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Let's start focusing on the connection between mind, body, and soul. 

I feel like the the topic of body positivity and self love has been coming up a lot lately especially surrounding Valentine’s Day and I have been reflecting so much with hesitation to share, which usually means I should. 
this has been a journey for me, one that I’m still on, so bare with me for a long post.
as I entered the fitness world 5 years ago I had no idea the pressure that would come with stepping into the role of a “fitness leader”
I have never and probably will never have a six pack, I have never been described as tiny, yet I’m insanely active, I eat well, and I’m strong. 
the pressures and the critiques do not come from other people. they come from myself. 
I had set unrealistic expectations of what I thought I had to LOOK like rather than what I wanted to BE like. 
my goal has always been to create a space for people to feel safe to move their bodies, find confidence, and create changes from the inside out. you will never hear the words “summer bod” come out of my mouth, yet I can still get insecure. I still feel like I have to look a certain way to get people to take me seriously.
this is absolutely not the case.
body love. body positivity. Confidence. all of these things involve connecting to the body that we have been given and USING IT. not obsessing over the way it needs to look. 
it means finding appreciation for what the body CAN DO not what it looks like.
MY BODY IS MINE.
It is unique. It is not meant to be compared. 
it does not need to look like yours and yours does not need to look like mine to be considered enough 
if you take anything from this it’s that the highlight reel is not all there is to life. there are days where I’d love to teach my whole class in a hoodie and others where I’m so comfortable and confident in my skin that I could care less what anyone thinks.
both are real. one is an area I’m working on. 
WE ARE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT
WE ARE ENOUGH JUST AS WE ARE
WE ARE WORTHY OF LOVE NO MATTER WHAT
your body is meant to move.
so let’s start talking about what your body can do. because it’s really incredible if you think about it. 
im leading a body love workshop on Sunday at 230pm with @athleta at the grove. come check it out!
I’ve been reflecting on the concept of movement a lot lately. it’s my job. it’s my release. it’s what I gravitate towards. in some ways it can feel like home. 
but so often I get caught up in the love I have for a 45 minute class that I forget about the depth that movement can hold for me. to walk from place to place. to get outside. to just move. and the gratitude I feel just to be able to do that. but movement is internal just as much as it’s external. 
movement has become a therapy, a release, and a love. and it’s beginning to take on a new meaning. movement is what connects us. it’s what allows me to show up everyday and do what I love. it’s what gets me from place to place. it’s what propels me forward when I’m stuck. it’s what allows me to get out of the past. 
I’ve been asking my classes to get present this week. that when we stay stuck in the past or the future we miss the little Victories. so if you feel stuck. if you feel like you can’t get out of the past or you can’t let go of the obsession of the future.
move there.
tfw when you just accept that @erewhonmarket owns you and you’re ok with it.
when the whole squad comes to town.
love these people and this place too much
focus on the feeling. 
it doesn’t have to be perfect. we just have to feel something when we do it. 
I spoke a bit about “doing it with feeling” at my workshop yesterday.
how we hold stagnant energy inside of our bodies. 
how we have the ability to release these things through movement. 
how if we release the judgment we can just be ok with feeling it. and then letting it go. 
my goal has always been to create a space for people to feel inside of a fitness class. ANY feeling.
so come show up with me this week. 
Be open. Feel something. 
SAME SCHEDULE | dm me if you wanna come check out Robertson
NEW YEARS STAYCATION 
my heart is so full. what an incredible day hosting an event with my insanely talented best friends. I’m so grateful to have had the chance to be a part of such an amazing group of women and THANK YOU to everyone who showed up, these are for you, and would be nothing without you and thank you to the sponsors for making this day so memorable for everyone. 
I am beyond grateful every single day that I am so passionate about what I do. and i am lucky to surround myself with others who do the same. 
FIND YOUR TRIBE AND LOVE THEM HARD.
first week of 2019 I decided to do weekly goals. I tend to get overwhelmed with the bigger picture so I broke it down to small goals. 
week 1: celery juice every morning to help my digestion and gut health
week 2: add in 3 extra vitamins to my morning routine (i was slacking) and hot water with lemon every morning
week 3: consistently wear my blue blocker glasses. 
even though my job doesn’t require me to sit at a desk from 9-5 I spend a significant amount of time in front of a screen. from playlisting to emails to mindless ig scrolling (that’s next weeks goal) I needed to jump on the blue block train and I’m obsessed.
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I’m wearing the Ridley from @diffeyewear use my code “RACH10” for $10 off your own pair xo
BOXUNION ROBERTSON 
first class in the books and I am on CLOUD NINE
I am so excited to have this new home, to build a greater community, to connect with more, and grow the amazing space that has already been created on the west side. thank you to everyone that i love who came today. you mean more to me than you know. 
I am so excited to be a part of what’s about to take place here. 
NEW SCHEDULE ::
ROBERTSON : 
MON: 7am
WED: 7am / 630pm
THURS: 730pm
SAT: 830am
SUN: 1245pm box + yoga
SANTA MONICA
TUES: 6am
THURS: 6am
SATURDAY: 1030am
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SAY YES

