Rachel Jesien
Yoga Therapist • Ceremonialist • Priestess of Avalon • Seeress
My work lives at the crossroads of embodied healing and sacred practice.For more than fifteen years, I have studied the ways healing unfolds through the body, the natural world, ceremony, ancestral connection and our relationship with the unseen. My path has carried me through the study of yoga therapy, energy healing, Celtic spirituality, shamanic practice and ceremonial tea across the United States, Australia, Peru, Ireland and the sacred landscape of Glastonbury.But this work began long before I had language for it.
Since childhood, I have seen and sensed the energy fields of people, plants, animals and places. I was especially drawn to the spirit world and often felt accompanied by presences others could not perceive. As I grew older, I learned to hide these ways of knowing in order to fit into a more socially acceptable world. At the same time, my body was asking to be heard.
The Path Through the Body
I was diagnosed with a significant scoliosis and spent five years of my childhood in a back brace. My spine became both my greatest challenge and one of my most enduring teachers. My search for relief led me into an in-depth study of therapeutic yoga, anatomy and structural alignment. I trained with teachers including Alison West, Deborah Wolk, Elise Browning-Miller, Witold Fitz-Simons and Amy Matthews, receiving specialized training in backcare and the rope wall through Yoga Union in New York City. Through patient practice, skilled guidance and a growing ability to listen to my body, I found greater freedom, strength and trust in my spine. This lived experience continues to shape the way I support people with scoliosis, back pain, spinal conditions, neurological conditions and women’s health concerns. Yoga Therapy is not about forcing the body toward an ideal shape. It is a collaborative process of learning what your unique structure needs in order to feel supported, capable and at home.
The Path of Ceremony
As my relationship with the body deepened, the intuitive and spiritual capacities I had hidden began to return.I followed that spiral through years of study with healers, shamans and priestesses, including Yukiko Amaya, Suzanne Connelly and Chaman Wasi. I later completed a three-year Priestess of Avalon initiation within the Glastonbury Goddess Temple tradition under the guidance of Kathy Jones and Luna Silver.For more than nine years, I have also studied and practiced ceremonial tea through Global Tea Hut. Tea continues to teach me about presence, reverence and the quiet intelligence of the living world.Today, these paths meet within my work.I offer spirit-led ceremonies for people moving through healing, transition, rites of passage and personal thresholds. During a Soul Blueprint Ceremony, the energy field may open like a map, revealing patterns, guidance and unseen support. With consent, I may share what I sense from ancestors, loved ones who have passed or spirit guides.Each ceremony unfolds differently. It may include energy clearing, tea, intuitive or card guidance, ancestral connection, somatic practice, Yoga Therapy or ritual. Nothing is imposed. We listen together for what is asking to be witnessed and what wishes to emerge.
A Practice Rooted in Relationship
I do not see the body, the Earth and Spirit as separate.Whether we are tending to the spine, sitting with tea, honoring a life transition or gathering at a seasonal threshold, healing begins by restoring relationship—with our bodies, the living Earth, our intuition and the unseen support surrounding us.My role is not to provide all the answers. It is to create a grounded, reverent space where your own knowing can become easier to hear.I work with women, families and individuals in person in the Hudson Valley and virtually from wherever you are.
An Invitation
If you feel drawn to this work but are unsure where to begin, explore the private offerings and choose the doorway that most closely meets your present needs.
