Rebecca Eldridge trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (Jon Kabat-Zinn) and continues to study and practice mindfulness under the guidance and encouragement of her own meditation teacher, Pema Chödrön. She is currently completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training and has been trained as a Level 1 teacher of iRest®, an adaptation of the ancient practice of yoga nidra that has been approved by the Veteran’s Administration as treatment for P.T.S.D. Before beginning the studies and practice that led to her founding Hampton Roads Hypnosis & Meditation, LLC in 2007, she taught full-time at Christopher Newport University. Rebecca also serves as a Sentara Healthcare hospice volunteer.