You have been practicing for a while now, and something in you keeps asking whether there is more to this than you have been shown. There is. Most trainings will not carry you to it, because most trainings teach the postures and leave the actual yoga behind.
Every year you wait is another year of practicing without the underlying philosophy that would change how the postures feel, and without the authentic teachers who would open your eyes to the true purposes of practicing at all. There is more depth in yoga than you have been able to reach.
Seven weekends across four months, paced for depth rather than speed, in a cohort of twelve, with the person who wrote the curriculum leading it.
What you are agreeing to
Not at the end, once you feel ready. The first weekend. It is uncomfortable, and it is the reason the training works, because no one has ever reasoned their way out of being afraid of the front of a room. You transform and find your voice by sharing in a space with people who believe in you and who wish for your success.
Rachel is a certified yoga therapist, and that background runs through the body work: anatomy and alignment, therapeutic postures and applications, hands-on assists, and teaching diverse populations. Alongside it, āsana, prāṇāyāma, meditation, ethics, and the philosophy that weaves all of it together.
Your teacher
That is where I began, and it is why this training exists. I built it to be the one I went looking for and could not find, which means you will be treated as a human being and practitioner, rather than as a certificate in progress.
I designed the curriculum and I lead the training. Guest teachers add to it, while I hold the space.
My lineage runs directly to Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Eric and I are both authorized by Manju Jois to teach Ashtanga primary and second series, and we both studied Vinyasa Krama with Srivatsa Ramaswami, and have his permission to teach it.
Rachel Cieslewicz · Lead TeacherFrom students in Rachel’s classes (class reviews, 2016 to 2019)
“Rachel is an exceptional teacher who lives the heart of yoga… These classes are centering and helpful for all levels.”
Caitlyn · Class student, Salt Lake City
“Rachel’s classes are always rigorous and strengthening, yet she is very diligent about making adjustments on her students where need be.”
Paul B. · Class student, Salt Lake City
“Rachel is an amazing teacher and I appreciate her adjustments. She always presents new challenges and I leave her class proud to have accomplished something.”
Monica · Class student, Salt Lake City
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Ashtanga via Manju JoisWorld Yoga Federation Grandmaster.
How to begin
No form and no queue. She reads every one herself and answers within a day or two.
Write to RachelWhether this is right for where you are now. Sometimes the answer is not yet, and she will say so.
The first weekend begins the work. Everything after it follows from there.
Before you go further
You do not need to be an advanced practitioner. That is the thing people most often get wrong, and it talks good candidates out of applying.
Each month is structured to let you integrate before the next immersion begins. The pace is intentional.
Between weekends you are practicing four to six times a week, reading for about twenty minutes a day, observing classes, and beginning to teach. It is built to fit within a life rather than to take one over.
Secures one of only twelve seats, applied to your $3,300 tuition. Settle the balance any time before February.
Or pay in full · $3,300Payment plans are set individually with Rachel, based on your needs. For example: $500 to hold your place, then four payments of $700, October through January. Checkout takes card, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, Cash App Pay, bank transfer, or Klarna if you would rather pay over time.
Twelve seats, and yours comes off the list the moment you place it. Your $500 deposit is due when you sign the enrollment agreement, goes toward tuition, and is not refundable. If you are not accepted into the program, everything you paid is refunded. Cancel in writing within 3 business days of signing and everything beyond the deposit is refunded. After that, you are responsible for the full tuition, even on a payment plan, but you can defer once to the next training if you tell Rachel in writing at least a month before the start ($200 fee). A deferral is good for the next training only. Once the training begins there are no refunds or deferrals, though you can finish within the next year. Tuition must be paid in full to receive your certificate. If anything is unclear, write to Rachel before you pay →
No. Some of the people who received the most from this had no intention of teaching. They came because yoga had changed something and they wanted to understand why. If teaching does become the thing, Rachel helps graduates find places to do it.
Twelve at most, and often fewer. That is not a marketing word, it is the cap. Twelve is the number at which Rachel can still watch every person teach, remember what you were working on last month, and adjust what she is doing because of it.