January 3, 2018

A few months ago my sister asked me if I wanted to take a trip with her to Tulum. A place that I had drooled over via instagram and had always been intrigued by. Although my heart said yes my head said no. I immediately went to all of the reasons why I shouldn’t go. I don’t want to spend the money, I have finally gotten my gut health to a good place and I don’t want to ruin it there, I like the routine of Christmas in Chicago, and the list went on. I continued to tell my sister “I’ll think about it” while she was attempting to plan this trip while sending me the most beautiful photos of the paradise we could spend a few days in. I fought it for a few weeks and one day I just had a moment where I decided to say yes. All of my reasons not to go suddenly became reasons to go. Financially, I could do it. My gut health is on track and this is a time to trust that I know how to stay on track. My routine can be changed and I won’t drop dead (even though sometimes it feels like it). So there it was. I said yes. 

One simple word. Yes. And I had committed not only to a trip but I honored something deep inside me that needed this trip. The last 2 months of 2017 have been a wild ride and I can’t think of a better time for this trip to have come. It’s almost like I knew that I was going to need to be there. And I am so freaking glad I said yes to this trip. 

We spent 4 days in a magical jungle, completely unplugged (well mostly), and present. I was able to step out of my routine and TRULY recharge. I did yoga on a cliff overlooking the ocean, ate the most incredible food, still celebrated matcha monday, read books at the beach, and participated in a sound healing that honestly shook me to my core (in a good way). I got to spend quality time with my beautiful sister and I got to completely reconnect to myself and where I am heading. I have a lot of changes coming in 2018 and I am fully ready to embrace them. A part of me felt anxious to get back to all of the things I “need to do” back home, but the reality was I needed to be there. I needed to recharge my batteries so I can show up with light and positivity to the changes that are being created for me. Tulum itself was a dream. It was magical, healing, and most importantly different.

Usually on any given occasion I am the first to plan each and every part of it. On this trip, I told my sister a few things that I wanted to do and then let go of the reins and allowed her to experience this trip through her eyes. I was able to truly let go of control and just be. 

Now I could continue to talk about Tulum and the magical powers that it has, but you can go there and figure it out for yourself. My main point of this blog post is the fact that I said yes. 

That is one of my intentions for 2018. To just say yes.

I frequently say this to my classes and I literally get chills when they respond “YES”. I am so quick to tell others to do it yet I was so afraid to do it myself. So in 2018 I am committing to saying yes more. If I wouldn’t have said yes I would have been cold in Chicago, taking classes that I can take anytime I’m home, and missing out on the spontaneity that life has to offer. 

I said yes and I got out of my comfort zone. I did something different. I allowed myself to experience something that deep down my soul truly needed. I recharged. I said yes not only to the experience but to myself. To what my heart wanted. 

I said yes and an opportunity arose. An opportunity I could have so quickly missed based on fear. 

So I challenge you. To just say yes. 

Say yes to the things that scare you.

Say yes to the opportunities that may challenge you.

Say yes to what your heart needs.

Say yes to the things that your soul is craving. 

Say yes even if you’re unsure of the outcome. 

Say yes and trust that the Universe has you in its care. 

Saying yes to a trip really just meant I was saying yes to myself. And I am so damn glad that I did. 

 

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