Mati

Rachel completed her studies of Ayurveda as well as Yoga (Therapy) with Wellpark College of Natural Therapies, a leading education establishment dedicated in New Zealand to the science of natural healing. She also has an advanced Sanskrit and Jyotish (Hindu Astrology) studies through teachers she sought privately.

Rachel currently teaches and conducts workshops, training courses and retreats in the context of Ayurveda, Yoga and Classical Hindu Philosophy. Her personal yoga practice started seven years ago. To date, she has made two trips to India to study Sanskrit and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Sri K Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswamy. She also takes Ayurvedic internship with Dr Liladhar Gupta, a fourth generation Ayurvedic physician, at the Dhanvantari Dham Herbal Research Centre in Vrindaban India regularly.

Before being fully dedicated to the path of Ayurveda and Yoga, Rachel was a senior level executive recruiter, working with some of the largest executive search firms in the world.

Qualifications

• Diploma, Ayurveda Lifestyle Management (NZQA)
• Diploma, Yoga (Therapy) Yoga Alliance 200/500 hours (NZQA)
• M.B.A. The Claremont Graduate School, California, USA
• B.A. Taiwan