Rachel first discovered yoga as a child.  Her grandmother practiced hatha yoga during the 60s when yoga was in one of its waves of popularity in the West.  “I have an early memory of trying to practice the poses alongside my grandmother, in a very playful, childlike way, of course!”  Her next exposure to yoga was on Iowa Public Television, with the wonderful show, “Lilias! Yoga and You.”  “I can close my eyes and recall the opening—Lilias Folan in silhouette performing the Classical Sun Salutation, surya namaskar.”

Rachel became an avid student of yoga in 1997, exploring various styles over the next ten years until, in 2007, she took her first Anusara Yoga® class and knew she had found her yogic home.  Rachel began teaching hatha yoga in 2008 and became an Anusara-Inspired^TM yoga instructor in March of last year.

Rachel has currently logged over 600 hours in the Anusara training program including:

• The 108-hour Anusara Immersion & the Anusara Level I Teacher Training, both led by world-renowned senior teacher, Amy Ippoliti;
• Level 1 Teacher Training led, by Marsha Nieland of Fusion Studio, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
• 65 hours with Anusara founder, John Friend;
• Over 300 hours in workshops with senior teachers Desiree Rumbaugh, Martin Kirk, Betsey Downing, Noah Maze, Todd Norian, and Moses Brown.
• Almost 30 hours in the study of philosophy and meditation with Dr. Douglas Brooks and Sally Kempton.
  
• 50 hours studying Anatomy and the Anusara method of Yoga Therapy.
• Rachel also studies on a weekly basis with Marsha Nieland, and has had the great honor of assisting Marsha in public classes, workshops and retreats.
  

For more information on Anusara yoga, please visit www.anusara.com.

Rachel’s classes are a passionate mixture of humor, philosophy, fun, and alignment, all with a view to deepening her students' experience of their own true nature.   She would like to take this opportunity to send so much love and gratitude to Marsha, Amy, and all her other outstanding Anusara teachers...  and to her students who teach her so much...

Saprema!

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