Embodied Joy
with Rachel Jo Yoga
I have always believed in healing through movement.
As I grew up, through figure skating and ballet I found movement to be the outlet I needed to express everything I felt- and I have always felt everything so deeply.
The journey to the self.
My yoga practice started initially in high school while I struggled with recovering from an injury that ultimately ended my competitive skating career. I’m happy to laugh about it now, but I did not like yoga when I first started. I vividly remember thinking to myself, “this is supposed to be peaceful?! I’m sweating, this hurts, I am not about this”. Like many others, I wanted to be good at everything on the first try or I just didn’t want to do it at all. Thankfully, I learned that yoga is a practice, not something to be good at!
I came back to yoga at a time when I thought life, and my body, had given up on me. I could no longer skate, dance, or live my daily life without pain. It wasn’t until a few years later that I had finally made the connection between my movement and my breath, and that is when the game changed.
Through yoga, I have learned so much about myself all while discovering the beauty and blessing of intuitive, mindful movement. I began my yoga teacher training journey with Erica Stanzione because I was interested in deepening my personal practice, with little thought about actually becoming a teacher. I had fallen in love with yoga and its many gifts and knew the more I learned, that I absolutely had to share this beautiful practice with the world. The more I practiced, the more tools I received to heal and better myself. The more I healed, the more I wanted to help others do the same.
Move That Asana
My classes focus on strengthening and stretching the body as well as the mind to find, nurture and embrace the power we all have inside of us.
I love that I have the ability to share my passion and love for yoga with each and every one of my students.
My philosophy is that movement is medicine and yoga meets us all exactly where we are - at the exact time we need it to.
My intention is to be there for you.
To support, to guide, and hold space for you.
To connect, ground, and cultivate community through this shared love of movement.
Follow my journey.
