Stress brought me to yoga.

I worked in an extremely stressful career – social worker turned executive director of a start-up non-profit civil legal services provider. I wanted a way to take care of myself, as I always felt pulled in so many different directions, and yet, I worked hard to keep it all together.  

Over the years, I dabbled with yoga. I stopped and started, based upon what was going on in my life. Lack of discipline, and the inability to honor my worth, gave me every excuse in the world not to pursue what I knew was the best form of exercise that I had ever done.

Inwardly, I realized that at some point I would return to yoga. Little did I realize in my early years of yoga practice all the additional benefits that it provides, such as keeping me centered and whole during life’s tumultuous periods. 

Finding the balance to work, love and live to our full potential is easier said than done.

I am delighted to now pursue my passion for yoga and expand my teaching through my retirement years. Doing something that I love, through which I am able to sustain myself, and help others - who could ask for anything more? 

Bursting with gratitude is the only way I can describe how blessed I am to bring others this practice.  

While I experimented with many forms of yoga, once I discovered Tri Yoga, I was hooked. Tri Yoga is practiced worldwide and is acknowledged as a powerful, yet gentle practice that accommodates all levels of students regardless of age or condition. 

Founded by internationally renowned Yogini Kaliji (Kali Ray), Tri Yoga is taught in 40+ countries by over 1650 certified teachers with 62 Tri Yoga Centers. Students develop precise natural alignment, strength, flexibility, endurance, and a longer, more rhythmic breath.

I began my Tri Yoga training with numerous Senior Tri Yoga teachers, locally and nationally. I was most fortunate to have Master Yoga teacher, Laura Ates work with me over the years regularly in small group settings to expand my knowledge beyond the physical poses of the practice.  

Founder, Yogini Kali Ray certified me in 2012 after years of independent study and practice with her, as well as her master teachers. Knowing my devotion to the teachings and my personal practice, in 2009 Kali Ray graced me with my yogic name of Rachana, meaning creation.

Today, my education continues by attending workshops world-wide with many different teachers in a variety of practices. This exposes me to broad and diverse group of students and teachers around the country, offering me new perspectives and learning opportunities.

Basic tools of gentle movement, focused breathing and mindfulness, all work to keep us healthy and happy.

Yoga has been available to us for thousands of years and scientific studies continue to affirm its benefits. Yoga is the antidote to today’s fast paced, stressful and overly stimulated world in which we live. Yoga is for everyone. 

Through applying the principles of yoga-flow, one begins to feel the life-flow. Extension in all directions expands awareness. Relaxation-in-action allows one to maintain balance. Rhythm of body and breath tunes one to the inner dance. Economy of movement cultivates having only thoughts that are needed. Wavelike movements remind us to remain at peace within the pair of opposites. 

- Yogini Kaliji