Your guide
Trained to hold both the body and the story.
Wild Heart began with a simple conviction: that lasting healing has to include the body. Here's the person, and the philosophy, behind the practice.
Her story
Hannah Rae
For years, as a competitive and collegiate athlete, I struggled with injury after injury, chronic back and neck pain, an eating disorder and chronic depression. My life changed drastically when I discovered Yin Yoga and began diving deep into the research behind alternative, holistic approaches to healing and injury prevention. It was the first time in my life where I began to understand how to take leadership over my own healing journey.
I first came to yoga for myself. But once I felt how healing the practice could be, I knew it was the missing piece of the mental and physical health connection I'd been searching for. I traveled to India to train as a Yin Yoga Therapy instructor, and began weaving that body work together with my background in mental health counseling.
With a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, I integrate counseling concepts with Yin Yoga to create a holistic wellness model built around individualized care — one that meets mind and body at once. Because everybody, and every body, is different, my goal is to work with you to identify the thought patterns, posture, and lifestyle factors that may be keeping you from your goals around pain, performance, mental health, and overall wellness.
— Hannah Rae, Creator & Instructor
About Yin Yoga
Long holds. Deep tissue. Real change.
Yin Yoga uses long-held poses, breathwork, and mindfulness to strengthen and release the deepest layers of connective tissue and fascia. This matters for preventing injury as we age — and because so many nerve pathways end in the fascia, many of us physically store emotional energy in the body, where it can surface as chronic pain, illness, or mental-health struggles.
Because it works through the mind-body connection, Yin is therapeutic by nature and a wonderful complement to traditional talk therapy. For many, the practice even transcends into a rich experience of spiritual connectedness and growth.
A few of its benefits
What she believes
Talk is powerful. So is stillness.
The body remembers
Emotional energy can be stored physically. Working with fascia and breath gives it somewhere to go.
Safety comes first
Nothing is forced. The pace is yours, and the space is built to feel safe before anything else.
You lead your healing
The work is learning to tap into your own internal regulators and take leadership back over your mind, emotions, and nervous system. The goal isn't to work with me indefinitely — it's to be empowered to own your healing journey yourself.
Credentials
Qualified, and genuinely present.
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Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Graduate-level training in counseling, mindfulness, and the psychology of trauma and healing.
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Certified Yin Yoga Therapy Instructor
Trained in India in the therapeutic application of Yin — fascia, meridians, and long-held postures.
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B.S. in Psychology
The academic foundation beneath a practice that's every bit as personal as it is professional.