Julie Rappaport

Julie has practiced yoga her entire adult life,  teaching since the 1990's. She has pursued in-depth study of yoga in India where she also leads Bespoke retreats. Her classes, set to an inspiring playlist, are dynamic, fun, and replenishing. She teaches with humor, sensitivity, and openness where every Body is welcome. She draws on inner body yoga, as well as the principles of traditional vinyasa krama, breath-based asana, bhakti, and alignment-based hatha yoga, and Somatic movement systems. She is influenced by the Indian yoga lineages of Krishnamacharya (Ashtanga Vinyasa, T.K.V. Desikachar), as well as study of North Indian Raga, Vedic chanting, and Body Mind Centering. She has years of personal and professional experience using yoga, Somatics, and nervous system regulation to heal chronic pain, and develop emotional resilience.

Julie is also a licensed counselor (MFT) in private practice in Berkeley, a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and a published fiction writer. She's the author of "365 Yoga: Daily Meditations," (Tarcher/Penguin) Her fluid, creative and intuitive teaching draws inspiration from pioneers, Angela Farmer, Bonnie Banbridge Cohen, Amy Cooper, Mark Whitwell and yogini Vanda Scaravelli. 

Stay in touch with julie at www.yogabliss.com   julie@yogabliss.com  Follow on  IG @threecrows108