About Rachel Scott - Yoga Educator & Author

Your Yoga Education Ally

More than twenty-five years ago, I took my first yoga class and was hooked. Finally, a practice that got me out of my head and into my body. Yoga became a safe space to feel, challenge myself, and reconnect.

Since 2003, I’ve immersed myself in education and the yoga business: managing studios and teachers, creating and leading teacher trainings, hiring and coaching faculty, auditioning and mentoring teachers, creating new programs and workshops, supporting the growth of two multi-location, national yoga companies (Yoga Works and YYoga), and earning my Masters in Instructional Systems and Learning Technology.

My mission is to share what I know – about education, yoga, and business – to help teachers and studios elevate their offerings, share their passion, and bring more yoga into the world.

Career Highlights

Educational consultant and ally for a broad array of yoga teachers and studios internationally
Has supported the creation and delivery of thousands of hours of in-person and online yoga training courses
Director of Teachers College for a national yoga company (YYoga) for 7 years: created and managed 200 hour
teacher trainings, 300 hour teacher trainings, and numerous continuing education offerings; supported management
of over 300 yoga teachers (included auditioning, hiring, coaching) across twelve studios
Has personally led over 5K hours of in-person yoga teacher training
E-RYT 500 and YACEP
Trains faculty to excellence; develops and mentor teachers and trainers
Teacher Manager for Yoga Works (East Coast); scheduling, studio management
Published author: Head Over Heels: A Yogi’s Guide To Dating, Wit and Wisdom From The Yoga Mat,
Little Book of Yoga Practice, Yoga To Stay Young, Living Yoga.
Contributor to Huffington Post, Yoga U Online, Yoga International, Half Moon (see articles)
Presenter at the Omega Institute, Wanderlust, Toronto Yoga Conference, The Connected Yoga Teacher, and other
media (see press,tv, podcasts)

Education

Academic Education

MSci, Instructional Systems and Learning Technology (education and online learning)
BA, Columbia University
MFA, American Conservatory Theatre
Justice Institute of British Columbia, Instructor Development Certificate
Quality Matters (integrity and quality in online learning): Applying the QM Rubric & and The Peer Reviewer Course

Yoga Education

Certifications

ISHTA 500-Hour Teacher Training, New York, NY (2005)
Yoga Works 500-Hour Certification, Los Angeles, CA (2008)
Anusara Teacher Trainings (200 Hour), Chris Chavez (2011)
Restorative Teacher Training, Jillian Pransky, New York (2005)
Restorative Teacher Training, Susi Hately Aldous, 2-days (2012)
Restorative Teacher Training, Judith Hansen Lasater, 5-days (2012)
Anatomy/Yin Teacher Training, Paul Grilley (2012)
Hot Teacher Training, YYoga (2011)
Assistant Teacher Trainer with Yoga Works (2008-2010)
Body By Breath Certified, Jill Miller, 18 hours (2024)
MELT Level 1 & 2 (2024 & 2025)

Continuing Education

Therapeutics, Susi Hately Aldous (2012)
Therapeutics, Jonas Westring, Vancouver
The Art of Energetic Alignment (YA) with Twee Merrigan, Vancouver
Ashtanga Yoga Vancouver, Apprenticeship, Vancouver
The Wisdom of Yoga Home Study Program (philosophy), Carlos Pomeda
The Secrets of Mantra, Carlos Pomeda (2020)
Sex, Love and Yoga, Carlos Pomeda (2020)
The Roots & Therapeutics, John Friend and Desi Springer, 5-day
Tantra Immersion, Christopher Hareesh Wallis (2023 and 2025)
Vedic Philosophy, Exploring Six Schools of Hindu Thought, with Dr. Edwin Bryant ~ Embodied Philosophy
(20 hours)
MELT Hand & Foot Instructor Training (2024)
Workshops/ Immersions include Noah Maze, Shiva Rea, Sean Corne, Rolf Gates, Mark Whitwell,
John
Scott, Aadil Palkivala, Judith Lasater, John Friend, Anodea Judith, Martin Kirk, Rod Stryker, Annie
Carpenter,
Ana Forrest, Leslie Kaminoff, Blake Martin, Martin Kirk, David Swenson, Fiona Stang, Robin Golt.

Anatomy Education

Videographer and instructional designer for “Anatomy from A-Z” and “The Nerve Project” (Integral Anatomy
Productions, LLC)
Colorado Institute for Massage Therapy, 850-hour Program (LMT)
Month-Long Anatomy Apprenticeship (Human Dissection) with Gil Hedley (2021)
Ten-Day Intensive Hand on Human Dissection (unfixed), Gil Hedley (2020, 2023)
Six-Day Intensive Hands on Human Dissection, Gil Hedley (2012, 2013, 2019)
Upper Body Pro-Section, Somatic Exploration
Lower Body Pro-section, Somatic Exploration
Integrated Systems Model for Pain and Disability, Diane Lee and LJ Lee
Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, Sports Course
Anatomy for Yoga Teachers, Dean Smith
Continuing anatomy education with Leslie Kaminoff, Blake Martin, Martin Kirk.