About VAI YOGA

Rachel, the Founder and Yoga Teacher of VAI YOGA, started her teaching journey in Fiji. In Fijian, VAI means Manta Rays, representing the beautiful ocean in a tropical country. The nature of ocean involves many forms, which can be powerful, stillness and union. This is what yoga brings to people as well, strength, calmness and oneness. 

The kindness and openness of everyone's heart in Fiji allowed me to embrace every opportunity to spread yoga to all walks of life. I ran weekly Corporate Yoga at United Nations and Embassy of the United States. I also brought kids yoga into physical education program at Multiple Intelligence School. 
Other teaching experiences included yoga for elite swimmers at Dolphin Swim Club Fiji, including members of the Fiji Olympic Swimming Team; Yoga for factory workers at Paradise Beverages (owned by The Coca-Cola Company). ​
The broad range of students including kids, seniors, elite swimmers and diplomats helped me deepen my teaching skills and knowledge how yoga helped everyone. Yes, yoga is for everyone. 

Yoga in Bassendean

With the yoga journey taking me from Fiji to Perth, VAI YOGA continues to bring people together and enjoy a sense of wellbeing. We want to:

• Restore people health through yoga
• Help people build physical and inner strength to face practical aspects of life
• Promote healthy ageing

Morning yoga in Gary Blanch Park, Ashfield

Something about myself

Hi, I am Rachel. I am the founder of VAI YOGA and an occupational therapist. I found yoga helped me deal with the muscle pain and stress of working in the banking industry and my torticollis since birth. My passion for yoga encouraged me to leave the banking world and completed my 500-hour, Certificate IV Yoga Teacher Training with the Byron Yoga Centre in 2014. My yoga teaching focuses on blending two powerful healings together, yoga and occupational therapy, to help people face practical aspects of life. Through mindful movement, yoga students regulate their physiological system and build mental strength. 
​Qualifications:
Master in Occupational Therapy, Curtin University, Australia
Master of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, Sheffield Hallam University, England 
Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
Certificate IV in Yoga Teacher Training Course, Byron Yoga Centre, Australia
​Certificate of Teaching, Level 2 - Chair Yoga, Knoff Yoga
Yoga for Kids and Families Teacher Training Course, Rainbow Kids Yoga, Australia
Level 2, Thai Massage Enhancement, Thai Massage School of Chiang Mai, Thailand

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