Rachel Roberts

In 2008, Rachel left her home in the U.S. to travel the world through yoga, studying under great yogis throughout Europe and Asia. In 2009 Rachel continued her learning at Sri K. Patabbhi Jois’ Ashtanga Research Institute in Mysore, India and attended the Mandala teacher training in Bali with Shiva Rea. She has been blessed to count among her teachers Sharath Rangaswamy, Saraswathi Rangaswamy, Sandra Didara Bianco, Katiza Satya, Marco Bianco, Rolf and Marci Naujokat, Paul Dallaghan and Neil Barker and she continues to expand her studies through workshops and advanced practice with teachers like Katy Appleton, Mark Whitwell, David Swenson, Doug Swenson, Tim Miller and Richard Rosen.  Seeking ways to further spread her love of yoga, she used her creative backgrounds in both marketing and photojournalism on the website This End Up <http://thisendup1.blogspot.com>. The site chronicled her journey and the inspiring changes that occurred in her life; giving Rachel the chance to share the lessons she’s learned with a broad audience and to aid others along a similar path. In 2009 She started a line of yoga and mantra-inspired jewelry while living in Bali. In 2010 Rachel opened The Yoga Bar in the heart of downtown Cincinnati to create a yogi community center in her hometown. In October, 2010 she was gifted the title of ambassador for Lululemon Athletica <http://www.lululemon.com/community/ambassadors>. She founded Bija Yoga School in 2012 under the guidance and with the blessing of her primary teachers at Gaia Tree Yoga.  In 2013 she opened the second location of The Yoga Bar in Newport, Kentucky and The Yoga Bar OTR opened in 2015. She regularly leads workshops and international retreats, is the founder of the hugely successful Yoga on the Green series in Cincinnati and has been a featured teacher at Yoga conferences and festivals around the world.  Rachel was the winner of the Spring 2014 Bad Girls Ventures class and was awarded a $25,000 investment in the Yoga Bar studios as well as winning the Business First Grant from the Over the Rhine Chamber. Roberts was a Woman of the Year/Community Builder finalist for the WE Celebrate awards gifted by The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. In 2015 Rachel was awarded the OTR Chamber Star Award for Entrepreneur of the Year for her work with Yoga on the Green and The Yoga Bar studios was voted Best Yoga Studio in Cinncinnati by City Beat readers.