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Meet Katie "Kates" Davidson: freelance writer, experienced editor, and certified yogini. Let your conscious be your shopping guide.

A STYLE OF MIND by Katie Davidson—offering my stylish, sustainable and spiritual stamp of approval.

05/23/2026

Yay, new dates announced! Join me for a monthly at 🍵

Registration for 6.7 is now live ~ early bird ends 5.27. Space is very limited. Hope I can serve you soon 🌿

02/27/2026

I wrote a poem (and spent a lot of money on books) today.

*shoutout to my poetry advisor , writing group sisters — also director of vibes*

02/24/2026

Just horsin around ♥️🤍🖤 Riding into the year of the fire horse, yoked together in creativity. So grateful to facilitate this inspiring group of sisters, alongside our wonderful host

SAVE THE DATE: Our next cross-quarter gathering is on Saturday, 4.18.22

02/16/2026

Blessing for the Brokenhearted

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
—Henry David Thoreau

Let us agree
for now
that we will not say
the breaking
makes us stronger
or that it is better
to have this pain
than to have done
without this love.

Let us promise
we will not
tell ourselves
time will heal
the wound,
when every day
our waking
opens it anew.

Perhaps for now
it can be enough
to simply marvel
at the mystery
of how a heart
so broken
can go on beating,
as if it were made
for precisely this—

as if it knows
the only cure for love
is more of it,

as if it sees
the heart’s sole remedy
for breaking
is to love still,

as if it trusts
that its own
persistent pulse
is the rhythm
of a blessing
we cannot
begin to fathom
but will save us
nonetheless.

—Jan Richardson

📸: scenes from the most colorful, romantic Valentine’s weekend, despite despite despite 💔

Holding both:
🌼 the gratitude and the grief
🌼 the bright flowers and gray skies
🌼 sunshine and raging storms
🌼 being alone while surrounded by love (not to mention galentines galore)

💘 Somehow still in love with this heartbreakingly beautiful life

(📝 Poetry shout-out: .j.muse)

02/06/2026

Announcing our next cross-quarterly gathering! Join and for:

❤️‍🔥 Journaling + writing exercises
❤️‍🔥 Mindful movement
❤️‍🔥 Tea ceremony (drinking tea in meditative silence)
❤️‍🔥 Creative exploration
❤️‍🔥 Nourishing nature time
❤️‍🔥 Yummy, healthy snacks + refreshments
❤️‍🔥 Sacred sisterhood
❤️‍🔥 Optional: hot / cold soaks

Space is limited. Learn more + save your spot at link in bio!

12/17/2025

Wow, was writing this an edge! I am excited and grateful to finally share my first piece for , in which I share about my struggles with codependency and the ways yoga has empowered me with another choice (limitless possibilities, really). And, so much came up for me when shining a light on something so personal. Here’s what I learned in the process:

First challenge (draft #1): avistara (brevity)

Limiting something so vulnerable to 500 words or less—but, with my writing buddy as my witness, I did it!

Second challenge (draft #2): darshan (seeing and being seen)

Needing to dig deeper, rather than hiding behind yoga philosophy and theory, to actually let people into my story (eek, so uncomfortable! Especially to a Scorpio rising like me 🦂)

Third challenge (final draft): aparigraha (non-attachment)

Letting go of the outcome; surrendering all the other ways I could have tackled this tender topic; allowing done to be better than perfect; trusting

🙏 Thank you for the opportunity, along with your patience, wisdom, and support.

🧐 Take a closer look at my writing process over on Substack, where I share more about the evolution of this story—plus what I left out.

💌 INVITATION: Meet me on Zoom this Thursday 5pm PT for a special Winter Solstice edition of my weekly writing group! Sign up here: communikates.co/write-here-write-now

11/20/2025

“Our work is to show we have been breathed upon—to show it, give it out, sing it out, to live out in the topside of the world what we have received through our sudden knowings, from body, from dreams and journeys of all sorts.” -Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves

This season, I’ve been offering a lot of opportunities for my students of both writing and yoga to honor the darkness of this time of year by braving their own inner darkness—in community.

Earlier this month, I dedicated a whole mini-retreat to it: and I co-created a supportive container for writing and ritual that focused on Persephone’s descent into the underworld (where this sweet 35mm photo was snapped by 🥰).

All month long, Write Here, Write Now weekly writing group (online) has been exploring similar themes of embracing darkness and descent into our inner wilderness. Tonight is the last writing group of the month (since next Thursday is Thanksgiving), and you’re welcome even if this is your first time or you haven’t been able to make it to other sessions this month. (Thursday, December 4th marks a new month, which we’ll kick off with a 1.5-hour workshop around new monthly themes - mark your calendar!)

And, my weekly Sunday evening yoga 5 to 6:15pm at have been honoring the fierce Kālī Ma (swipe ➡️), queen of these deeper realms. Join me this weekend to integrate your weekend and reset for the holiday week ahead.

Let’s dive deep together:

🖤 Sign up for Thursday writing group online here: communikates.co/write-here-write-now (also in my bio)

🖤 Sign up for Sunday night yoga online or irl in Los Gatos here: breathetogetheryoga.com/class-schedule

PS Happy new moon (in Scorpio—my rising sign, in case you couldn’t tell from my love of exploring the depths). 🦂

10/27/2025

We’ve been dreaming up a nourishing half-day retreat and are excited to finally announce:

🖤 WRITING INTO DARKNESS 🖤

A supportive container of sacred sisterhood to turn inward with intention. Together, we will:

✨ sit in tea ceremony (drinking tea in meditative silence - a practice in receiving)
✨ journal and explore our inner worlds with creative prompts
✨ have space for cold plunging and hot tub soaks (optional)
✨ be nourished with healthy refreshments
✨ go for a sunset nature walk
✨ honor the elements through sacred ritual

—all on a gorgeous Los Altos Hills property surrounded by nature. 🌳

For this inaugural gathering, we are keeping costs low at $60/person to cover food and materials. However, if the cost is a barrier, please reach out. Scholarships are available!

Spots are limited. Confirm yours by filling out the form in my bio.

Upon registration, we will email the address to the private residence along with other important information about how to prepare. 🪄

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Santa Cruz, CA
95060–95067

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http://communikates.co/

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