Hello! I’m Rachel.

Certified Coach & Yoga Teacher

I am a Certified Life Purpose & Career Coach, Executive Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, Certified Trauma Informed Coach, and Certified Senior Yoga Teacher (Yoga Association of Alberta) with over 20 years of experience.

My first life was as a registered nurse and midwife in London, England. I worked in healthcare for more than 30 years in Canada and the UK. In 2003 I branched into coaching & yoga, and since then have spent thousands of hours helping people in all walks of life through a variety of challenges in their personal and professional lives.

I use a variety approaches that are rooted in eastern and western traditions that support awareness, conflict resolution, pain reduction, and mindfulness.

Coaching and yoga are transformative journeys of self-discovery. Sessions are interactive, collaborative, and customized to meet your unique needs and desires, to consider all parts of your life and the many roles and expectations that are placed on you.

In a confidential and safe space, we co-create possibilities and new ways of being in a challenging world.

Rachel’s Yoga Journey

I am passionate about yoga and love learning, and love helping people learn about themselves

Yoga came into my life in 2000 when I was experiencing personal challenges, and after two classes I could feel the shift in my body and I knew I had to teach! Since then, yoga has been an integral part of my life and has helped me in so many ways physically, mentally, and emotionally. I am a much better version of myself as a result.

In 2003 I became a certified Relax & Renew Trainer ®, a beautiful restorative approach to managing stress and pain that was developed by Dr. Judith Lasater, and one year later I certified as a Hatha Yoga teacher with Yoga for Today, Sherwood Park, Alberta. 

Since then, I have had the privilege to learn from hundreds of students, who always teach me so much, as well as internationally renowned teachers from Canada, the UK, USA, and India including:

• David McAmmond a therapeutic yoga guru who I spent over a decade learning from and is now sadly missed by many of his followers

• Sandra Sammatino who taught me the power of sound and yoga for many years

• Chloe Goodchild who brought my voice to life!

• Janice Clarfield who gave me the vessel to link my midwifery and childbearing experience in pre-natal yoga

• Karen Hamdon & Lawrence Dombro who introduced me to the magic of India, ashrams & authentic yogic traditions

• Sudhir Tiwari of the Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, who revitalised my interest in Ayurveda & Pranayama

• Susi Hately, who taught me new and exciting possibilities, helping me with my personal challenges around chronic pain, and hypermobility, and supporting me to help others

• Brenda Feuerstein founder of Traditional Yoga Studies with whom I am currently studied Classical Yoga History & Philosophy

• Dr Ganesh Mohan and his parents who created the 300h Svastha Yoga Therapy Program that I have now finished.