Get to know Rachel

Rachel Fleischman, LCSW, REAT, guides you toward emotional balance, using evidence-based techniques that foster self-awareness, meaningful connections, and change. With 26 years of experience as a licensed therapist and wellness educator, Rachel intimately knows how to read a room—and move it.

Internationally renowned psychotherapist, workshop leader, and movement expert.

I’ve led movement workshops for 26 years and one word continues to sum up the collective experience: Bliss.

My first class took shape when I was a clinical social worker and movement therapist at a psychiatric hospital in Philly. Watching patients come alive through embodiment exercises was my aha moment.

I deepened my studies of dance therapy, Buddhist Psychology, Mindfulness Meditation and expressive arts, and slowly, Dance Your Bliss was born. Today, my signature class has blossomed into a series of transformative workshops.

Whether it’s better sleep, more creative expression, building healthier habits, or unplugging for a regenerative retreat, I’ll show your audience how to do it with science-backed methods that work.

Rachel’s signature moves

From psychiatric hospitals to luxury destination spas, universities, and libraries, Rachel gets people moving in just about every space. Here are a few more highlights that make Rachel the perfect fit for your retreat.

 

Over 1200 classes taught
From ages 6 to 95

Founder of Bliss Counseling
With a private practice in San Francisco, and licensed in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts

Published in
Psychology Today, Verywell Mind, and Martha Stewart

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  • “Rachel is pure joy! I participated in a Dance Your Bliss retreat with her and loved her teaching and facilitation style, her ability to create authentic connection within our community and her beautiful heart and presence. I highly recommend all of her programs—whether it’s a one-hour session or a week-long experience!”

    Renee Trudeau, International Speaker and Award-Winning Author

  • “We're all aware of the tension, anxiety and uncertainty that colors this time, and Rachel has helped inordinately with easing these emotions with joy-filled and fun dance and a chance for self-expression. Sprinkled throughout is her incomparable wit and wisdom and caring, loving presence. It's been so wonderful to have moments to get out of your head and connect to the body.”

    Anne Perkins, RN, LAC

  • “Rachel’s work is elegant, versatile, sympathetic, and liberating. I have received many compliments from staff and participants regarding her dance classes. When teachers have that kind of impact, it encourages me to hope that their work will gain a greater audience to widen the circle of healing and personal growth for society as a whole.”

    Brett Bevell, Author

Book Rachel for your next retreat and deliver a masterclass that will move the masses.