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Rachel Allen, YogaSong
Merging Music, Yoga and Community
Trauma Informed Wellness Services
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Rachel is a survivor, community activist, musician and writer. She teaches yoga to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She also leads classes in cancer centers, mental health facilities, prisons, and beyond. She plays Celtic Harp for hospice care.
Her mission is to foster healthy, joyful communities by sharing tools for healing, empowerment, and self-expression.
Her writing has been featured in Hags on Fire, Northern Appalachia Review and Long Shot Books. She is a contributing member of the international blog, Christians Practicing Yoga. Rachel’s chapbook Blessings Beyond Bypass, Seed House Press, July 2022, is available online and through several independent bookstores.
Blessings Beyond Bypass
Tender Medicine for Hard Times
This content was birthed during some of the most challenging intense times of the pandemic and the election season from October of 2020 through February of 2021.
It is my hope and intention that these blessings can serve and support us during times that seem equally as intense.
Recent presentations
August 2016
National Sexual Assault Conference. Presented on Trauma Sensitive Yoga with Expressive Music and Art. Washington, DC.
February 2018
Mindful Movement for Clinicians and Compassion Fatigue. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
October 2018
Women Doing Theology: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution: Dialogue, Practice and the Work of Liberation. Presentation entitled Love Letter to Survivors. Elkhart, Indiana.
July 2019
Building Resilience, Compassion Fatigue, Trauma and Mindfulness. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
April 2020
Mindful Movement, Cambria County Library.
August 2020-May 2021
Resilience Building, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
June 2022
Mindful Movement and Music to Build Resilience, MHTP Biannual ConferencePlenary Session.
Partnerships and Collaborations:
- Victim Services Inc.
- Conemaugh Cancer Survivorship Intiative
- Torrence State Hospital
- Windber Hospice
- Harris Connections
- The Thread Yoga Collective
- The Great Rhythm Revival
- Gentle Yogis
Memberships and Affiliations:
- Accessible Yoga Ambassador
- The Breathe Network
- Unity Coalition of the Southern Alleghenies
- Johnstown NAACP
- Why Are They So Angry
Present and Past Clients:
- Laurelview Village
- Appalachian Intermediate Unit 8
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
- Jefferson Center for Population Health
testimonials
awards
- 2016 Artist Hall of Fame, Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center
- 2008 YWCA Arts and Letters Award
- 2006 National Organization of Women Person of the Year
- 2004 Fellowship at Alice Parker’s Melodious Accord Institute in Massachusetts
Rachel is available for:
- Consulting
- Training on Resilience Building/Cultivating Compassion/Mindfulness/Trauma
- Author Events
- Speaking Engagements
- Yoga/Sound Healing/Wellness Classes/Retreats
- Performance
- Recreational Music Making Group Experiences
