Rebecca Childress Yoga & Ayurveda

01/04/2026

2025 was about getting back to the basics with our yoga practice. 2026 will be a focus on sustainability.

I’ll continue to teach the Sunday night candlelight yin & restorative at 5pm at . (Yin is amazing! 🔥)

We’ll be shifting the focus of the Thursday night 7pm class at the main studio to focus on self-care - the kind we can manage to fit into our schedules long term - small efforts that lead to big impact - allowing us to feel like our most authentic selves - mind, body, and spirit. Perfect for new students or seasoned yogis.

Expect to see an Ayurveda 101 workshop in February and a special Friday night class for Pranayama and Yoga Nidra. (More to come soon.)

For the first time in 7 years, I will not be leading or partnering for a yoga retreat. If you’re interested in a retreat for 2026 though, check out the schedule from for east coast options in grounding WV, sunny FL, or international options.

Speaking of international options, while I’m not offering or partnering for a retreat this year, be sure to get your passports ready and begin putting a little away in savings each month for 2027! I’ve started some preliminary conversations with Yogi Expeditions for an international location. ✈️ Want a hint? It was the first destination in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love memoir - a book that turns 20 this year and reminds us to enjoy the journey. I’m rereading Eat Pray Love this year as a reminder of life’s journey.

I’ll be spending time in study - attending some trainings for continuing education (CEs) and am excited to see yoga teacher friends at the Mind Body Fitness Conference returning to Arlington, VA this November with .

My Big Fitness Goals (BFG) this year include a Yeti 25K (Troublesome Hollow), climbing Mt Washington on the Appalachian Trail with , the Hatfield McCoy Half Marathon in WV, and toying with the idea of a Spartan. I’ll need my yoga practice to support all of this. 🙏

I have some personal goals that have been important to me for years that I’ve only shared with a few close friends but am excited to share more widely when the time is right.

Happy New Year! Let’s Go!

01/02/2026

Self-Care Isn’t Optional in 2026.

It’s non-negotiable. Period.

Running yourself into the ground isn’t strength—it’s a slow burnout.

While I teach yoga - I also have a high pressure 9-5. I have family I worry about. And sometimes I try to be all things to all people just like you. I get it. I see you. You’ve put yourself last on the list sometimes. Maybe your physical or mental health has paid the price. Maybe your spirit needs renewal. Maybe you want to make sure you stay strong. Whatever your reason, we’ve got you.

Stress is constant. Pressure is real. Responsibilities don’t let up. And pretending we’ll “deal with it later” usually means dealing with it when something finally breaks.

That’s why self-care has to be non-negotiable in 2026 for us.

Yoga isn’t about being flexible or calm all the time. It’s about disciplined practice. The Yoga Sutras remind us: abhyāsa (consistent effort) and vairāgya (letting go of what drains you) are how steadiness is built.

We don’t wait to feel ready. We commit to showing up and doing the work now. Together.

Starting in January 2026, Thursday nights at 7pm, at the main studio at . This weekly yoga class is a space to practice the discipline of self care. To move with purpose, breathe, and build resilience.

We will train our nervous system. We will make the connections - mind, body, and spirit.

Hope to see you there. Appropriate for all levels. Message me with any questions.

Becca ✌️

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

Congratulations to Dragonfly Yoga Studio, a 2025 Sustainability Award winner! Since 2013, Dragonfly has been a locally owned studio committed to reducing consumption and waste, guided by the belief that small changes can make a big difference. Their mission centers on providing inclusive and accessible yoga while giving back generously through free and reduced-rate classes, partnerships with FXBG Pride and Team RWB, and donations to schools, hospitals, and local nonprofits. Through community support, mindful practices, and environmental responsibility, Dragonfly continues to uplift Fredericksburg in seen and unseen ways.

Thank you for leading with compassion, accessibility, and care for both people and the planet.

12/15/2025

Authenticity.

Genuine. Real. True.

This word keep showing up for me as I wind down 2025 & I’m leaning into taking it with me into 2026 as my values word of the year.

What does showing up to your yoga practice in an authentic way look like for you? How does showing up off the mat as your most authentic self look like?

As this year closes, yoga invites us to soften the layers we no longer need and come home to who we truly are. May our practice honor our truth—on and off the mat. Let’s work to step into the new year grounded, honest, and whole.

2026 needs to be a year of reigniting self-care for me. I hope you’ll join me!

Teaching Thursdays at 7pm and Sunday at 7pm at .

12/06/2025

12/04/2025

As the year comes to a close, our practice invites us to pause, breathe, and honor how far we’ve come.

Join me on the mat as we slow down, release what’s heavy, and create space for what’s next.

Let’s close the year with presence, gratitude, and movement that feels like coming home.

Hope to see you Thursday night at 7pm at at the main studio on Caroline Street for Yang & Yin. Let’s close the year with intention. 🙏

11/29/2025

Don’t let the hard days win. Don’t let the hard weeks win.

Life has come at me pretty hard lately. Anyone else? ✋

I always find it funny when a yoga student or teacher shows any sign of stress and someone says “but you teach or practice yoga”…always coming from someone that is not a yoga student or teacher. 😉

As students and teachers we are not immune to the storms of life. We may perhaps be more aware of the sensations in our mind, body, and spirit - so it may even be a little more pronounced at first because we’ve given ourselves permission to feel life fully. We are taught - feel it to heal it.

Yoga teachers and students feel the same stress, chaos, and “I-thought-I-was-supposed-to-be-zen-by-now” moments as everyone else—sometimes more. Let’s keep coming back to the mat, using the tools, and giving ourselves the self-care we deserve.

See you on Sunday at 5pm.

❤️

11/28/2025

11/22/2025

Affirmations to help us practice letting go of the expectations of others:

“I release the need to be understood by everyone.”
“I am grounded in who I am.”
“I practice showing up with steadiness & ease.”
“I allow others their perceptions, and I return to my peace.”

Let’s stop carrying the weight of what was never ours.

Inspired by yoga sutra 1.12 “…mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment”.

11/07/2025

Live out loud, friends. ✌️