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Kino MacGregor (born September 12, 1977) is an American Ashtanga Yoga teacher, author, entrepreneur,   influencer, inspirational speaker, and video producer. At 29 years old, she became one of the youngest people to receive the certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India.

Early life and education
Kino Anne MacGregor was born and raised in Miami. She is Eurasian of Scottish and Japanese descent. She attended the Palmetto High School, graduating in 1995. She earned a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a PhD student in holistic health at New York University

Career
When she moved to New York City, she attended her first Ashtanga Mysore style practice while living a lifestyle of partying, drinking alcohol, using drugs such as ecstasy, and battling depression. After spending a major portion of her life actively engaged in personal growth work, she returned to Miami Beach to create a space dedicated to the integration of yoga, holistic health and consciousness. 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 devote herself to the study of Ashtanga Yoga at the K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India. She regularly travels to study yoga with her teacher R. Sharath Jois at the institute. MacGregor's Instagram account "KinoYoga", where she shares her yoga practice, teachings, yoga challenges and inspirational writing and photos of her Ashtanga Yoga practice has 1.1 million followers as of January 2019. MacGregor's YouTube channel created in 2011 has had over 140 million views. MacGregor is currently practicing Fifth Series (Advanced Series C) within the Ashtanga Yoga method, and uses Vipassana as a meditation technique. 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 comprehensive view of the practice interwoven with her motivating insights 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. MacGregor is the creator and owner of the Miami Yoga Magazine started in 2012, and the online yoga and holistic platform OmStars in 2017. Together with her husband Tim Feldmann, they opened the yoga studio Miami Life Center in Miami Beach, Florida in 2006, labelled Best Yoga Studio in Miami. In 2008, Yoga Journal named MacGregor on its list of top 21 teachers under 40. She has been featured in yoga magazines, newspapers and online platforms speaking openly about her past, her experiences and her public yoga perception. Teaching locally and internationally, MacGregor leads classes, workshops and retreats in Ashtanga yoga, holistic health and total life transformation. In her inspirational and playful approach, MacGregor helps her students expand and deepen their understanding of yoga and life. In the beginning of March 2022 called a worldwide community of yogis to prayer for peace in Ukraine.