Elliana Copeland

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 a world of unimaginable challenges 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 joy felt unattainable with myself, yet I had no idea how to move past these challenges.

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 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 minds & bodies. In 2022, I enrolled inGreta Hill’s 200hr Rasa Yoga Teacher Training and that was it for me! I observed everything I ever learned and experienced culminate into one practice.I’ve been teaching Rasa Yoga since December of 2022, though I intend to forever continue expanding my studentship, as well as my offerings as a teacher and space holder.

My biggest intention is to inspire the cultivation of deep connection with your own body & mind, as well as what it feels like to embody pure joy, love, and light. I am wholeheartedly dedicated to creating a warm, nurturing space for all to feel seen, heard, and welcomed with the utmost love & grace. My classes weave together yoga philosophy, spiritual teachings, thematic sequencing, and functional movement, all aimed towards awakening this deep sense of connection & joy within each and every one of us.