From the bustle and bright lights of NYC to the backwaters of India, my journey has been an eclectic adventure of exploring movement, culture and spirituality.

Movement has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I began dancing at a young age, and it quickly became more than a discipline — it was a place of expression, refuge, and connection. Through dance, I learned how movement could help me make sense of myself and the world around me.

That early passion led me to New York City, where I trained and worked as a dancer and was first introduced to yoga and Pilates. These practices expanded my understanding of movement beyond performance, offering new ways to explore strength, awareness, and internal experience. They became tools not just for training, but for listening and learning.

Traveling and spending extended time in India marked a significant chapter in my life. During this period, I studied yoga and Eastern wisdom traditions and spent time in ashram settings that deepened my understanding of breath, attention, and subtle aspects of practice. This experience reshaped how I understood the body — not simply as something to train or shape, but as an instrument for insight, regulation, and personal growth.

Over the years, through teaching, mentoring, and coaching, my work has continued to evolve. What remains constant is my commitment to supporting people in developing a more integrated, intelligent relationship with themselves. My approach honours the connection between body, mind, and inner life, offering space for exploration, challenge, and meaningful change.

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rachel brings several decades of experience in movement teaching, mentoring, and wellbeing coaching. Her work has evolved through sustained study, practice, and teaching, shaped by a long-standing interest in how movement, attention, and inner life intersect. Over time, this has led to an approach that recognises the body not as an isolated mechanism, but as part of a wider, interconnected system.

Her work sits at the meeting point of movement education, cognitive awareness, and inner inquiry. Rather than focusing on techniques in isolation, Rachel supports clients in understanding how movement, perception, and emotional patterns influence one another. This integrated perspective underpins her coaching style and reflects a belief that wellbeing emerges through balance, clarity, and adaptability over time.

Rachel’s training draws from a wide range of established lineages. She has studied yoga extensively, holding certifications in Kundalini, Sivananda, Ashtanga Vinyasa, and Hatha traditions, alongside long-term study of tantra, pranayama, mantra, and contemplative practices. Her engagement with Eastern wisdom traditions has been shaped through travel and study in India as well as ongoing practice elsewhere, grounding her work in both experiential learning and traditional frameworks.

Alongside this, Rachel is comprehensively trained in the classical Joseph Pilates methodology, with certification in mat and equipment-based systems through Equinox Education. Her work is further informed by biomechanical study, barre training, and applied movement analysis, supporting a precise and practical understanding of how bodies organise and adapt.

Cognitive and psychological insight plays an important role in Rachel’s work. She is trained in the Enneagram and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, which inform how she works with patterns of behaviour, perception, and self-organisation as they arise through movement and coaching.

Rachel’s early career was rooted in professional dance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Choreography from Middlesex University and completed an intensive, performance-based training programme at the Alvin Ailey Center for Dance in New York. Her years of performance and continued training in the US laid the foundation for her enduring commitment to movement as both a disciplined craft and a means of personal development.

Over the years, Rachel has worked with a range of established brands and organisations within the fitness and wellbeing sector, including Lululemon, Equinox, KXU, and Triyoga. Her work has included leading workshops, retreats, mentoring programmes, and facilitator training. In March 2024, Rachel opened Atelier108 — her first studio — a space that reflects her integrative approach and offers one-to-one coaching alongside a curated programme of workshops and events.