Rachel Stroud (she/her)

Owner

Buffalo + Sparrow Yoga Collective

E-RYT 500; Certified TSY; YACEPpronouns: she/her/hersRachel took her first yoga class in a friend’s living room; furniture pushed aside and close friends mat to mat on the wood floor. She experienced intentional movement, thoughtful instruction, and slow, mindful breathing for the first time and was moved to her core. This led to her life-long pursuit into the deep well of yoga as she experienced the health, wisdom, alignment, and healing found through her practice. She followed a whisper and found her niche in the world through teaching yoga.She began to see and feel the healing benefits offered through the somatic experience of yoga as it relates to symptoms of past and present trauma. This experience led her to Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TSY), offering safer and meaningful movement to release trapped trauma from the body. Her background in sociology and psychology has provided an effortless bridge between the world of science and movement. She draws heavily on her trauma education from Bessel Vander Kolk, Peter Levine, Resmaa Menakem, David Emerson and Janine D’Anniballe, whom have all influenced the way she teaches and thinks about trauma and the body.