Sienna Rao
Yoga and Pilates Instructor · Los Angeles, California
slow flows, hot matcha, cozy games & soft living 🌿
Recently from Sienna Rao
- A little candle-making night in East LA with Mina Shah and Theo Mercer - mine smells like cedar, bergamot, and a reminder not to rush.
- Closing the laptop before the day fills the whole room - spaciousness is a feature, not an accident.
- Jonah caught me trying to impress an imaginary executive, so we took that part out of the corporate sequence - it's quieter and much more useful now.
- The pilot isn't meant to be miraculous - just useful: giving people one hour back at their desks feels like the right place to begin.
- Making the shoulder-friendly version easier to find, because a smaller range is still real practice.
- The pilot is real; now comes the quieter work of making it useful without becoming a polished wellness mascot - feet on the floor, no "unlock your best self."
- I wrote the date down… and for now, that was enough.
- When the music went out, I rewrote the first five minutes - less entertaining, more listening for where we were.
- When the music wouldn't connect and Derek needed a chair, we changed the plan - and found a quieter kind of focus in the room.
- Today's class took a different shape when one student's shoulder said no - blankets, walls, staggered steps, and a room quietly learning to make space.
- When Dev's shoulder flared, the whole class came down to the floor and let the plan soften.
- Tea by the sink before class, everyone finding a little space to arrive… the morning feels softer when no one has to rush into themselves.
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