grand opening: saturday , october 24

The wait is almost over. Sweatfluence West Hartford is officially opening its doors!

Join us on Saturday, October 24 for our Grand Opening celebration and your first chance to sweat with us in our brand-new studio. We’re kicking things off with a morning of 3 FREE classes, plus light bites, raffles, a chance to meet the Sweatfluence team, tour the studio, and celebrate the beginning of our West Hartford community.

Grand Opening class schedule:
8 am with Rachel Gerould, your West Hartford studio owner
currently full, join the waitlist
10 am with Lauren Tayler
12 pm with Rachel Gerould

Pre-registration is required for all free classes and is now open on Walla.

then, we’re officially open for business.

Our full class schedule begins Sunday, October 25, and we cannot wait to welcome you to the mat.

lock in your founding rate!

Founding Memberships are available now through Opening Day, giving you special pricing on both our unlimited monthly and annual memberships.

And don’t worry, your membership doesn’t begin when you purchase it. Your membership officially starts when you take your first class on or after October 25.

Get your membership now. Save your spot for Grand Opening. And get ready, West Hartford.

Your new favorite way to sweat is almost here.

register for opening day
level 3 founding membership
level 4 founding membership

meet the team

  • Rachel Gerould

  • Olivia Rubinstein

  • Lauren Taylor

  • Casey Graham

  • Joanna O'Kelley

  • Erin Trudeau

  • Dakota Flint

  • Grace Flint

  • Anna Santoro

  • Kim Brenneisen

  • Alison Boghosian

  • Vicky Cooley

  • Bernedette McMahon

  • Yu Iitsuka

  • Alexa Beauchemin

  • Megan Lawler

join the community

Whether you're here to practice, looking to join the team, or dreaming of something even bigger, we're so glad you found us. West Hartford has welcomed us with open arms, and we're busy behind the scenes making sure everything is just right. We can't wait to be in the space with you all.

  • founding memberships available now!

    be one of the very first to join the Sweatfluence, West Hartford community and lock in exclusive founding member pricing before our doors officially open!

    founding member rates:

    • unlimited month level 3: $169/month (regularly $189/month)

    • unlimited year level 4: $1,650 (regularly $1,850)

    as a founding member, you'll receive:

    • your discounted rate locked in for life as long as your membership remains active

    • the opportunity to be part of the very first chapter of our West Hartford community

    memberships open august 1 on walla! we're offering just 50 founding memberships, and once they're gone, they're gone. founding memberships are valid for classes at all Sweatfluence studios. we can't wait to welcome our founding members into the sweatfluence community!!

  • get a first look at our planned class schedule beginning October 10, 2026! please note that this schedule is a working draft and may be adjusted slightly before opening day. To view the schedule, simply scroll to the October 24 date. view schedule

  • We have starting hiring for our West Hartford team and are looking for talented teachers and front desk associates. Please fill out the attached application and submit it along with your resume to apply!

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rachel gerould

Rachel came to yoga in 2016 during a season of searching for a way to manage anxiety and find her way back to herself. What started as a personal outlet quickly became something deeper: a grounding practice that reshaped not just how she moved, but how she lived. In 2021, she joined the teaching team at Sweatfluence (formerly Soul Sweat), and what began as a few early morning classes soon grew into a management role, then a full-time calling, pouring her energy into the studio and discovering her voice as a leader along the way.

Now Rachel is opening her own studio, West Hartford Sweatfluence, a reflection of years of dedication and belief in this practice and the community it creates. For her, yoga has always been about more than movement, it's about connection, resilience, and showing up for yourself. She recently relocated to the Farmington area with her husband, Peter, and their two dogs, and is excited to bring that same energy to West Hartford.

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“I found my voice here. Now I’m creating space for others to find theirs.”

- Rachel Gerould,
Sweatfluence West Hartford Studio Owner