You have probably left a class realizing nobody in the room registered whether you were there. That is not the teacher’s fault. It is a room built for volume, and this is the opposite of one.
A practice that never deepens is not really a practice. It is a habit. The difference is whether someone who knows you is in the room. There is more depth in yoga than you have been able to reach.
What to expect
Rachel teaches from her shala in East Millcreek, twice a week on weekday mornings when she is in town. A handful of students per class, by design. No front desk, no crowds, no background music.
When a room is small enough that she can see everyone clearly, teaching changes. You are not following along anonymously. You are practicing, and she is in it with you.
Your teacher
Teaching out of a personal shala is not a step down from a studio. It is the teaching I have always wanted to do. Small groups, real practice, students I actually know.
The shala exists because I believe in the practice, not because I want to run a studio again.
Rachel Cieslewicz · C-IAYTPasses
Passes work at your own pace with no hard expiry. The more you commit to, the better the rate. Buy once you have confirmed the schedule works for you.
One class, any session. No commitment. A good first visit.
$22 a class. For once-a-week students. Saves $18 against drop-in.
$20 a class. For building a regular practice. Saves $60.
$18 a class, the best rate. For committed regulars. Saves $126.
Getting started
Drop-ins are welcome. Regulars tend to settle into a twelve or eighteen.
She shares the current schedule and the address directly. Neither is posted publicly, and that is deliberate.
Unroll your mat and let the practice do what it does.
Who you become
You find the version of yoga you always suspected was there, because someone in the room finally knows your practice well enough to move it forward. You become a student who is known, rather than a body in a room.
I came for a drop-in and stayed for the room. Rachel notices what I am doing with my breath before I do, and the class changes because of it. I have never been taught like that anywhere else.
Erin M. · Shala regular since 2025
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Rachel has trained teachers for twenty-five years. Two certification levels, small by design.
Two retreats next May, five days apart, so you may join one or both.
One-to-one sessions built around your history, your moments, and your body.
There is more depth in yoga than you have been able to reach.
The schedule is not posted publicly, and neither is the address. Write to Rachel and she will tell you when she is teaching.