Most yoga classes strip out the philosophy, the breath, the lineage, the very things that make the practice transformative instead of just physical.
You’ve been practicing for years, and you can feel there’s more.
Whether you’re called to teach, to travel, or to heal, YogaSoul is where that longing becomes a life. Salt Lake City’s longest-running yoga teacher training, plus international retreats and personal services, guided by Rachel’s 28+ years of practice and 18+ years training others.
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Immersive programs that honor the depth of yoga, its philosophy, its breath, and its transformative power. Taught by Rachel Cieslewicz, World Yoga Federation Grandmaster.
Next cohort starts February 2027, enrollment open now
International retreats and transformative workshops, small, intentional, and designed around the places and practices that open you up.
From healing sessions to big-picture guidance, personalized offerings for your growth, recovery, and clarity.
That session you’ve been meaning to book? Now’s the time.
Another year of “someday” is another year practicing without the depth, the teachers, and the community that would actually change things.
First the mountains, then the sea. Hike and meditate beneath the thousand-year monasteries of Meteora, or slow all the way down on a private island estate in Koufonisia. They run five days apart, by design, and some guests are doing both.
Six nights at the foot of stone towers where monks have sought stillness for a thousand years. Morning meditation as first light hits the rocks, monastery trail hikes at a conversational pace, and long village dinners in Kastraki. This is hiking as practice, not performance, and it changes how you rest.
Starting at $3,179 per person · Hikes, monastery entries, most meals & Athens transfer included
Five days apart, by design.
Some guests are making it one long Greek May: hike Meteora, wander Athens or the islands in between, then land on Koufonisia ready to truly rest. Email Rachel & Eric and they’ll help you plan the double.
You’ve been putting yourself last long enough. A private estate on the Aegean. A chef from Athens. Morning yoga overlooking the sea. This is YogaSoul’s most intimate retreat, 15 guests, 7 days, one golden island. The kind of week you remember for the rest of your life.
Starting at $2,799 per person · All-inclusive · 2026 sold out, rates increase soon, reserve now to lock in current pricing
“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.”
“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!”
“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 to Rachel burned out and running on empty. What I got back wasn’t just a training plan, it was a completely different relationship with my body and what it’s been asking for. A year later I’m racing again, but that’s almost secondary to how I feel every day.”
You deserve teachers who treat yoga as a living tradition, not a fitness trend.
We know what it feels like to be called toward something and not quite know how to step into it. We’ve both been exactly where you are, drawn to the practice, wanting to go deeper, not sure yet where it leads. We built YogaSoul to be the school we wished had existed for us, one where students feel genuinely seen, challenged, and cared for long after graduation.
Rachel brings nearly three decades of personal practice and 18+ years of teacher training to every room she enters. As one of the few C-IAYT certified yoga therapists in Utah and a World Yoga Federation Grandmaster, she brings rare depth to her work: intellectually rigorous, deeply compassionate, and genuinely committed to the tradition. Eric co-founded YogaSoul with Rachel, holds a World Yoga Federation Grandmaster certification, and leads every retreat they run, the planning, the logistics, the calm presence that makes traveling with them feel effortless.
300+ teachers trained. 18+ years. International retreats across Greece, Central America, and beyond. This is not a franchise. It’s a living lineage.
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 share is this: they wish they hadn’t waited as long as they did.
Train with us. Travel with us. Heal with us. Whatever brought you here, there’s a place at YogaSoul waiting for you.
Every person who’s said yes tells us the same thing: they wish they hadn’t waited.
The longing you feel for a deeper practice doesn’t go away on its own. It just waits for a decision.
