Yoga and Meditative Journaling with Rachel Barker

Engage the body, mind, and creativity through yin yoga poses that correspond with guided journaling and creative writing prompts. Since the body and mind each have a response to holding a yin yoga pose for 3-5 minutes, creativity can flow in a surprising way. Each yoga pose is gentle, and is designed to promote qi — or energy — flow. All prompts will be based around a specific theme, which will correspond to each yoga pose.

Rachel Barker is an educator, writer, and the Executive Director of The Birch Festival, a nonprofit music festival in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Rachel writes about science and engineering for Harvard University, where she is also a graduate student studying religion, and works as a yoga, meditation, and integrative wellness specialist at Miraval Berkshires. She spends a thrilling amount of time outdoors, hiking her beloved Berkshire hills, and an equally thrilling amount of time indoors, reading as many books as she can get her hands on. She also enjoys traveling with her husband, who is a solo violinist and whose work takes them all over the world.