About Courtney Rohan


For years, Courtney Rohan thought that she was just a middle school teacher, who taught yoga. Now she knows that she is just a teacher. To the core of her being, she is a teacher. She thrives when others learn more about themselves, can think differently or more intently about things, and when one remembers who they really are. It satisfies her to offer insight into a situation, pose, or thought. So teaching is what she does to remind people that they are not their circumstance, body or thought, they are more, and they are capable of change if they desire.

For 15 years, Courtney has been teaching professionally, middle school and high school English, and then and simultaneously, yoga, to students of all ages, in schools, in studios, homes, and for corporations. She has practiced and offered her services while living up and down the east coast, from New Hampshire to South Carolina, and now on the west coast in California. She provides students with life skills and tools for themselves, their relationships, and the world, practices that delve into the heart of elevation and evolution. 


Courtney has been incited with what it means to align for the good of one’s soul by great teachers: all the spiritual teachers and guides, family (passed and living), friends, Daniel Orlansky, the originator of Meridian Yoga, and an amazing Kundalini teacher; Carrie Tyler, the founder of the Rasamaya Method of Movement; Jennifer Yarro, director and owner of Frog Lotus Yoga and founder of The Triple Gem School of Thai Massage, and Alexandra Holmes, who offers a Dynamic Flow Immersion that changes a yoga teacher’s thinking on sequencing and philosophy— all who had a direct influence on her growth early on in her career. She continues to learn.

Courtney’s interaction with each one of her teachers, even those unmentioned, has been sweet. She has received a 200 hour certification in the Yoga of Energy Flow, a bachelor’s degree in English and psychology, and a master’s in education, so many are the teachers and influences. While being filled by immersions, workshops, bodywork, and interpersonal experiences, she has and will continue to offer her skills as a teacher, bodyworker, and coach. 

 See, Courtney is a cancer survivor, and though this, as well as any other label, does not define her, she feels the human experience, contemplates, and shares it. She gives credit to God and those who have shared their life study. Their lineage has spilled into her soul, healed her, and now heals the people she touches.

Courtney Rohan currently lives in Santa Rosa, California teaching yoga, offering bodywork and coaching as Courtney Rohan Yoga. Her services include yoga classes, private instruction, intuitive coaching through Dream Sessions work and challenges, and Thai Yoga Massage. She is passionate and sincere about her life as a teacher and as a student. 

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