KQ is Who? Meet Kathrine!

by | Apr 6, 2024

Hi! Hello! I’m Katherine, but you may know me onscreen as KQ, my Alkalign alter ego. I found Alkalign nine years ago; it has changed my life and seen me through life changes in the best of ways. I started out as a client with a day job in cell biology/drug discovery and aged into being an instructor & demo, as well as a substitute teacher at my 7- & 4.75-year-old daughters’ elementary school and preschool. (You’ll occasionally get a view of them doing their acrobatic act on our climbing dome when I demo.)

Fun Fact: the two pictures behind me when I demo are of me riding a horse named Frodo on the South Island of New Zealand, and the fall foliage from where I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Though you’ll see my tiny dark square in most of the early morning classes, my prime time to demo (and teach) is 9AM Saturday mornings, outside of soccer and swim seasons.

My perfect Align45 class would consist of burpees (any kind), leg lifts, 90/90 glutes and a nice long set of abdominals.

Come plank with me!

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