Rasa Yoga Mentorship Program

Meet our Mentors

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  Alli Shafer



Alli Shafer

Through her awakening into the realms of yoga, Alli has uncovered a deep love for movement, mantra, mythology, the teachings of Tantra & the remembrance it provides for us all. Her own offerings open space for healing, and an authentic commitment to self, through the piercing of spirit, the richness of story telling, and the sacred nature of divine play.

Alli’s unraveling into the world of yoga began in 2009, following years of elite athletics as a triathlete. Through practice and devoted study, yoga quickly became her everything. After her first teacher training, clarity captured her heart, through the callings of Anusara yoga, a calling that would eventually lead her to Sianna Sherman, her most influential teacher. Alli met Sianna shortly after at a Wanderlust festival in Whistler, Canada. Alli served as Sianna's lead apprentice from August 2014 - August 2016, traveling worldwide and has over 1,000 contact hours of study with Sianna.

Most deeply, Alli embraces the practices of yoga as one big prayer, circling this wheel of life; prayers of heart, of power, of embodied offering, and of deep reverence, wonder and love.


www.allishafer.com



 

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  Sonya Genel



Sonya Genel

Sonya Genel, E-RYT 500, joyfully embraces the power of yoga not only to heal and transform the body but also to heighten human consciousness and to create a radiant life. In her classes, Sonya weaves precise anatomical alignment with flowing movement. Always approaching her students with authenticity and humor. Sonya’s intention is to hold space for a direct embodied connection with Spirit. When she is not teaching yoga, Sonya can often be found drawing or painting. As an artist, she notices the profound effects yoga has on her creativity, and she has dedicated herself to enthusiastically guiding others toward enhancing their own unique life path through yoga.




When Sonya first discovered yoga in the 1990’s in Boston, she began with Ashtanga yoga and power vinyasa, but as her practice evolved she gravitated more towards alignment based styles such as Anusara and Iyengar. She attended her first teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Over the years she has completed hundreds more hours of training in alignment based yoga, prenatal yoga, anatomy, therapeutics, mysticism, tantra, and meditation. Sonya is grateful to have had the opportunity to study deeply with Sianna Sherman and many other incredible teachers.





Sonya’s Website

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  Greta Hill



Greta Hill

 

Greta, E-RYT 500, has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. She has studied and mentored with some of the top names in the yoga and Ayurveda world and received certification in both Anusara and Vinyasa since she began teaching in 2000. Greta has taught extensively and pioneered yoga communities in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Brazil and New York before recently moving to Seattle. For the past 10 years Greta has lead teacher training and mentorship programs. She also offers retreats, online yoga lifestyle courses and serving as a consultant for a variety of wellness magazines. She believes the journey is never over, so she constantly finds ways to deepen her knowledge and practice, while continuing to study closely with and assist Sianna Sherman, her biggest yoga influence and inspiration.

 

In her fierce pursuit of a holistic path, she graduated from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and went on to specialize in detoxification with Dr. Alejandro Junger of the Clean Program. She also studied Ayurveda extensively with Cate Stillman. She offers yoga health coaching programs and is the creator of The Radiant Lady, a 10-week journey to Inner and Outer Body Beauty, which helps women around the world create vitality and ease in their bodies. Greta's teaching is an inspiring fusion of intelligent form and creative flow. She loves to challenge and inspire students of all levels and is wildly devoted to helping people reclaim their beauty, awaken deep purpose, and cultivate vibrant health through yoga and Ayurvedic lifestyle.


Greta's Website