |access-date=2019-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.ashtangadispatch.com/kinomacgregor/ |title=Injury, Equanimity, & Compassion: An Interview with Kino |date=2015-10-16 |website=Ashtanga Dispatch |access-date=2019-03-19}}
Teaching locally and internationally, MacGregor leads classes, workshops and retreats in Ashtanga yoga, holistic health and total life transformation.{{Cite web |url=https://wellfest.ie/kino-macgregor-interview/ |title=Talking To… Kino MacGregor |last=WellFest |date=2018-09-07 |website=WellFest |access-date=2019-03-19}}
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