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Meet Gretchen

Founder & Curator of Wellness Experiences

E-RYT, NASM CPT, PN1 

Greetings, Beautiful Souls

I AM Gretchen, the Founder and force behind Vibrant Awakenings Global Wellness, LLC —a movement born from my own transformation and created to inspire yours.

                                                                     My wellness journey began during a season of deep personal reckoning. I                                                                     was working in a high-stress corporate job, disconnected from my body,                                                                       battling weight gain, anxiety, and exhaustion. Yoga found me when I                                                                             needed it most. movement, breath, and stillness, I didn’t just lose over 100                                                                   pounds—I found my way back to myself.

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                                                                     That journey awakened a calling. I became certified in yoga through Three                                                                   Sisters Yoga, then went on to earn certifications in personal training and                                                                     nutrition through NASM and Precision Nutrition. But it didn’t stop there. I                                                                       became a student of mindfulness, trauma-informed healing, and                                                                                     movement as medicine—for the body and the soul.

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​Now, over a decade later, my work lives at the intersection of healing, movement, empowerment, and rest. Through transformational retreats, corporate wellness programs, and embodied practices, I create space for women especially women of color—to breathe deeper, move intentionally, and rise in their wholeness.

 

Whether I’m leading a yoga session under open sky or guiding a company team through a mid-day reset, my approach is always the same: grounded, joyful, deeply personal, and intentionally inclusive.

 

Vibrant Awakenings is more than a brand. It’s a reclamation. It’s a reminder. That your body is sacred. That rest is resistance. That healing is your birthright. And that you were never meant to do this alone. 

Let’s rise together.
On the mat. In the mountains. In the workplace. In your life.

With love & deep gratitude,
Gretchen

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