Yoga with Rochelle Where we practice what we teach!
Rochelle’s love for yoga has been apparent from the time she was a little girl. She spent hours watching
TV with her legs behind her head, little did she know this was the beginning of her practice. The very
first yoga class Rochelle took lit her enthusiasm for a practice she instantly fell in love with, this drove
her passion to gain more knowledge. She then enrolled in a 250hr teach training and became a
Certified Vinyasa Teacher than began teaching. Her initial training encompassed asana, pranayama,
Sanskrit and anatomy. Rochelle’s love and desire to live the yogic life did not stop at her initial training;
she went on to study Thai Yoga massage, Advanced Anatomy, Yin Yoga and Structural Yoga Therapy. An
avid lover of Shiva Rea, she has travelled across the US to study and complete her Chakra Training
Certification and Fluid Vinyasa Flow. She has been blessed to study with many teachers like Mukunda
Stiles, Gerard Arnaud, Beryl Bender Birch and Dr Girish. She offers many thanks to all of those teachers
who continue to inspired her love of this ancient practice. She also thanks Leslie Freyburg who taught at
The Studio teaching a Sanskrit Immersion, Deepening of the Asana Pronunciation and Chanting.
After sometime teaching Rochelle entered in a partnership with her friend and teacher; together they
ran a small yoga studio in Mt Laurel, NJ. A year later Rochelle went on to found The Studio for Yoga
located in Moorestown, NJ. With the loving support of her family, Rochelle dove heart first into her
endeavor; successfully she shared her passion with many people who came to practice at The Studio.
Rochelle has taught over 5000hrs of classes and private sessions; she is certified with Yoga Alliance as an
EYRT and has successfully taught three yoga teacher trainings at her yoga studio. She especially enjoys
working with those who have experienced injuries and are using yoga as a healing modality. She
incorporates the structural Yoga therapy as well as the Egoscue Method and Energy Medicine into these
lessons. She completed Yoga for Scoliosis Training with Elise Miller in NYC. Rochelle has taught several
Yoga for a Healthy Back series, to help to ease discomfort and pain of those suffering from such a
common ailment.
During the illness of Rochelle’s aunt, she went on to become a Reiki Master so that she could practice
Reiki on her aunt and others. Rochelle now teaches and certifies others in this ancient healing
technique. She recently completed level s 1 &2 in Energy Medicine something that she will continue to
incorporate and use in her teaching.
After several years teaching and directing The Studio, Rochelle sold the business to move on to her next
journey a move to Colorado. With the same loving support her husband showed her when she wanted
to open a yoga studio, she showed him in supporting his career. This brought about a huge loss for
Rochelle as she was giving up a dream, but as she walked away from a place she considered home she
was blessed by the many loving and generous people she met and all of those who have touched her life
as profoundly as she had touched theirs. As she moves on to the next step in her yogic journey she
intends to spend more time on Seva and service to her community .
