Yoga With Rene, 14200 Hwy 92, Woodstock, GA (2026)

01/30/2026

This morning I reached for poetry, one of my favorite ways to listen more closely.

My dear friend and incredible Yogi Maria Ellis has done it again with her newest collection, Life on Earth, Volume II: Poems That Inspire and Empower Women and Girls.

Today, one poem in particular seemed to rise right off the page and meet me where I am.

From “Bend Reality to Your Will”, she writes:

“Like a tuning fork, our thoughts hold sway,
Sending ripples into the universe's array.
Energy flows, in frequencies we send,
And what we focus on, we ultimately transcend.”

That image, of being a tuning fork, has been staying with me. The idea that we are constantly sending signals through our breath, our attention, our choices. Not through force, but through resonance.

She continues:

“Belief is the catalyst, the spark that ignites,
Unleashing the power, setting things right.
When we align our thoughts with intention,
We unlock the door to manifest our vision.”

This feels deeply yogic to me. Practice isn’t about controlling life, it’s about aligning with it. Breath by breath. Moment by moment. When our body, mind, and intention begin to move in the same direction, something subtle shifts. We don’t push reality… we meet it.

And then this:

“Visualize the life you wish to embrace,
With clarity and focus, in every space.
See it, feel it, let it become real,
As your thoughts and reality begin to congeal.”

This is the quiet work of Yoga. Not flashy. Not rushed. Just steady presence shaping us from the inside out.

With love,

Rene

P.S. Feeling the pull to go deeper than a single class? Only 2 spots remain in our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training. This is an invitation to study, practice, and become, together.

P.P.S. If you’d like to enjoy more of Maria’s beautiful words, you can explore her poetry here: Life on Earth, Volume II: Poems That Inspire and Empower Women and Girls.

01/29/2026

Who are you becoming through your practice?

Yoga isn’t just something we do, it’s something that quietly shapes us over time.

The longer I practice, study, and teach, the more I understand the incredible depth of this path.

It’s not an activity we check off a list.

It’s something we become when we surrender our breath and body to the gift that is Yoga.

For me, the transformation has been subtle and powerful.

What began as a way to reduce stress slowly, and lovingly, started to soften places where I had built very strong walls.

At first, I didn’t understand what was happening.

I just kept showing up.

Something kept calling me back to my mat again and again, long before I had words for why.

With patience, practice and most importantly, guidance from teachers who had walked the path before me, light began to find its way in.

Sometimes gently. Sometimes like an explosion. The shaping continues. It always does.

My practice now spans nearly 30 years, and it’s entering a new phase, moving beyond the purely physical and into the devotional, the ritual, the symbolic.

A teacher once spoke of this to me over 20 years ago.

At the time, it made absolutely no sense.

I wasn’t ready.

But the seed she planted took decades to grow.

I bow to her wisdom now.

So I’ll ask you again, softly:

Who are you becoming through your practice?

If you’re feeling called to deepen, to study, to question, to be supported, there are two spots remaining in our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training.

We begin February 20th, and our journey opens with Christena’s Shamanic Community Class, a powerful and welcoming way to step in.

And if what you need today is simply to practice together:

🌀 Tonight at 5:45pm — Rene’s Reset
Gentle Flow + Yin + Nidra (truly the best combination ever)
📍 Life Time Woodstock

With love and devotion,

Rene

P.S. If the Georgia Mountains, yoga, and sound experiences are whispering your name… you’re not imagining it. Only a few spots remain for our sweet local retreat weekend with me & Kei. I’d love to share that space with you.

01/28/2026

There’s a quiet truth I keep returning to lately:

The sacred isn’t somewhere else. It’s here.

Not across an ocean.

Not waiting at the end of an expensive retreat.

Not hidden in some far-off place we have to escape to in order to touch something meaningful.

Travel can be beautiful.

Retreats can be inspiring.

But somewhere along the way, the Yoga world started whispering a subtle story: that depth lives elsewhere… and that you have to leave your life to find it.

