Rachel Lanzerotti
Registered Yoga Teacher

Rachel teaches personalized restorative, therapeutic, and mindful yoga. She particularly likes teaching people who might not do yoga otherwise, because that was how she started out. Becoming a yogi was not on her to do list, as a social worker and organizational consultant. When she's not on her yoga mat or meditation cushion, you can find her walking around Bernal Hill, singing, writing a blog, growing with her garden, making yummy soup, and playing with her nieces. Yoga’s vital ease and meditation’s mindful awakenings stream together into her dedication to peace, wellbeing, and freedom on all levels.

Rachel Lanzerotti, MSW, RYT, is certified in Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Yin/Yang approaches, and trained in MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) as well as iRest® Level I.

A graduate of Spirit Rock’s Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training Program, The Yoga Loft’s Teacher Training Program, and Advanced Relax & Renew® Restorative Yoga Training, Rachel also holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from SF State University and a BA, in Human Biology and Feminist Studies, from Stanford University.

In addition to her private practice with Five Rivers Yoga, Rachel is a Restorative Yoga Instructor for PRYSMS (Practicing Restorative Yoga and Stretching for the Metabolic Syndrome), an NIH-sponsored study through the University of California, San Francisco and San Diego. She also is a Mindful Breathing Instructor for Project Inspire, a study of Mindful Breathing with UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.

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