“The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.”
Patrick Rafferty
Hi, my name is Patrick. I'm an experienced yoga teacher inspired by authenticity, alignment, and tradition. My practice began in Miami over a decade ago while working for a demanding non-profit. In a short period of time, I began to experience an abiding sense of calm. My goal is to teach students to feel empowered by their strength, transformed by their stability, and connected to their clarity.
I completed my initial teacher training in 2010 in training looking to deepen my own practice and share the good I found in Yoga. As a continual learner, I also finished training in meditation, pranayama, yin yoga, and restorative yoga. In 2016, I completed advanced teacher training from renowned teacher Cyndi Lee of OM Yoga. In 2019, I completed the Yoga Mindset Coaching basic training with Karina Ayn Mirsky. This unique yoga and coaching program integrates yoga (classical & Hatha), psychology (through IFS Internal Family Systems), and neuroscience.
I continue to study Vinyasa with Stacey Brass Russell; Alignment with Katrin Loveland; Yin Yoga with Corina Benner; Restorative yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater; and Meditation with Cyndi Lee.
In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, reading, films, and my adorable French bulldogs, Julio and Rerun.
Wherever you are in your journey I am here to support you.
It would be my honor to serve your yoga needs.
Patrick is a strong teacher with a guiding process that has helped me learn how to maximize my practice and push out any discouraging thoughts to keep me focused and clear. One thing that has not changed over the years is his compassion towards his students and his dedication to their evolution as practitioners.
-Jessica C., Membership Director for a Non Profit
Completed Trainings
“...always stay curious, open. Continue to learn. Never think you know what yoga is. Keep learning. Keep opening. Keep reading.”
+ Flow
2018 Teaching Levels Advanced Training, Stacey Brass-Russell
2016 300/500-hr OM Yoga Teacher Training, Cyndi Lee
2010 200-hr Prana Yoga Teacher Training, AnaMargret Sanchez
+ Restorative & Yin
2019 Yin Yoga Continuing Education Exploring Subtle Realms of Emotions, Beliefs, & Transformation, Corina Benner
2019 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, Stacey Brass-Russell
2019 Yin Yoga Deepening Relationship & Connection, Narisara Vanichanan
2017 Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Masako Miyakawa
2016 OM Yoga Restorative Teacher Training, Cyndi Lee
+ Meditation & Philosophy
2019 OM Yoga Meditation Teacher Training Level 3 (Individuals), Cyndi Lee
2016 OM Yoga Meditation Teacher Training Level 2 (Groups), Cyndi Lee
2016 OM Yoga Meditation Teacher Training Level 1 (Self), Cyndi Lee
+ Subtle Body & Energetics
2016 OM Yoga PranayamaTeacher Training, Cyndi Lee
2015 500-hr Segment: Awakening the Subtle Body, Himalayan Institute Faculty
2013 ParaYoga Immersion Shakti Shadana: The Art & Science of Practice, Rod Stryker
2012 ParaYoga Master Training Vinyasa Krama: The Energetics of Sequencing, Rod Stryker
+ Other
2020 YogaMindset Coaching Graduate Supervision, Karina Ayn Mirsky
2019 YogaMindset Coaching Basic Training, Karina Ayn Mirsky
2016 Experiential Anatomy, Judith Hanson Lasater
2011 Self-Transformation Residential Program, Himalayan Institute Faculty
+ Acknowledgement
I want to acknowledge that teachers can cause harm & come from traditions that have been known to perpetuate harm. I want to acknowledge that I have encountered this in my training. This list is those I studied with and impacted my understanding of the world, and a few (thankfully not my dominate experience) have done harm.