One of my teachers lovingly calls those trips “overpriced escape hatches.”

That line still makes me smile, because while a change of scenery can be refreshing, it’s not where the real work happens.

Yoga has always pointed us back inside.

Into the breath you’re already breathing.

Into the body you’re already living in.

Into the ordinary moments where presence quietly waits to be noticed.

The sacred isn’t reserved for mountaintops or passports.

It’s revealed when we slow down enough to feel our feet on the floor, our lungs fill and empty, our nervous system soften.

It lives right here, when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

That’s the invitation of practice.

Not escape.

Arrival.

If you’d like to explore this together, I’d love to practice with you:

✨ Tonight (Wednesday)
6:00 pm — Flow
7:15 pm — Surrender + Be

🌙 Thursday at 5:45 pm — Rene’s Reset (my fave!!)
Gentle Flow + Yin + Nidra

All classes at Life Time Woodstock

Deeply grounding. No plane ticket required.

Hope to see you on the mat,

Rene 🤍

P.S. Want to journey deeper than any retreat can take you? Just 2 spots remain in our Yoga Teacher Training. No airplanes. No passport. Just a profound dive within. All the details are here.

P.P.S. Our next Community Class goes Shamanic with Christena—I cannot wait for this one. ✨

01/27/2026

I’ve been reflecting lately on a quieter kind of happiness.

Not the loud, celebratory kind.

Not the kind that depends on everything going your way.

But the kind that comes from steadiness.

From being connected to your body.

From tending your inner life with care and consistency.

There’s a deep contentment that grows when the mind settles and the body feels strong, supported, and present.

When we stop chasing the next thing and instead practice being right here.

This kind of happiness doesn’t shout, it hums.

And once you feel it, you recognize it as something real and lasting.

Modern life pulls us outward constantly, toward urgency, comparison, and stimulation.

Yoga gently invites us back inward.

Back to breath.

Back to sensation.

Back to ourselves.

And that’s what practice is really about.

If you’d like to explore this quieter, steadier happiness with me, I’d love to see you on the mat:

🧘‍♀️ Today (Tuesday) at 11:00 am | Ashtanga
📍 Life Time Alpharetta
My last one there 😢 Come move, breathe, and share this final practice with me.

🌊 Wednesday at Life Time Woodstock
6:00 pm — Flow
7:15 pm — Surrender to Be

Hope to practice together soon,

Rene

01/22/2026

Lately I’ve been sitting with a simple truth that feels incredibly alive for me right now:

Freedom doesn’t come from doing less. It comes from holding less.

So much of our exhaustion doesn’t come from the actions themselves, but from everything we add on: checking results, rehearsing outcomes, scanning for what’s next, glancing at phones and watches.

We're mentally time-traveling instead of being present.

I see this so clearly in people who are struggling with anxiety.

That constant monitoring, predicting, and preparing becomes a quiet addiction.

One that slowly takes root in the mind and drains our heart energy without us even realizing it.

When we loosen our grip on outcomes, peace appears naturally.

Not because life suddenly behaves better, but because we stop squeezing it so tightly.

Undoing. Untangling. Releasing old conditioning and patterns.

What’s revealed underneath isn’t chaos.

It’s a beautiful, steady freedom that was there all along.

So today’s gentle invitation is this:

Loosen. Your. Grip.

And if you’d like support feeling that in your body, not just understanding it with your mind, I’d love to practice with you tonight.

🌀 Tonight at 5:45 pm — Rene’s Reset
Gentle Flow + Yin + Nidra

A complete reset for your nervous system, your breath, and your being.

Come soften. Come rest. Come remember what it feels like to move through life with less effort and more ease.

With so much love,

Rene

P.S. Don’t forget — the best. deal. ever. is tomorrow!
Join us for the beautiful Equanimity Clinic with Lisa, stay and chat with us about moving your life toward Yoga through Yoga Teacher Training, and if you commit you’ll receive a gift bag + $200 off. So good. So aligned. See you there.

