Karen Watson began practising yoga in 1993 and completed a 3 year teaching apprenticeship with Zhander Remete in Sydney in 1997. She taught yoga in Sydney at Yoga Synergy from 1997 until 1999 and co-founded Islington Yoga with John Evans when she moved to London in 2000. Karen continues to study and learn from Zhander Remete.

Karen has a background in Biology with an Honours degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Adelaide University in Australia.