Rachel Brathen
Yoga every damn day
I have learned many many things from Rachel! But I think the two most important things I learned are: “if you want to change the world you have to be open and stay vulnerable” and “keep being a student”!
Meeting Rachel was special. She is a force of nature. The energy she radiates when she walks into a room is impossible to put into words. Her teaching and guidance comes from a place that feels almost divine. She has the ability to access a source in herself that allows her to teach so much more than Yoga.
Every time I practice with her she makes me feel safe. I cry a lot in her classes, and that’s not a bad thing!
With the feedback she gave me for my graduation class and the whole training, she vocalised something that was so true yet so deeply buried inside me beneath doubt and worry. If you have ever experienced the feeling of someone seeing you for who you truly are, you know how liberating that is, even if you hadn’t even realised yourself you were hiding it. (Read more about Rachels feedback here)
I became a Yoga teacher through Rachels guidance. But most importantly she showed me that it is a gift to everyone around me and especially the people I teach if I create spaces where everyone is allowed to just BE.
Be with everything that is present.
To trust that people are able to carry their own experiences and emotions. I don’t have to save anyone when I am teaching. But I can create a safe and healing environment for people so they can start their healing process.
On every level.
You can find out more about Rachel and her work on her website