Custom Healing Yoga with Rebecca

About Rebecca

Owner/Manager/Director of Programming of Lighthouse Yoga Center

RYT-500, E-RYT 200, RPYT, YACEP

Rebecca’s journey with yoga and meditation began more than twenty years ago when she took precepts with the Zen Buddhist Society of Compassionate Wisdom, finding that a vigorous yoga practice was the only way to keep her chattering mind quiet on her meditation mat. As those practices expanded into helping her with the stresses of school, and, later, work and family life, she has been exploring the benefits of her practice on and off the mat ever since.

Forever a student, Rebecca brings a beginners mind and an awakened heart to her practice and teaching. Compassion, empathy, humor and joy are at the core of all of her classes. Her focus is on uniting mindful movement with breath while helping people understand of how their own unique body affects their individual practice, in both a traditional hatha as well as a more vinyasa style.

As a mother of two teenagers, she is impassioned to support other people in their journey into parenthood through the mindfulness and body-centered practices of yoga and meditation. As birth and postpartum doula, she emphasizes childbirth education and body awareness in her pre- and postnatal classes, bringing these practical aspects together with a warm, nurturing teaching style.

Rebecca completed her 300 hour training with Radiance Yoga in Alexandria, VA, 200 hour training with Tara Lemerise at Willow Street Yoga in Takoma Park, MD, pre and post natal yoga teacher training with Debra Flashenburg of the Prenatal Yoga Center of New York City and is certified with Leslie Howard in Pelvic Floor Yoga™. She has also completed training with Tara Lemerise, of Tara Lemerise Yoga, in Restorative Yoga, and has completed a 50 hr Yin Yoga certification with Machelle Lee of Roots and River Yoga and a 34 hr observational anatomy and cadaver lab with Jules Mitchell.

Photo Credit Melody Klemin

What kind of Yoga do you want to focus on today?

Yoga is not simply about making pretzel shaped poses with your body – the breathing and meditation practices that are also an integral part of a solid yoga practice help you understand the patterns of how you interact with and hold your body well beyond your time on the yoga mat, enhancing overall mental and physical health. There are many reasons to step out of the group class model and work on your yoga practice one on one with a teacher. Perhaps you are new to the practice and trying to build an understanding of what Yoga is before stepping into a group class? Or maybe you want to deepen your understanding of your body and alignment in specific yoga poses? Private Yoga sessions can also enhance and support the work of physical and mental therapy, helping add to your healing journey. Each session begins with a deep dive into your yoga experience so that she can tailor the practice to your specific needs.