Rachel will know you by name and you will know her. You teach from the first week rather than watching recordings. Philosophy is discussed rather than delivered. The cohort is small enough that none of that is a slogan.
No. Seven weekends across four months, February to May, and the spacing is the point. You practice, teach and read in the weeks between, so the training has time to change how you move through an ordinary week rather than two extraordinary ones. If an intensive abroad is what you are after, this is not it, and Rachel would rather you knew that now than in March.
Yes. YogaSoul’s teacher training began in 2013. From 2017 to 2025 it ran at Centered City Yoga (CCY), which Rachel and Eric owned, and when they sold CCY in 2025, the training left with them. Every teacher training at CCY in those years was YogaSoul’s. If you trained with Rachel at CCY, this is the same program. Any teacher training offered at CCY since then is a separate program, not YogaSoul’s.
No. YogaSoul’s training has run since 2013 and has certified more than 300 teachers, with Rachel leading it. A program that began at CCY after 2025 is a new program. If you are comparing the two, ask each how many cohorts it has graduated and who will lead your weekends.
No. It is certified by the World Yoga Federation. Yoga Alliance is a membership registry, not an accrediting body, and listing with it is optional. World Yoga Federation graduates get insured and get hired to teach. The two are separate systems: one doesn’t transfer into the other, in either direction. If a studio you have in mind asks for Yoga Alliance by name, write to Rachel before you enroll and she’ll give you a straight answer.
A 200-Hour certification from the World Yoga Federation, a lineage-rooted body rather than a registry. It also opens the path to the 300-Hour and to a 500-Hour designation.
The immersions are required, but life happens and Rachel is flexible when it does. Tell her as early as you are able and she will find a way through it. This has come up in most cohorts.
The Art of Vinyasa, the Bhagavad Gītā, The Heart of Yoga, Yoga Anatomy, the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, and the Sāṃkhya Kārikā. Roughly $120 in all, and they will serve you long after the training ends.
Most graduates begin teaching somewhere within a few months, and Rachel helps with that. Some continue straight into the 300-Hour. A few never teach at all, and still say it was the most useful thing they have done.
Before you pay anyone
Most people choose a training on price and schedule, and then discover in the third month what they might have asked in the first week, after it is too late. Ask these of us, and ask them of everyone else you are considering.
…and four more that most schools would rather you did not ask.
What teacher training costs in Utah, and what the price should include →
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Who you become
You stop practicing postures and begin practicing yoga, which turns out to be breath, philosophy, and movement arriving together, rather than not at all. You lead a room through something you built yourself with the foundation of lineage, and your voice holds. And by the time someone calls you a teacher, you will already know it to be true.
From graduates
YogaSoul keeps class sizes intentionally small. You will know Rachel personally and she will know you. That changed everything for me.
“I am so grateful to Rachel and the safe, nurturing space she created for us all. Rachel embodies humility, grace, and immense strength.”
“Rachel had us teaching from Day 1. She helped me find my voice and step into my light.”
“I felt truly set up for success in the industry, and peace in my heart.”
“My husband and I both did the training in the same cohort. It changed our practice, our relationship, and our home.”
“Rachel is a kind-hearted, patient teacher who truly meets each student where they are.”
“I came into this training thinking I’d learn to cue better. I left understanding why yoga works, on every level. Rachel does not just teach the practice, she transmits it.”
“I’d done other trainings before. This one was different. The depth of the philosophy, the intimacy of the cohort, Rachel’s presence as a teacher, nothing else has come close.”
“I almost didn’t apply because I didn’t feel advanced enough. That was the wrong question.”
“Three years later, I still draw on what I learned in this training every single week.”
Required reading
A curated library that will serve you long after the training ends. Every text is read and discussed, not assigned and forgotten.
Optional: Light on Pranayama by B.K.S. Iyengar, available here. Books are not included in tuition, roughly $120 in all.
There is more depth in yoga than you have been able to reach.
Hold your place with $500 and settle the rest before February, or pay in full today. What graduates say most often afterward is that they wish they had stopped waiting sooner.
Secure checkout through Stripe, or pay in full · $3,300. If you would rather ask something first, write to Rachel and she will answer honestly.