About YogaSoul · East Millcreek, Salt Lake City
If you’ve landed here, something about yoga has already changed you—and you’re looking for people who take that seriously. Most yoga instruction treats the practice as fitness. It strips out the philosophy, the breath, the lineage—the very things that make yoga transformative instead of just physical. That’s exactly what YogaSoul has been building against since 2013—a school and community where yoga is treated as the complete, living practice it actually is. Not fitness. Not trend. The real thing, taught by people who have lived it for decades and care that you do too.
“Yoga taught with depth and honesty changes people. That’s the one thing we’ve never compromised on.”
Our Mission
If you’ve felt yoga pulling you toward something you can’t quite name yet—a deeper practice, a different life, a community that takes this seriously—you’re in the right place.
Rachel Cieslewicz and Eric Martin founded YogaSoul in 2013 with one conviction: that yoga taught with depth and honesty changes people. Not as fitness, not as trend—as a living practice that reshapes how you move, think, and show up in the world.
More than a decade later, more than 300 teachers have trained here. Students have traveled with them to Greece and Central America. People come for a retreat and come back for a training. They stay because something real happens here—and they can feel the difference.
That’s what we’re here for—whatever brought you to this page.
Real results
“This program has changed me and changed my life. The instructors are incredible—I cannot rave enough about Rachel and Eric. The group size was perfect and blessed me with lifelong friends.”
“I have practiced yoga for 20 years. The YogaSoul program exceeded expectations. I value what I learned from this program as much as I do my MBA.”
“Rachel’s mentorship has completely changed my life. I will be forever grateful for the information, love, and SOUL that she has committed herself to sharing with the world.”
“Rachel’s yoga therapy sessions have helped me move without pain for the first time in years. Her knowledge and compassion are truly life-changing.”
“I came in for help with stress and left with tools I use every day. Rachel’s approach is gentle, empowering, and deeply effective.”
“Retreats with Eric and Rachel have taught me so much about the importance of taking time out for me. My life changed for the better, and I look forward to the next time!”
Meet Our Team
Co-Founder
If you’ve been searching for a teacher who treats yoga as a living tradition rather than a fitness method—and who can meet you wherever you are in that search—Rachel is that teacher. She knows what it’s like to feel called toward something in the practice before you fully understand what it is. She’s been exactly where you are—and she built this school for that person.
Her lifelong practice began at five and deepened through formal study at the University of Utah. With extensive training under world-renowned teachers—including Manju Jois, Srivatsa Ramaswami, and other esteemed mentors—she brings a rich understanding of both the physical and philosophical dimensions of yoga.
As a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and World Yoga Federation Grandmaster, Rachel’s expertise extends to Ashtanga and Vinyasa Krama, with authorization to teach both the primary and second series of Ashtanga yoga. Her mission is to help students understand yoga as a complete practice—intellectually, physically, and in everyday life.
Co-Founder
If what brings you to YogaSoul is a retreat, a training, or anything in between—Eric is the person who makes it happen without you ever feeling the machinery behind it.
Eric came to yoga in 2003 through Manju Jois—and what began as a physical practice became something he couldn’t stop studying. He is authorized to teach the primary and second series of Ashtanga yoga and has studied Vinyasa Krama under Srivatsa Ramaswami. His teaching emphasizes lineage, precision, and the kind of practice that outlasts any single style or trend.
Beyond yoga, he has spent thirty years in technology and business leadership. At YogaSoul he handles the full operational side of every retreat—the planning, the logistics, the quiet “we’ll figure it out” that makes international travel feel effortless. Students consistently say they felt genuinely cared for, not just organized. That’s his aim.
You come home from the training with a practice that’s finally whole. You land from the retreat as someone who remembers what it feels like to be restored. You leave a session with Rachel knowing exactly what your body has been trying to tell you. You become a person who takes this seriously—because you’ve finally found a place that does too.
People come for a training and describe it like a decade of personal development. They come for a retreat and land home as someone who finally remembers what it feels like to be restored. They come for a session with Rachel and—for the first time in years—something stops hurting. What they consistently say: they wish they hadn’t waited as long as they did.
Every year spent in a practice that doesn’t go deep enough is a year without the philosophy, the community, and the transformation the tradition actually holds.
If that’s you—you’re in the right place. And you don’t have to wait any longer.
Ready to Begin?
Every path leads somewhere. Here’s how to find yours—pick the one that matches where you are right now and follow the link. If nothing fits quite yet, say hello and Rachel or Eric will point you in the right direction.
I want to teach
Teacher Training
200-Hour or 300-Hour—immersive programs that honor the full depth of the practice.
I want to travel
Retreats & Events
International retreats and transformative workshops—small, intentional, and designed around the places that open you up.
I want to heal or grow
Personal Services
One-on-one support for healing, movement, and big-picture clarity—personalized to where you are right now.