Sunlight Yoga + Apothecary

Welcome to Sunlight Yoga + Apothecary, Friends!

Meet the founder and owner, Rebecca (she/her).  She is a 20+ year yoga teacher, has been a professional yoga therapist since 2011, co-founded the local non-profit organization The Quad Cities Yoga Foundation where she currently serves as board president, and is also the host of the podcast Working In Yoga.

Having thousands of hours of training and experience as a yoga professional, Rebecca has a real passion for humans who are in the shift.  She helps people find yoga techniques that work to alleviate anxiety, shift their intention and direction, and is a passionate advocate for yoga professionals from all over the world. 

You can catch her here at Sunlight subbing the occasional weekly class, making and uploading videos for our virtual library, seeing clients for yoga therapy, and helping women find better and more effective ways to self-care. 

Follow all her rebel wanderings on her Instagram page @rebeccasebastianyoga

Meet Jack (she/her)!  I’m here to support your holistic wellbeing through science-based movement, practical breathwork, and common sense philosophy. My practice is rooted in Vinyasa flow, functional biomechanics, and Vipassana meditation. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, I am a devoted traveller, animal lover, and herbalist. I am a certified YTT-500 Yoga Instructor through Yoga Alliance.


My utmost honor and gratitude to my teachers:

YTT-200 - Paul Dallaghan and Gill Breetzke:
Samahita Retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand

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Born in Saint Louis Missouri, Alexander (he/him) is an Academic Advisor, Portrait Photographer, and Certified Yoga Instructor. Most of what Alexander knows about yoga has been self-taught over two years and through the teachings of the Davenport School of Yoga’s 200 Hour Teacher Training Certification. What Alexander enjoys most about yoga is its aspect of self-actualization.

Robin Abbott (she/her) discovered yoga at a health club in Baltimore, MD at the age of 18. Since then, she has become an occupational therapist, wife, massage therapist, mother of two and a yoga teacher herself. She has lived in 2 countries and 8 states, and yoga has been the constant in her life through every change. It is unthinkable to imagine life without the stability, connection (to herself and her community), and self-knowledged she has gained through yoga. “When I make a mistake, I always tell myself and others, 'this is me with 25 years of yoga on board. This is as good as I get!'”

Meet Rach (she/her)! I’ve been practicing yoga for 5 years and teaching for 2 years. I found a regular yoga practice when I decided to gift myself a class on my birthday and I haven’t looked back since! Yoga helped me find my voice and community. I value each student in my class and enjoy helping everyone who attends feel good in their body! In my spare time I love to craft!

Ashley (she/her)  received her YTT in 2013 from the Davenport School of Yoga, and she has been teaching yoga to all ages since. Within the last 6 years her style has diversified to include traditional mat classes, chair yoga, aerial yoga, and kids yoga in gyms, classrooms, and workshop settings. Correspondingly, during this time, Ashley completed her Bachlors in Psychology and her Masters in Educational Studies at Western Illinois University. Through this work she was able to study and work with professionals in the Yoga in Schools world. This passion for bringing yoga to all children, lead her to Co-founding the Quad Cities Yoga Foundation, a non-for-profit whose goal is “bringing yoga to the people, creating access for all.”  

In my classes we will take a balanced approach to connecting our minds, bodies and breath. Personally my favorite part of yoga is finding what feels good in my body at the moment, exploring the edges of a pose and creating fluid movement where we may have been stagnant before. I love variations, and will offer lots of them! I believe we can start to approach any pose, as long as we do so with awareness and understanding and meet our bodies where they are. My main goal in class is to help you create a sense of peace and calm within, while exploring new ways to move and breathe in your body.

My name is Gretchen O'Brien (she/her). I am a latecomer to yoga, starting both my practice and my teacher training just over two years ago and finishing my training on my 48th birthday. Since then, I have run yoga sessions for children and staff at the school where I teach first grade. I love that yoga gives me a chance to nourish by body, mind, and soul at the same time.  

Emily Steffen (she/her), the loudest, quiet person. Massage therapist, lover of creative cooking, sarcasm, and travelling.