“i’m not here to preach, i’m here to help you rise.”
community builder, wellness advocate, adaptive fitness educator, chronic illness activist.
Twenty-seven years ago, I wandered into a yoga studio searching for something to quiet my mind. I was about to become a new mom, and I needed an anchor — something to hold onto when everything felt uncertain. What I found was more than a movement practice. I found a way of listening to myself, a way of coming home to my body, and a way of cultivating the kind of compassion I’d been giving everyone else but myself.
That practice became my foundation. And over the years, it has been tested — by the demands of motherhood, by the weight of doing work that matters, and by living with multiple sclerosis. MS changed the way I move through the world. It also deepened everything I know about what it means to truly meet your body where it is, to adapt without giving up, and to find strength in places you didn’t know you had it.
My chronic illness journey didn’t sideline me. It clarified my purpose. It is the reason I create adaptive wellness experiences, why I speak loudly about ableism in fitness spaces, and why I built the Rise Strong ecosystem — for everyone who has been told, directly or indirectly, that wellness wasn’t made for them.
you were born to rise.
I’m Rebeckah Price — a RYT 200 certified yoga instructor, meditation teacher, Nike Global Trainer, and the founder of irise yoga + wellness. My work sits at the intersection of adaptive fitness, chronic illness advocacy, and inclusive community building. I draw on my background in community development and engagement, my lived experience as a woman of colour, and my life with MS to create wellness spaces that are genuinely accessible — not just in theory, but in practice.
In 2013, I founded irise yoga + wellness to connect, promote, and foster the inclusion of people of colour and other historically marginalized groups in yoga and wellness spaces. That mission remains central to everything I do. I believe wellness is not a luxury, a performance, or a privilege — it is a right. And I have spent over a decade building programs, initiatives, and communities to make that belief real.
Living with MS has sharpened everything. It deepened my understanding of what the body needs when it is navigating something complex and unpredictable. It made me a better teacher, a more honest advocate, and eventually, a founder with a very specific mission. In 2025, I founded Rise Strong — a wellness ecosystem built specifically for people living with chronic illness, MS, disability, and other conditions that make traditional wellness feel inaccessible. Because after two decades in this industry, I kept seeing the same people left out of the room. And after years of sometimes being one of them, I decided to build a different room entirely.
My roots in Jamaica are not a footnote to my story — they are woven into how I understand healing, community, and what it means to take care of each other. Afro-indigenous wisdom, rest, and reciprocity are embedded in my approach to wellness, and in the work I’m doing to build The Well Long Bay, an accessible wellness sanctuary in Jamaica.
My work has been featured in Well+Good, Essence, Women’s Health, and The Cut. I have taught for Nike, Shopify, and Genuine Health, and delivered workshops and lectures at institutions including the University of Toronto and McMaster University. I served on the advisory council of New Leaf Foundation, which brought yoga and mindfulness programming to youth in underserved communities. I have partnered with MS Canada as a wellness advocate, and I speak at conferences and events on adaptive fitness, chronic illness, and inclusive wellness leadership.
When I’m not in the studio, on a mat, or building something new, you’ll find me courtside at one of my three sons’ basketball games, on a long walk in nature, or somewhere in Jamaica — hands in the earth, grounding myself in the place that has always brought me back to myself.