Specialisms

Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Trauma, (Complex) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Motor Neurone Disease, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Pain, Women’s Health, Mindfulness, Reflective Practice, Major Life Transitions, Philosophy, Embodied Creative Expression

Qualifications

• Yoga Teacher (500hr Hatha Yoga & Mindfulness, 30hr Yin Yoga, 30hr Anatomy & Alignment Intensive)
• Specialist Qualifications in Yoga for Trauma & Yoga for Anxiety (5-day intensives with Hala Khouri)
• Yoga, Purpose & Action Facilitator (5-day intensive with Off The Mat & Into The World)
• Yoga Therapist (580hr Diploma with The Minded Institute, 5-day Yoga as Medicine intensive with Timothy McCall)
• Mindfulness Facilitator (3-month intensive within Plum Village tradition)

About

In addition to her role as Operations & Business Development Manager of PTSD UK charity, Rachel’s adventures with yoga have led her to host retreats in Europe & Asia, manage a yoga studio in Vietnam and facilitate the retreat programme at an integral yoga and meditation centre in Cambodia. She shared her wisdom for years as a writer for Yogapedia, and taught over 500 hours of studio classes, workshops, retreats and yoga festivals before turning to yoga therapy.

As a yoga therapist, Rachel specialises in working with trauma, stress, depression, anxiety and chronic pain, but is experienced in offering tools to work with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. Unique areas of experience include a research specialism in yoga therapy for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and delivering trauma-focused yoga therapy for Afghan refugees. She is thrilled to be on the faculty of The Minded Institute—one of the world’s leading yoga therapy training organisations—where she is both Philosophy Lecturer & supervisor to yoga therapists in training.

Rachel’s therapeutic offering is deeply influenced by Buddhist teachings and in particular, mindfulness. She takes an integrative, holistic and accessible approach to yoga, teaching skills which can be employed both on and off the mat—always balanced with a splash of playfulness and creativity. She sees yoga as a way of life; a practical tool which not only improves health and wellbeing, but can help people to live mindfully and with purpose.

Rachel has now collaborated with Heather Mason to share her expertise in a unique training – Yoga Therapy for PTSD and C-PTSD. It is the first of its kind in the world to explore how the distinction between PTSD & Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) should inform the application of yoga therapy.

Learn With Rachel