Welcome Elliana!

In Elliana’s words…

To me, yoga is my safe haven. Truly and unequivocally, yoga has brought me back home to myself time and time again. I found yoga when I was eighteen years old after experiencing pretty intense trauma throughout the majority of my childhood and adolescence. Before yoga, I was completely disconnected from my body, and from others. Quite frankly, I didn’t know how to listen to my body’s cues and finding comfort in stillness felt virtually impossible. I didn’t feel safe in my own skin, and yet I had no idea how to move past this challenge. 

Yoga showed and continues to show me how possible it is to feel safe in my body, and in relationship with others. It has slowly broken down anything and everything I’ve ever learned about my body, from how it moves and functions, to what it needs to feel supported, honored, and nourished. And most of all - this beautiful, ancient practice has opened me up to an amount of love and grace for myself that I never even knew existed. This deep connection I’ve developed with my body has been one that I will forever & always cherish and continue to expand. 

Before I found yoga, I spent years in and out of doctors offices, physical therapy clinics, and so, so much more. I practically grew up in a wide range of medical and holistic health & wellness spaces. Because of this, I had the incredible opportunity of meeting and working with some of the most compassionate and well-rounded practitioners. So much so that I absolutely fell in love with learning how to mindfully hold space and guide more people into deeper relationships with their bodies. For years I was searching for a way to bring every little nugget of information that I had absorbed from each practitioner into one profession, and then I found Greta Hill’s 200hr Rasa Yoga Teacher Training and that was it! I observed everything I ever learned and experienced culminate into one practice. I intend to forever continue expanding my studentship, as well as my offerings as a teacher and space holder. 

My sacred intention is to Cultivate Deep Connection. I am wholeheartedly dedicated to creating a warm, nurturing space for all to feel seen, heard, and welcomed with the utmost love & grace. By doing so, I aim to inspire and awaken each and everyone’s ability to connect deeply with their own minds and bodies, as well as with the community around them. 

I am genuinely a student at heart so when I am not on my mat or in the studio, you can find me nose deep in a book learning something new, or hiking/camping in the mountains, spending time with my favorite human ever (aka my little sister), watching the sunset completely and utterly awestruck, creating yummy food & baked treats, or jammin’ out at a concert!