01/21/2026

There is a way of moving through life where action no longer binds you.

That freedom doesn’t come from doing less, it comes from doing without attachment.

From releasing the grip of expectation, outcome, self-judgment, and over-efforting.

The image that keeps coming to me is moving through life like you’re gently coated in something non-stick.

Nothing clings, nothing hardens, nothing defines you too tightly.

Experiences still happen. Effort still arises. You still show up fully.

But the residue doesn’t linger.

When effort is released, everything becomes lighter. Floatier.

Action happens… and then it’s gone.

This is the heart of equanimity, not indifference, but steadiness.

Not disengagement, but freedom from being yanked around by every success, mistake, or opinion.

A mind that can act clearly without contracting.

A heart that stays open without being bruised.

In practice, this looks like:

Moving with sincerity, not strain

Breathing without forcing

Letting effort pass through you, not define you

When wisdom is present, action stops sticking.

And liberation quietly takes its place.

If this resonates—if you’re longing to move, breathe, and live with a little more ease—I’d love to hold that space with you.

✨ Wednesday (Tonight)
6:00 pm Flow
7:15 pm Surrender to Be

✨ Thursday

5:45 pm Rene's Reset

Gentle flow, yin & Nidra

📍 All classes at Life Time Woodstock

With love,

Rene 🤍

P.S. This Friday’s special event is all about Equanimity. The skill of staying steady in the midst of life. It’s also your chance to enjoy Early Bird savings + a beautiful YTT gift. Best. Deal. Ever.

P.P.S. If you’ve been feeling called toward Yoga Teacher Training, this is your moment. When action no longer binds, clarity tends to follow.

01/20/2026

This morning’s card pull stopped me in my tracks.

The first words out of my mouth were, “Stop it. Just STOP it.”

Even though I knew, in my heart of hearts, it was the last thing I truly wanted.

To be in a state of free fall into love has been breathtaking… magical… and exhausting.

There’s a quiet reckoning happening when you realize you are expanding beyond the roles that once defined you.

Scary and exhilarating, all at once.

The amount I’ve been resting lately tells me something important.

I am evolving into something different.

Not knowing the what or the how would normally spark fear in me.

Instead, it’s sparked curiosity.

Standing at a precipice, at a threshold, is not new territory for me.

I’ve been here before in this lifetime.

Yet somehow, this time feels both familiar and entirely new.

It feels like running into a dear friend from long ago.

You forgot how much they mattered… until you’re standing in their presence again.

Maybe it’s the passage of time.

Maybe it’s the work.

But I feel softer now, more receptive, more willing to receive the wisdom that’s arriving.

My quiet refrain has become:

“Take me where you will. I am ready.”

Much of my existence feels like floating.

Like being gently dismantled into smaller, shimmering pieces, snowflakes dancing in the air.

Each one meaningful on its own.

Together, they create something luminous, adaptable, and alive.

A soft covering that takes the shape of whatever it lands on.

Moving beyond what’s familiar and into an intuitive space requires grace.

And energy.

And rest.

And trust.

If you’re feeling any of this too, know you’re not alone.

The practice is where we learn how to stay present inside the unfolding.

✨ Practice with me this week:

Today (Tuesday) | 11:00 am Ashtanga
Life Time Alpharetta (only 2 more!)

Wednesday | 6:00 pm Flow & 7:15 pm Surrender to Be

Life Time Woodstock

With love,

Rene 🤍

P.S. BEST. DEAL. EVER.
Register for Yoga Teacher Training this Friday at the event and save $200 + receive one of the training books. Truly special, don’t miss it.

01/19/2026

There are always so many things rising from my heart to share with you.

Here are a few gentle musings that have been surfacing for me lately, perhaps one will meet you right where you are:

1. Let it come to you.

When we release excessive effort, truth has a way of finding us. Softly, beautifully, and right on time.

2. Rest is the deepest form of healing.

Make rest abundant in your day-to-day life. From true rest, right action naturally arises when the moment is ripe.

