Our Mission
At Balance Botanics, we believe wellness is a journey of continuous growth. More than just a yoga studio, we are a living lab where the art of movement, the science of alignment, and the beauty of nature intersect. Nestled in a serene environment, we offer a space designed to nurture your body, mind, and spirit.
The Studio
Balanced Botanics specializes in Yoga Wall classes designed to deepen your practice by harnessing the power of gravity and traction. These thoughtfully guided sessions support restoration, strength, and alignment offering profound benefits for back and spine health, prenatal care, and overall body awareness. Alongside mindful movement, breath work, and nervous system–supportive practices, our studio is a sanctuary where you can slow down, restore vitality, and reconnect with your body.
Our vision is to offer a truly holistic space where you can thrive inside and out. Through yoga, breath work, and intentional practices, we invite you to cultivate balance, resilience, and presence. Each offering is designed to support your well-being in a way that feels grounded, sustainable, and deeply personal.
Balanced Botanics is more than a place to practice it’s a community, a sanctuary, and a space where you’re invited to grow at your own pace, with every breath, stretch, and moment of awareness.
Meet the Instructors
Founder & Lead Instructor
Jesa Simpkins
Jesa is a 500 RYT specializing in therapeutic movement and Yoga Wall therapy, with a passion for helping people move better, feel stronger, and reconnect with their bodies. With over 20 years of experience in yoga, dance, Pilates, aerial arts, and functional movement, she integrates evidence-informed movement practices to help clients reduce pain, restore mobility and build resilience for everyday life.
Her approach is rooted in the belief that movement is medicine. Every class is thoughtfully designed to improve functional movement, enhance posture and alignment, increase mobility, and develop lasting strength in a way that is safe, sustainable, and accessible for every body.
Jesa specializes in one-on-one therapeutic sessions, where every program is personally curated to meet each client's unique movement patterns, health history, and goals. Whether recovering from an injury, preventing future injuries, managing chronic pain, improving athletic performance, or supporting healthy aging, every session begins with a comprehensive movement assessment and evolves into an individualized plan that restores efficient movement, addresses imbalances, and builds a stronger, more resilient body.
As the founder of Balanced Botanics, Jesa has created a living lab for movement, healing and growth. She is dedicated to empowering every client through education, therapeutic movement and mindful practice, helping them cultivate greater strength, resilience, confidence and connection both in the studio and throughout everyday life.
Instructor
Rachel Weinberg
Rachel’s journey into yoga began with a fascination for the way the human body moves and breathes. Beyond the physical, she was drawn to the stillnes, the quiet refuge yoga offers in a world that rarely pauses. Years of exploring books and classes across the U.S. eventually led her to teachers who helped her deepen her practice in ways she hadn’t imagined. She completed the Advanced Studies Teacher Training Program, and with that inspiration, began exploring how yoga could nurture the physical body while reminding us of the steady, unshakable essence at the heart of who we are.
Blending her passion for yoga with her work as a gifted massage therapist, Rachel traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to earn her certification as an advanced practitioner and teacher of Thai Yoga Massage from the International School of Thai Massage.
In 2010, pregnancy transformed her relationship with yoga. The experience of carrying, birthing, and caring for her daughter brought new depth to her understanding of the body and its natural cycles. Inspired by this transition, Rachel specialized in prenatal and “Mom & Baby” yoga for several years. Over time, she came to see how every stage of life, whether joyous, challenging, or somewhere in between, invites us to shift, adapt, and discover new ways to replenish ourselves. From this wisdom grew her deeply nurturing method of restorative yoga, Ultimate Restorative Yoga, a practice designed to soothe the nervous system and support overall well-being.
Today, Rachel teaches with a strong emphasis on alignment, breath, and intelligent movement. Her classes offer a space to open the body, soften the heart, and cultivate authentic connection. Drawing from her massage therapy background, she gently guides students into the subtle, internal layers of their practice where true connection begins.