Kat Story

Kat was born in Manchester, England and grew up in the small rural enclave of Parbold Hill, in the industrial area of southwest Lancashire.

She left home at 18, and studied social science at Birmingham University, followed by a post-graduate certificate in education at York University. After a few years of teaching social science at Kidbrooke girls comprehensive school in southeast London, she went on a 9 month journey through Africa, which changed her horizons. She worked for several years in a wholefood shop in St. Nicholas market, Bristol. In 1974 she moved to London to study oriental philosophy, healing and cookery at the Community Health Foundation in Old Street, and trained as a macrobiotic chef at the Sunwheel Restaurant in Camden Lock.

She first came to live and work in Switzerland in 1981, as chef at the Restaurant Sesam in Monbijoustrasse, Bern. She was a founding member of the Kientalerhof study centre in 1985, working and teaching cookery and shiatsu there until 2000. During this time she co-authored a book "Yin, Yang and the art of natural cookery" with Marlise Binetti.

Kat fell in love with 5 Rhythms dancing at a friend's birthday party in 1995, and took her first classes with Victoria Cresswell in Bern. She met Susannah and Ya'Acov Darling Khan in their ongoing group "Ritual" at Orval in Belgium in 1999. From 2000 - 2021 she organised workshops for them in Switzerland. Kat has been an authorised Movement Medicine Teacher since January 2013, teaching her MM own classes.

See photos of altars from Kat’s 4-elements Dance Day in Thun, November 2022 Tree painting by Vicki Cooper.