Renee Watkins

Renee Watkins is a certified yoga instructor, Reiki II practitioner, and founder of multiple businesses dedicated to holistic wellness and community engagement. After graduating in November 2014 from Kali Yuga Yoga’s rigorous 200-hour teacher training program as the institution’s first African American female student, Renee Watkins immediately leveraged this significant accomplishment to establish RW Yoga. Through RW Yoga, Watkins pioneered accessible yoga instruction, specifically designing and implementing programs to serve individuals in low-income families. Her foundational experience at Kali Yuga Yoga deeply underscored the profound physical and mental benefits of yoga, inspiring her mission to widely disseminate these transformative practices, emphasizing the cultivation of discipline, openness, and internal growth within diverse communities.

Building on this initial entrepreneurial success and her dedication to community engagement, Watkins founded Watkins Productions LLC in September 2016. This dynamic event company emerged directly from her extensive prior experience in curating fashion shows and hosting impactful cyphers, enabling her to expand her influence in professional event management and cultural programming. Further demonstrating her unwavering commitment to holistic well-being, Watkins strategically entered the crucial birth services sector by establishing Your Grace Birth Services. This specialized venture followed her comprehensive training as a doula with the esteemed Homeland Heart Birth and Wellness Collection and her completion of prenatal yoga teacher training under Jennifer Derryberry Mann of Nurture Nashville.

This guiding principle has enabled her to cultivate a strong reputation for consistency, unwavering dedication, and a genuine desire to empower and uplift others across her diverse professional fields, making her a highly sought-after leader in holistic wellness and community development.