Hi, I’m Cashel… the founder of Santosha Soul Collective and a yoga teacher who believes this practice has the greatest impact when it reaches far beyond the edges of the mat.
I completed my 200-hour teacher training in 2021 and began teaching that same year, later completing my 300-hour training in 2024. What began as a personal practice quickly became something much larger—a framework for how I move through the world, navigate change, understands myself, and connect with others. In yoga, I found something that felt less like another thing to believe in and more like arriving home after a long journey: a lifelong practice of study, self-inquiry, devotion, service, connection, and learning to live with greater awareness and integrity.

That understanding shapes the way I teach… my classes weave together movement, breath, yoga philosophy, mythology, storytelling, music, and real life. Sacred texts and ancient teachings aren’t treated as ideas that belong somewhere far away or long ago; they’re explored as living practices—something we can carry into our relationships, our work, our grief, our joy, and the beautifully messy business of being human.

Physically, my teaching balances strength with softness. Expect thoughtful, fluid movement; opportunities to challenge yourself; space to explore and play; and an emphasis on moving with intention rather than simply moving for the sake of movement. My classes can be strong, sweaty, graceful, playful, and deeply nourishing—sometimes all at once. My hope is always that you leave feeling empowered and deeply accepting of yourself and your journey.

I also believe practices like meditation don’t have to begin with forcing yourself to sit perfectly still and somehow quiet your mind. Sometimes they begin much more simply: Noticing. Breathing. Concentrating. Pausing. Learning to stay with yourself for another moment—and then another.

Above all, I consider myself a student first. Teaching yoga hasn’t made me feel as though I’ve arrived at some final understanding of the practice; if anything, it has made me more curious. There is always another text to study, another perspective to consider, another part of the practice to embody, and another opportunity to begin again.

When I’m not teaching or reading/listening to a book, you’ll probably find me baking something, listening to a podcast, lifting something heavy, getting outside, heading for the beach, or spending time with my kids, family, friends—and dogs—I love the most.

The practice I continually turn to:

Lead with love.

Not because love is always the easiest response, but because it is a practice—a choice to meet ourselves, one another, and this beautifully complicated life with compassion, integrity, courage, and care.