Meet our team!
Kate Thoms
Founder of Hathaletics
Kate Thoms is a 200hr certified yoga teacher through the international Yoga Alliance registered school, Yogatrotter Academy. She is the founder of Hathaletics, a physician-supported yoga program created to help enhance mobility, maintain longevity, support injury prevention, and boost mental clarity and concentration in all bodies. Kate has a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College and an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University, combining her expertise in culinary arts, yoga and breathwork into Hathaletics and Longevity Retreats for a bespoke health, wellness and travel experience.
Justin Thoms, M.D.
Dr. Thoms graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A. in chemistry and philosophy. After receiving his medical degree from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, he did his internship and residency at North Shore-LIJ in New York. He completed the Aufranc Fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He is the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital and Director of the Joint Replacement program for Constitution Surgery Center East (CSCE).
Dr. Thoms specializes in orthopedic treatment of arthritis for knees and hips. This includes non-surgical treatment modalities as well as a high volume of knee & hip replacements. He also performs revision surgery for patients who have had previous surgery, including joint replacements that have worn out or failed.
One of the non-surgical, research-backed modalities recommended by Dr. Thoms is yoga, which inspired him to become a co-developer of the Hathaletics program.
Dr. Thoms was awarded Top Doctor by Connecticut Magazine.
Ryan Murphy
Ryan is a 200hr certified yoga teacher through the international Yoga Alliance registered school, Yogatrotter Academy. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College and an Associates degree from Lakes Region CC. He has been serving on active duty in the U.S. Navy since 2008 as a deep-sea diver and found that adding a yoga practice to his life gave him more balance of mind. Ryan’s practice is guided by the grounded “Warrior Mindset”, a framework of performance psychology and mindfulness developed by the Naval Special Warfare community, that unites mind, body, and spirit to perform under pressure and find calm in chaos. For Ryan, yoga supports a beautiful balance between mindfulness and health, and his classes are a playful blend of sweaty vinyasa flow with the calmness of tree pose, and plenty of humor woven in to put a smile on students’ faces. Ryan is a proud member of the Hathaletics team and also teaches at Niantic Yoga.