Realign with Rachelle

09/18/2026

Starting a new mixed-level flow class Saturdays 11a at ARISE Movement and Vitality Center SOON!! Stay tuned for kick off details! 🌞🌈💕

09/17/2026

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Mural Progress!! 💞💞💞

09/16/2026

We are looking for more mat Pilates instructors! If you know anyone tag them below.

09/15/2026

Updated pricing: still the best deal in town!

09/15/2026

Using the transitional energy from the studio move to fuel my growth as a teacher. As we resume classes in a new space, I invite in fresh perspectives and evolution of skill as I strive to help my students grow in their practice.

Catch me teaching these classes at puravidawellness.studio:

Beginner Foundations - Tuesday evenings 6p
Mixed-level Flow - Sunday mornings 10a

09/14/2026

I am doing a workshop on embodied content creation this week. The second workshop was an exercise in doing some movement & breath, then free writing, then using AI to clean up the writing and create a one sentence summary.

I have done this before as my inspo to create content, tho I don't use AI. I want my voice & energy in my work, and have always felt like there is something missing when I see people use AI for written content...even if it sounds perfectly fine in general.

The prompt for AI included cleaning up my free-write but keeping it in my own voice & tone, using my own words. It did good there, but the one sentence summary that was supposed to serve as a mission statement (essentially) was not only overly complex, but it didn't feel like my words.

I believe my energy comes through more clearly when I write my own words. I believe it's clarifying, and grounding, to edit my own work. Yes, it can be time consuming... So maybe I create less, but what I do create I feel energetically connected to... Even when it is imperfect.

Maybe my views on AI will change...but for now, it is not for me. I feel like my energetic imprint is stripped, even having grammer/structure cleaned up.

The above is my authentic voice of my mission statement, after much thought, consideration & revision.

Can you feel me? 😉

09/12/2026

Pigeon Iron Cross using blocks is a progression we can use to create more strength in the spine & upper back all while we are opening the hips.

I lengthened my spine and strengthened core stabilizers in a similar way that we do locust (mild backbend). This is different from how I usually engage pigeon as a peak pose. Here: I feel more engagement in the press of the p***c bone all down the lengthened leg, and in my pelvis, all while the opposite glute is getting stretched.

Extended arms + load (light here with blocks, could be progressed with weights...) helps strengthen the upper back (counteracts forward slumps in posture).

Be sure the crown of head lengthens forward, shoulder blades are wide & packed down, sides of neck long...

I will be including this in some of my mixed-level classes ( Sundays 10a) allowing students to opt in or opt out based on what they need in their bodies that day. 🌞🌈💖

I got this idea from a post by Joe DeFranco doing this as a long hold with weights, and see this as a way to easily incorporate more strength opportunities in our practice.

09/11/2026

Moon 🌙 and Stars 🌟: a gentle version of Moon Salutation/Chandra Namaskar. Please bring in blocks or chairs to each side of the mat if you want extra support, or bring in a cat if you want to challenge your focus! 😜🐈💕

09/09/2026

Join Erika Peters & I this Sunday at 11:30a for a Livestream on this topic, including talking about transitions currently happening with 🩵🌞🌈✨

09/09/2026

Some of my notes about TRANSITIONS... The theme this month at puravidawellness.studio

Each month the studio theme reflects a different area of focus for our practice so we can build mastery in our skills.

This greater focus gives us time to discover what we need on an individual level in our practice...something that cannot be named by anyone else, and must be found within.

Learning how to navigate transitions on the mat helps us learn to navigate transitions in life...cultivating presence, stability, grace, focus, strength and ease even when we are doing hard things.

Classes resume at the new studio Sept 14!
Pura Vida Wellness Studio
3656 Rugby Drive (next to Plate 21)

Beginner Foundations Tuesdays 6p
Mixed-level Flow Sundays 10a