Rebecca is a writer, teacher, and creative director with 20 years of experience telling stories, moving people (literally and figuratively), and collaborating with individuals and brands to create one-of-a-kind mind-body content and experiences.

Her best-selling book Do Your Om Thing was published in 2015 by HarperCollins. It was named one of “the top ten yoga and meditation books every yogi needs” by Yoga Journal and is used in teacher training programs around the world. Of the beloved resource that demystifies yoga philosophy, pioneer of the mindfulness movement Jon Kabat-Zinn said, “Rebecca Pacheco is a refreshing voice on the yoga scene, reminding us of what balance, flexibility, strength, humor, and yes, integrity and wisdom are all about.” HarperCollins will publish her second book of nonfiction, Still Life, on August 3, 2021. A personal essayist, Rebecca regularly contributes to the Boston Globe on a range of mind-body topics. Previously, she founded and wrote the award-winning blog, Om Gal (2008-2015), which was an early and beloved yoga and wellness website and the catalyst for Do Your Om Thing. A literary agent who followed the blog reached out. “I think you have a book in you,” she said. To which Rebecca responded, “I have forty pages. Please see the attached,” and she remembered to attach them.

Rebecca began teaching yoga on a ship while circumnavigating the globe in the spring of 2000. This was a bit of a fluke—the teaching yoga part not the ship part. She meant to board the ship through a study abroad program in college, largely because one of its ports of destination was India: yoga’s homeland. She did not exactly mean to teach yoga to one-hundred fellow students and faculty on the top deck multiple times a week while crossing the equator or being pitched over rough seas or observing dolphins in the distance, but it offered an unforgettable beginning. On land post-graduation, she rose quickly to become the rare combination of both the youngest and most experienced teacher at one of the highest profile yoga studios in the world. Then, she set forth in a new professional direction seeking greater creativity and agency. She wanted to write and soon made her mark in magazines, marketing, and other publishing adjacent or creative fields. She would later return to yoga on her own terms as one of the most sought-after teachers in the country working with students of all levels and walks of life: from Olympic swimmers to NBA players, world-class ballerinas to local firefighters, C-suite executives to students studying for final exams. She is the creator of the Runner’s World Yoga Center and multiple DVDs and video products for Runner’s World and Women’s Health magazines.

In her tenure as a marketing executive at Boston magazine, Rebecca worked with local, national, and international brands across multiple industries and platforms to create campaigns and strategies that innovated products, engaged audiences and customers, and created lasting impressions. Rebecca has also worked in education, directing the English curriculum for a nonprofit serving marginalized students in Dorchester, MA and more recently as a writing coach for students embarking on the college essay process.

Rebecca is a graduate of the University of Richmond, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and was president of the English Honor Society. She also concentrated in women’s studies (minor) as well as Eastern philosophy, for which she created an independent course in Buddhism in Contemporary Film and Literature under the tutelage of her advisor, Dr. Miranda Shaw. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT.

A longtime activist, Rebecca regularly supports organizations that focus on equality, educational equity, gun reform, reproductive justice, and protecting the environment.

She is a native of Cape Cod, MA and resident of Boston, where she lives with her husband Dan Fitzgerald and their daughter, Edith.