My YogaWill

give me acceptance on my journey.

My Journey

Yoga helped me connect with my body.

Yoga guided my journey within.

Yoga showed me my own strength.

Yoga helped me find balance between strength and softness.

Yoga showed me how to love myself no matter what.

Yoga helped me live in the present.

And yoga WILL enhance your life in ways you couldn’t even imagine.

— Rachel Jarmusz

Meet Rachel

Rachel’s Bio

  • June 12, 2009: Ischemic Stroke. Carotid artery dissection on Rollercoaster.

  • 2009-2014: Rehab Institute of Chicago

    PT, OT, Botox injections, Saebo Flex, Splatt Surgery

  • 2014-2015: Swedish Covenant Day Rehabilitation

    PT, OT, Diaphragmatic breathing, first yoga class

  • 2016: Tribal Yoga member, Hampton Virginia

  • 2017: Began 200 hour accredited yoga alliance teacher training with Sarah Kennedy at the Smithfield Ymca, Virginia

  • 2017: 15 hour Bamboo Adaptive Yoga Training with Anne Richardson certified by IAYT

    International association of yoga therapists

  • 2017: Myyogawill founded

  • 2018: 20 hour Teacher enhancement train with yoga instructor and life coach

  • Marni Sclaroff Beloved Yoga Studio Reston Virginia

My YogaWill was born out of my journey using yoga as a tool for regaining strength while restoring health after a massive ischemic stroke I had in 2009, not long after giving birth to my second son. I was only 25 and refused to believe in the limitations placed on my body. I set out on an unconventional path.

Yoga is not a destination it is a journey

I have no plans on becoming a yoga therapist, although I do find value in the field I plan on continuing my education more in anatomy training, breath training and sound healing meditations.

  • 2019: First Stroke Yoga support group established at Riverside Rehab, Newport News, Virginia

  • 2020: Continued Education at Yogaville Satchadinanda Ashram Buckingham Virginia

    Yoga of Recovery with Durga Leela

  • 2021: Continued education at Yogaville Satchadinanda Ashram, Buckingham Virginia

    Alexander Technique: Finding freedom of movement without pain with Hope Mell

  • 2022: Achieved Experience 200 RYT status based on over 1,000 hours teaching and

    formatted Stroke Yoga Program

  • 2023: 50 hour Anatomy training

  • 2024: 300 hour completion Patanjali Yoga Center India

  • 2025: Completed 200 hour training manual and formed MYW As a registered yoga school with the yoga alliance.