Studio 8 Hot Yoga

NOW OPEN 💫 Reiki + Energy Work with Rachel

Studio 8 just got a little more magic.✨

We’re beyond excited to welcome Rachel to the family, bringing reiki and energy work into the studio space. She’s here every Monday 🌟

And this matters to us: Rachel is fluent in ASL and fully deaf accommodating, because healing work should never have a language barrier. 🤟 She also offers military pricing, because service members deserve access to rest too.

Book within the next 30 days and lock in this pricing for 6 whole months:
🔹 60-min Reiki Session — $99
🔹 60-min Reiki + Energy Work — $125

New to reiki? No experience needed. Just show up and Rachel will guide you the whole way.

DM The.Sacred.Soul.Sanctuary to book with Rachel. Spots will fill fast.🌞

We don’t have a nervous system in the way some people might think, like it’s something waiting to be switched on. What we actually have is a safety system, and its entire job is deciding whether this moment is one where it’s okay to let your guard down.

If you’ve made it this far…stay with me.

Everything you do on the mat has to pass through that system first, which is why you can’t just decide to breathe deeper or force your way into a pose your body isn’t ready for.

Safety is the gateway, capacity is the path, and breath is only the tool you use once that gateway is open.

If your breath feels shallow, that’s not you doing yoga wrong. It’s your body telling you exactly how much safety it has to work with right now, and that number changes every time you show up.

Your breath can only take you as deep as your nervous system believes it’s allowed to go, so the real practice isn’t forcing a deeper inhale. It’s convincing your body, breath by breath, that this is a place where it’s actually safe to let go.

That’s the vibe we’ve built at Studio 8. We don’t ask you to blindly push harder, we ask you to notice, to work with whatever capacity you brought with you today, and to get curious about where, and how far you could go.

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If you’re curious to learn more about how your breath can be used to reduce stress in everyday life, we have something for you.💗

Clarissa Millen, 500-hour certified yoga teacher and restorative breath facilitator, is leading an intimate group through gentle movement, yin yoga, restorative breathwork, and giving you real-life tools to walk away with and take into your life.

Get cozy, grab a blanket, a bolster, and get ready to relax and restore.😌

Breathe into Balance
August 23rd | 6:45pm-8:00pm
Only 6 spots. DM us for more details.

You haven’t taken a full breath in hours, and you don’t even realize until you’re gasping for air.👀

Clarissa is leading a restorative yin practice followed by breathwork and meditation, built to help you restore your natural breath and release the patterns that get distorted along the way. You’ll leave with a real, practical understanding of how your breath works and tools that you can use off your mat, in your real life.

Before back to school arrives and the pace picks back up, take a moment to slow down.

Only 6 spots available.

🪷 Sunday, August 23
✨ 6:45–8:00 PM
💗 $45 investment | $35 for members (code: S810)
📍 Studio 8 Hot Yoga, 2734 Virginia Beach Blvd

Link in bio to register.

We’re hiring at Studio 8. Looking for a Yoga Instructor and a Mat Pilates instructor to join the team. Our classes are small, our students are regulars, and we care more about how you make people feel than how deep your backbend is.

Certification and studio experience required.
Good energy and reliability are a must.🔥

Send your resume and a quick note about why you’d be a good fit to [email protected]. Swipe for details.