True Light Yoga
Rachael O'Brien
What is True Light Yoga?
True Light Yoga a yoga community and wellness offerings through classes, workshops and teacher trainings. Rachael O'Brien started and named TLY in 2022 but it had existed in a way long before its name.
While we do not have a physical studio space, we are a community of yogis practicing with the intention that while an ancient & sacred practice, can still be light & fun while transformative. You can find our schedule for in person offerings here and online through patron and youtube as we continue to grow and evolve.
Mission Statement
"It is my hope to make yoga that is affordable and welcoming to all people and bodies. Yoga that is graspable and friendly in today’s world, that we can take into our lives and make useful. We put ourselves in uncomfortable and hard positions on the mat and practice pausing, breathing, and responding with love, so that hopefully, when life inevitably puts us in uncomfortable and hard positions, maybe sometimes we can pause, breathe, and respond with love.
And it is my wish that through this practice, you can find your most
true & authentic self. Not become more like me, or move like an ancient yogi sage, or talk and act like any other yoga teacher. But that you can connect with the truest version of yourself, your intuition, your inner light.
The message of True Light Yoga is that we can release ourselves from the constant fluctuations and judgments of the mind, we can release the idea of identifying as only the physical body, and connect with the true self in the present moment.
Who is Rachael O'Brien?
Hi All! I am Rachael, owner of True Light Yoga. Thank you for letting me be the voice behind your practice.
My journey with yoga began as a means of rehabilitation for a knee injury that came as a result of over exercising in the midst of an eating disorder in 2012. The ways in which yoga not only changed my life, but quite literally became my life, I never could’ve imagined.
Today I have been teaching multiple yoga classes and private lessons a week since 2014. I’ve investigated styles such as Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Yin, AcroVinyasa, Hatha and many more, all of which will be touched on in this training with the main focus being Vinyasa yoga. In 2013 I took my first teacher training to get my 200 hour before going on to complete a 100 hour in Indonesia with Yoga beyond in AcroVinyasa. I have since studied at the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania as well as taking online courses for incorporating Ayurveda for yoga teachers with Simple Ayurveda.
I love to teach workshops on Inversions, Ayurveda in Yoga Practice, Ashtanga Yoga, Arm balancing, Acro Yoga, and more. Whilst yoga is my passion, I have a full time job as a firefighter/ EMT in Ventnor, I also enjoy surfing, cross fitting, snowboarding and hiking with my dog and soul mate Otto.
I hope to help students to release the idea of identifying as only their physical body and connect with the true self in the present moment. My aim is that you leave classes feeling challenged, but relaxed and empowered. I hope that you will leave your teacher training feeling extremely ready to command a room and share your passion and knowledge of the practice of yoga in your own authentic way. It has always been a passion of mine to connect students with their TRUE intuitive nature and find power within their OWN voice. To listen to the inner light, even when it means sifting through the darkness, and with that in mind True Light Yoga LLC was born.