06/02/2026
🔥Teacher Feature! 🔥
Have you met Priscila Rodriguez?? Respira y Sana Wellness She's a gem and both a weekly teacher and a Wellness Practitioner at Be Free.
We've got some schedule shifts happening this summer! Kristen is taking a break from teaching and so Priscila is moving from the Monday noon class (that class is going away for the summer), to the Wednesday evening Restore & Gong Bath, which is now at 7:15pm and 75minutes!
We asked her some questions so you can catch her vibe...
🔥🔥Tell us about your yoga journey so far! What brought you to the practice and why did you feel called to teach?
My yoga journey over the years has been so expansive and beautiful. Initially, I was brought to the practice of yoga 11 years ago as a recommendation from a chiropractor when I was looking for a low impact movement practice. Over the years, this practice has offered me so much more than movement and has truly helped me tap into more unity with my internal wisdom, my mind, and my body. I feel called to teach and share this practice with others with the aim of creating an environment in which folks can also tap into more unity--with their internal wisdom, with their precious body, and with community. It is such a gift to get to share this practice with others and to be reminded again and again how supportive this practice is at any age, any stage, and any chapter of life.
🔥🔥You're taking over the Restore & Gong Bath on Wednesday nights for the summer! Tell us what folks can expect when they come to your class!
Yes, I am taking over the Restore & Gong Bath class on Wednesday nights this summer! This class is one of my favorites offered at the studio and I am excited to bring my own flavor and magic to this class. In my offering of this class, folks are welcome to arrive as they are, are invited to enjoy unwinding the mind and body with some restorative poses, and can receive the healing vibrations of the gong. My intention is to offer a space to move slow, be gentle, and be easeful. I look forward to holding this space for folks to unwind and restore into their evening every Wednesday.
🔥🔥What else are you currently offering at Be Free?
Coming up soon, I have my last two workshops of my Sacred Balance Chakra Series. This series has been a lovely exploration of embodied practices that can support the balancing and nourishment of each chakra. In these workshops, I offer folks a lovely chakra-focused slow yoga movement practice, information about what balance/imbalance can look like in the mind/body/spirit, guided reflection and embodied practices, as well as a Sacred Balance guide to take home that offers additional journaling prompts, embodied practices, and recipes to support your continued balance. These workshops are great for beginners and also great for folks that want to deepen their understanding of the chakras and/or want to find more balance in their bodies through embodied practices. The next workshop is the Sacred Balance: Third Eye Chakra Workshop on Saturday June 13th from 1pm-4pm. The last one is the Sacred Balance: Crown Chakra Workshop on Saturday July 25th from 1pm-4pm. Attendance of prior workshops is not required, I invite you to check it out!
I am also a wellness practitioner at Be Free, offering Integrative Energy Healing Massage and Energy Balancing Reiki Sessions. It is such a gift to get to share loving touch, attuned energy work, and deep reverence of the human body with all my clients. An Integrative Energy Healing Massage with me includes a 60, 75, or 90 minutes massage that incorporates energy-work/reiki to help create more alignment in your chakras during our session. At the end of the session, there is an opportunity for us to discuss any insights we've gained from the energetic body during the session. This is a great option for anyone needing relief in their physical body that also wants to release any energetic blocks being held in the body. An Energy Balancing Reiki Session with me includes 60 or 75 minutes of focused energy-work/reiki to attune to your energetic body and chakras with the aim of creating more ease, spaciousness, and harmony in your energetic body. Each session begins with a brief check-in about your intentions and needs and ends with an opportunity for us to discuss any insights gained from the experience. It is so powerful to see how quickly an Integrative Energy Healing Massage or Energy Balancing Reiki Session can create a shift in someone's lived experience. I'd love to share these offerings with you. Check out more about this on the Wellness Practitioner Page of the Be Free Website and book your next session with me there!
🔥🔥What's currently lighting up your world?
Currently, spending time in my garden is lighting up my world. In many ways, gardening is such a metaphor for the cycles of life: time must be spend preparing the soil and removing anything from it that could get in the way of growth; the soil must receive nourishment and tilling to create space for new seeds; carefully, new seeds are planted with enough room to grow into their fullest expression; the seeds take root into the foundation that's been created and deepen; sprouts arise, offering glimpses of what is to come; dedication is given by watering and weeding to support the potential blossoming of the plant; as it fruits, we harvest the magic and realized potential of our efforts; we enjoy the abundance each plant has to offer; ultimately accepting there will be a final harvest and a closing out of the season. I'm so grateful to be able to witness this beautiful cycle of life through my garden. And, am looking forward to enjoying all the yummy produce that will come from it!
🔥🔥Anything else you want to share?
It feels like big shifts are in the air and like so many of us are navigating different calls to shed, grow, and evolve. These calls to action, regardless of how big or small they are, can be hard, can shake our foundation, can make us come to face the unknown. If this resonates with you, please know you are not alone. This studio and community of Be Free has so much love and support to offer through our classes, through hugs, through our wellness practitioners. Know you are worthy of asking for support, you deserve being witnessed lovingly in your process, and you are worthy of receiving support. If I can be a part of that process by holding space for you in a class, workshop, or session, it would be an honor to support you. Wishing you a week and summer filled with ease, aligned vibrations, and expansive connection