Kate Herrera Jenkins (Shu-wah-mitz)

Cochiti Pueblo | Founder of Native Strength Revolution

Kate Herrera Jenkins (Shu-wah-mitz) is a member of Cochiti Pueblo. She is the founder of Native Strength Revolution.Kate attended Loyola University in New Orleans and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy. She moved to New York City in 1998. While pursuing a career in Music Therapy in NYC, Kate developed a love to serve kids with special needs and also developed a passion for working with the elderly. She continued to serve the elderly through movement, music and recreation until 2008. In 2008, she discovered hot yoga and immediately wanted to share this healing modality with the world. She attended 9 weeks of yoga teacher training in CA with Bikram Choudhury. She has Also studied Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark and Vinyasa with Ryan Leier. In 2010, she founded Kiva Hot Yoga in Birmingham, AL. In 2014, she became affiliated with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga School and started to certify yoga teachers, Also in 2014, she and her husband, Kerry, former NFL player, opened Iron Tribe Fitness, a group fitness gym, in downtown New Orleans. Kate was a 3 term ambassador with lululemon athletica and this partnership led her create a powerful vision and goals which would eventually help create NSR. In 2014, Native Strength Revolution was born. Through fundraising, NSR has been able to provide continuing ed opportunities for other Native Yoga teachers and now lead trainings specifically for Indigenous people. She loves staying active and learning new ways of moving. In addition to yoga and weight-lifting, Kate loves long-distance running! She’s always up for the challenge of a marathon or half. She recently received her Ministry Leadership certificate at Highlands College in Birmingham and sees every moment as an opportunity in ministry.