Your Guide and Teacher

Rachel Brouzes

My relationship with yoga began early. In 2003, I took my first kids yoga class after my mom, who had long used yoga as a tool for mental health and self-regulation, decided to introduce it to our family. By third grade, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I was already writing down "yoga teacher." In fifth grade, I acted out that very role for career day, unknowingly rehearsing the life I would later step fully into.

In 2009, yoga became a consistent family ritual. We attended power yoga classes three times a week, every week, for the next six years. Even as a teenager, I showed up. I didn't always understand the poses or philosophy, but I understood commitment. Yoga became something I prioritized, a steady anchor during formative years. In 2014, I took a job working the front desk at the gym where we practiced, simply because I knew that was where I wanted to be.

In 2014, I discovered Yin and Restorative yoga and fell deeply in love. That same year, a trip to San Diego exposed me to studios that taught yoga as more than just physical asana. The philosophy, ritual, and depth of practice left me in awe. I planned to move there for six months to complete a teacher training, return to Arizona, and apply what I had learned. Instead, I kept extending my stay, eventually selling my house and planting more permanent roots.

I completed my initial 200-hour yoga teacher training at Trilogy Sanctuary with a teacher whose presence and wisdom deeply shaped my path. Since then, each year, my education has continued expansively: a 50-hour Aerial Yoga teacher training at Trilogy, a 50-hour Tantra Yoga teacher training at Durga's Tiger School in Ecuador, a 50-hour Yin Yoga teacher training with Bernie Clark, 20 hour meditation and breathwork teacher trainings, and certifications as a personal trainer and nutrition coach. I later completed a 300-hour yoga teacher training through San Diego Miramar College. In 2026, I return to my roots with a 20-hour Power Yoga intensive with Bryan and Jonah Kest, whose lineage directly reflects the style of my earliest teachers.

Today, I offer yoga classes, workshops, and retreats grounded in over 22 years of personal practice. My teaching weaves together intelligent sequencing, breath awareness, accessible philosophy, and reverence for yoga as a holistic, evolving path. I am deeply passionate about this work and continually inspired by what remains to unfold — for myself, and for the communities I'm honored to serve.