I am not quite sure how to write this, so I am just going to say it.
After years of building, teaching, and pouring everything I had into this community, Nurtured Soul Studios group classes are closing on May 27.
This was not an easy decision. As I move through the final and most demanding stretch of my graduate program in Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic Medicine, something has to give. To finish this degree the way it deserves to be finished and to fully show up for my yoga therapy clients, I need to give everything I have to that work this summer.
Honestly, this is where I am meant to be. The one-on-one clinical work is the deepest, most meaningful work I have ever done. Closing the studio doors opens the space for more of it.
To everyone who has ever shown up, breathed, moved, and trusted me with their body and their time, thank you. You are part of why this next chapter means so much.
The work is not ending. It is evolving.
I have a ton of availability for yoga therapy right now. If you have ever been curious about what working together one on one actually looks like, now is a really good time to reach out. Slide into my DMs, shoot me a message, or grab a spot at the link in my bio.
With so much love & gratitude,
Rachel
Nurtured Soul Studios
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Two-time award winning trauma informed, integrated, and applied healing sanctuary for your Mind.Body.Soul™ using barre’, somatic, yoga, and yoga therapy modalities for personal and physical well-being.
05/08/2026
Day 128/365
5/7 carried a lot for me.
Yesterday marked 24 months unemployed.
Nearly 3,100 applications.
8 versions of my resume.
Roughly 20 interviews.
Two years of trying to rebuild a life that unraveled underneath me.
On 5/7/24, I received my last corporate paycheck from a six-figure career.
Yesterday, on 5/7/26, I received the reality that my home is now in foreclosure. This hits hard; never have I been here; ever.
The emotional whiplash of going from a $200K salary to researching low-income housing options is hard to put into words.
Somewhere in the middle of all of this, I kept trying to build something meaningful through my yoga studio and private practice. I fought hard for it. I believed in it. I believe in my work.
Eventually I ran out of runway before I ran out of effort.
Today I have 4 students, about $500/month in income, no savings left, and a very tired nervous system.
The full financial reality is roughly $65K needed to stabilize everything enough for me to stay in my home temporarily, put it on the market properly, and hopefully walk away without completely losing my footing.
Right now, my fundraiser goal is set lower because asking for help at this scale already feels incredibly vulnerable.
Still, somehow, I believe another door has to open. It has to, right?
If you feel moved to donate, share, pray, send opportunities, or simply remind me this is not the end of my story, I would be deeply grateful. I am not ready to be with my dad.
Even a dollar helps right now. My GoFundMe is in comments.
Despite everything, I am still here.
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