“What we resist persists. Whether it’s pain, anxiety, fear, loss —whatever emotion you feel—don’t fight it. Experience it. Feel it all. Lean into it. Surrender to it. Breathe into it fully. Open your arms wide and welcome it all. Let go. It will lead you to the light.” —To Love and Let Go by Rachel Brathen 

 

After reading this passage and book, Rachel’s life was forever changed, starting her on a new journey and yoga pathway. Rachel has always had a deep love for wellness. She started her journey years ago when she became a personal trainer and a holistic nutritionist. Yoga always interested her, however, Rachel struggled to deepen her yoga practice with the life she was living. Instead, she chose ultra triathlons and running. For the past several years she had been longing to deepen her spiritual and yoga practice and one day become a yoga teacher. Reading To Love and Let Go helped change the life path Rachel was on for the better. She earned her 200 hour yoga certification course in Maui, Hawaii with Divinitree Yoga. She then went to Peru not long after to take her 300 hour yoga certification course with Divinitree Yoga and Andean Yoga. Yoga has given Rachel a new meaning in life changing the way she interacts with the world which she can’t wait to share with her students. Rachel loves teaching power vinyasa flows, but also loves the stillness found in teaching yin classes. Currently Rachel is deepening and challenging her practice by focusing on arm balancing poses and breathwork exercises. When not teaching yoga you can find Rachel homesteading, experiencing nature, juicing, and living each moment.