Rachel ross

Connect What fuels your passion for health and fitness?

Health and fitness are a spiritual practice for me. Moving my body is how I cultivate awareness, discipline, and devotion to growth. The physical awareness I have cultivated is like a compass. Each challenge teaches me how to stay present through discomfort, trust the process, and be fully present in the process, rather than striving for arrival. The strength I build physically becomes clarity, resilience, and alignment in how I live.

What’s your favorite way to train or stay fit?

I love the Culver City stairs—I call it my ascension. I love the burn in my legs and lungs, the challenge of steps that are all different heights, and the moments when my mind tries to intervene and I push past the mental chatter. With every climb, my mood lifts, my heart rate rises, and my consciousness expands all at once.

What would you do with $20,000?

would invest in myself by building an online platform offering a subscription to workouts, nourishing recipes, and Ayurvedic wisdom. I would also dedicate part of the funds to furthering my education, because learning energizes me in a way that ripples across every layer of my life and deepens the work I share with others.