3. Draw inward and remember your wholeness.

Too much external focus can deplete us. Turning inward nourishes, restores, and reconnects us to what is already complete.

4. Let things fall apart so they can be rebuilt.

There is liberation even in the quietest revolution of the soul. What dissolves creates space for something more aligned to emerge.

5. Association matters.

Surround yourself with those who love you, support you, and reflect your truth back to you, always.

If you’re craving space to move, breathe, and reconnect, I would love to practice with you this week:

✨ Tuesday at 11:00 am — Ashtanga at Life Time Alpharetta (only 2 left!)
✨ Wednesday at 6:00 pm — Flow at Life Time Woodstock
✨ Wednesday at 7:15 pm — Surrender to Be at Life Time Woodstock

With so much love,

Rene 🤍

P.S. Equanimity is key to a peaceful mind. And learning how to cultivate it makes all the difference. Join us for this upcoming Equanimity Clinic to explore this powerful practice.

P.P.S. This is the last week to save $200 on Yoga Teacher Training beginning in February. If you’ve been feeling the nudge… trust it. 🙏

01/16/2026

Earlier this week, I had a quiet moment that has stayed with me.

I was sitting in a room full of people who clearly knew the stories, the names, the lineage.

And I realized that I didn’t.

A flicker of embarrassment passed through me, the familiar feeling of being new, unsure, not quite fluent yet.

Instead of being rushed past it, the moment was met with gentleness.

Time slowed.

Things were explained without judgment.

I felt seen.

Not for what I knew, but for my sincerity.

As the evening ended, I was drawn toward a small altar.

At its center was a simple stone, beautifully decorated.

I was told it came from Govardhan Hill, a place that represents protection, shelter, and trust.

The reminder that when the storms come, we are not asked to outmuscle them.

We are invited to take refuge.

Something softened in me.

When I speak about the things that matter most to my heart, my voice still wavers.

Words that usually come easily feel fragile.

It’s as if my heart is expanding faster than my language can keep up.

And I’m learning that this isn’t weakness, it’s honesty.

There are seasons when knowledge leads the way.

And seasons when love does.

Lately, it feels like I’m being asked to trust the inward pull.

To let myself be guided not by certainty, but by sincerity.

To surrender to the quiet work happening beneath the surface.

To allow myself to be held.

If you find yourself in a similar place, feeling unsure, tender, not fully formed.

Perhaps you are standing at a threshold.

Not meant to rush forward or turn back, but to listen more closely to what is being asked of you.

And the practice is always here to hold you.

✨ Community Class TONIGHT at 5:30 pm

I can’t wait to practice with you.

With love,

Rene 🤍

P.S. This is the LAST WEEK to enjoy $200 savings on our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training. The next 200-hour won’t be offered for a couple of years—if you’ve been feeling the nudge, now is the moment.

P.P.S. Join Lisa & me next Friday for a beautiful Equanimity Clinic + Flow. I’d love to see you there and share that steadiness together.

01/15/2026

I knew it the moment I woke up.

The air felt different. Softer. Unhurried.

I moved through my morning rituals without negotiating with time.

When I came downstairs, I filled the kettle and turned it on, then slowly unrolled the top of the bag of fancy decaf, like opening something precious.

I measured the grounds, poured them into the bottom of my French press, added hot water, stirred, and set the timer.

When it beeped, I pressed the coffee slowly, listening to the low, squishy sighs of it yielding.

I chose one of my favorite mugs (from Yogis, of course), poured, paused, whispered a short prayer, exhaled… and sipped.

And in that moment, I remembered:

Today is Special Coffee Day.

It changes every week, but the devotion stays the same.

One morning set aside to honor not doing more, just doing one thing fully.

A small ritual that reminds me that the sacred doesn’t announce itself loudly.

It hides in care. In presence. In simplicity done with love.

This is the same spirit that lives at the heart of yoga, especially in Yoga Teacher Training.

Not techniques. Not performance.

But reverence. Truth-telling. Sitting with what’s real.

