Welcome! I’m AnaLouise Keating! I’m an author, teacher, nepantlera, spiritual activist, and lifelong learner. As a seeker and questioner my entire life, I read and attended school (lots of school!) to help make sense of the world and to experience (or create) a sense of belonging–for myself and others. My scholarship (and in fact my entire approach to life) is relational, holistic, and grounded in the everyday. I am driven to challenge the status-quo—the worldviews that define the world as static and unchanging and the institutions that try to impose one set of rules and beliefs on everyone.I believe in the possibility of progressive change. I believe in each individual’s immense potential. And, I believe that we can create radically inclusive communities that do not impose a single standard or way of being. 

My work is grounded in what I’ve named a “metaphysics of radical interconnectedness”—a worldview that posits the foundational inter-relatedness of all existence.

In the words of the early philosopher Plotinus, “We all breathe together.” 

I love writing and creating books (although I find it very difficult to do). I believe that words can be magic, that the words we use (writing, speaking, reading, etc) can help to transform the world. I write the books I want to read, and I hope that my words (especially the bold claims and visionary invitations) will make it easier for those who follow. My boldest claims (concerning metaphysics, spiritual technologies, radical inclusivity, and transformation) function like bread crumbs (or mini invitations) for others. I hope that people will build upon what I say. Some of my favorite creations are these theories: a metaphysics of radical interconnectedness; risking the personal; post-oppositionality; invitational pedagogies; listening with raw openness.  (You can read about these theories in my books!)

One of the most important working relationships in my life has been my friendship and mentorship with Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (1942-2004). I met Anzaldúa back in 1991 (or so) and, through a series of serendipitous events, we began working together. More than anyone I’d ever met, Anzaldúa articulated a worldview, belief system, and radically inclusive social justice framework that resonated with (and totally affirmed) my own. I’m honored to work with her. For lots more on my friendship with Anzaldúa and her important work, see my most recent book: The Anzaldúan Theory Handbook. 

I started practicing yoga in 2010 or so, when I realized that I was so busy thinking, reading, and writing–that I’d become quite detached from my physical life. In 2017 I took my first yoga teacher training, and I’ve been teaching yoga since that time. I especially love teaching Yin yoga, a gentle but rigorous yoga practice, consisting almost entirely of seated and reclined poses. Yin yoga is gentle because the poses typically don’t require muscular effort but instead relax the muscles in order to access the deeper tissue and other overlooked areas of the body.  And yet, Yin yoga is also rigorous because we hold each pose for approximately one to six minutes, putting moderate amounts of pressure on these overlooked tissues. As the name suggests, Yin yoga borrows from Taoist thought and Chinese medicine (especially Meridian theory). I practice and teach Yin yoga as a form of mindfulness of the body. I draw on astrology and other wisdom traditions to offer healing sequences for my students. If you’d like to sample my yoga teaching, you can do so in my virtual classes at Bloom Yoga, Denton.