Rachel Glowacki is an award-winning author, educator, curriculum writer, yoga instructor, mindfulness facilitator, teacher trainer, and speaker who has devoted her life to helping people of all ages to move, breathe, and feel more connected—to themselves, to one another, and to the world around them. 

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Born and raised in White Plains, New York, Rachel has spent over two decades guiding children and adults in health and wellness through movement, mindfulness, and education. In 2023, she co-founded Move With Me Books, a heart-led project that weaves storytelling and movement into meaningful experiences for children, families, and schools. Along the way, she’s trained hundreds of educators to bring yoga and mindfulness to kids and continues to teach in preschools, yoga studios, high schools, and senior centers—places where presence and connection matter most.

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Rachel often says her greatest teachers have been her two sons. When they were just 2 and 3 years old—still in diapers—she was deep in her adult yoga certification. They practiced breathwork and simple poses together right there on the living room floor. What started as a playful practice became a powerful bond, transforming her parenting and opening the path to her life’s work in children’s yoga and mindful education.

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She is a MELT Method instructor and a facilitator for We Hear U., a parenting class for youth and families created in partnership with Mountain Youth. She also writes regularly for YOGA + Life Magazine and has shared her voice and vision as a keynote speaker at the International Kids Yoga Conference. As a teacher trainer for the EVOLvED School Mindfulness Program at Next Generation Yoga, Rachel has helped bring safe, embodied learning environments to classrooms across the country, including professional development for public school districts like Charleston County and Eagle County. 

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In the summer of 2024, Rachel was honored to be a Mindfulness Presenter at the inaugural Kwame Alexander Writers’ Lab at the Chautauqua Institute in New York, where she guided participants in practices to support writing and well-being. She currently serves as a guest teacher in the Eagle County School District and offers mindfulness and movement workshops for educators, helping integrate these tools into the everyday culture of learning.

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Rachel’s writing is a natural extension of her teaching. Her work has been featured in MINDBODYGREEN, Elephant Journal, Well Magazine, 101 Words, and For Women Who Roar. She’s also the co-author of Kids Yogaverse, a series of interactive storybook apps promoting movement and mindfulness, which received the Kids Healthy App Choice Award from the U.S. Surgeon General in 2012.

Her journey has been shaped by many roles: a preschool assistant teacher, a 5th-grade classroom teacher in Honduras, and even a weightlifting and aerobics instructor. Each one taught her something different about how people learn, grow, and heal.

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She holds advanced certifications from Yoga Alliance (E-RYT® 500, RYT® 500, RCYT®, YACEP®) and specialized training in trauma-informed practices, adaptive yoga, parenting education, sound healing, and The MELT Method. Her academic studies in Youth Ministry, Early Childhood Development, and Psychology from Westchester Community College and Charleston Southern University continue to inform her work today.

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Now based in Eagle, Colorado, Rachel lives with her husband and their dogs as their two sons begin to fly the nest. She continues to teach, train, write, and listen—with heart and intention.

Her work is a love letter to the body, to childhood, to community, and to the lifelong journey of learning through movement and mindfulness.