Learning how to listen beneath the noise and let meaning reveal itself in its own time.

If something in you has been quietly loosening… softening… undoing, this is not a mistake.

It’s a threshold.

And you don’t have to cross it alone.

Tonight’s practice is an invitation to come home to yourself.

✨ Thursday | 5:45 pm
Rene’s Reset: Root + Surrender + Nidra
📍 Life Time Woodstock

Come rest your nervous system. Come feel held. Come remember what’s essential.

With love,

Rene 🤍

P.S. Community Class with Liz is TOMORROW at 5:30 pm. Register now and gather with kindred spirits.

P.P.S. Equanimity Clinic with Lisa & me is NEXT FRIDAY at 6 pm. A beautiful chance to explore steadiness together and 📚 Last chance to save $200 on Yoga Teacher Training + receive a free gift. If the quiet voice inside keeps returning… listen.

01/14/2026

Here are two gentle questions to sit with today.

Not to answer perfectly, but to notice honestly:

From the head:

Do you feel a sense of belonging to something greater than yourself—your practice, a path, a truth, a way of living? Why or why not?

Belonging can feel like a strong word. Many of us move through life feeling scattered at times: efficient, capable, doing all the things. Yet not always slowing down enough to go deep. And then there are moments (or practices) where focus sharpens, curiosity deepens, and the mind naturally wants to linger. When attention returns again and again, not from discipline but from genuine interest, it can feel like a kind of mental belonging.

From the heart:

Do you feel a sense of belonging in your body, your breath, or your inner world? Why or why not?

Sometimes belonging isn’t a thought at all, it’s a feeling. A softening. A sense of being held, grounded, and safe. The shoulders drop, the breath deepens, and the nervous system exhales. Nothing to fix, nothing to do. Just being. When mind and body settle together, there can be a quiet contentment that feels deeply nourishing. Like coming home.

If these questions resonate, I’d love to explore them together in practice this week:

Wednesday (tonight)
• 6:00 pm Flow
• 7:15 pm Surrender + Be

Thursday
• 5:45 pm Rene’s Reset (Root + Surrender + Nidra)

All classes at Life Time Woodstock

With love and presence,

Rene ✨

P.S. Register now for Friday’s Community Class with Liz at 5:30 pm!

P.P.S. About one week remains to save $200 on Yoga Teacher Training! The group is forming, come be part of it.

P.P.P.S. Retreats are powerful and meaningful, join me & Kei in April (only 2 spots left).

01/09/2026

Some mornings don’t call for motivation or productivity.

They call for honesty.

This poem came from that place.

Not from understanding but from listening.

Becoming Undone

Something has gotten under my skin
and I can no longer pretend it hasn’t.

At first, it was quiet,
a small irritation,
a whisper I could drown out
with doing.

But it stayed.
It grew teeth.
It asked to be felt.

Now I am tired in a way
that sleep both answers and deepens.
Dreams arrive vivid, insistent,
carrying symbols I don’t rush to explain.

My body calls me inward,
to bed, to belly, to stillness.
Once, I would have resisted.
Once, I would have filled the space with noise.

This time, I let myself soften.

I feel myself being pulled downward,
even while standing upright.
As if surrender has weight
and love has gravity.

The winds of change move me
without asking permission.
The waves of uncertainty wash through.
I do not fight them.

I am not afraid.

I feel grief for what is ending.
I feel love for what carried me this far.
I feel awe for what has not yet taken form.

This is not falling apart.
This is falling inward.
This is the holy work
of becoming undone.

With so much love,

Rene

P.S. 💫 Registration is open for our next Community Class!
Friday, the 16th at 5:30 PM — Root + Surrender with Liz. See you there 🤍

P.P.S. ✨ NOW is the time to register for Yoga Teacher Training.
Deepen your practice, expand your understanding, and find your people with me & Lisa. Early Bird discount ends soon! Details here.

P.P.P.S. 📖 If poetry isn’t your thing, you might enjoy one of my books instead.
You can find them here 🤍

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