Sarah
Sarah found yoga almost 2 decades ago as a way to balance her active lifestyle and as an outlet to being a mother to (at the time) four young kids. Fast forward to today, Sarah is an E-RYT 500 teacher and still loves the balance yoga offers to her outdoor adventures and managing a busy family life. Her kids have gotten much older, but she still feels like a kid herself as you will often find her upside down, standing on her hands and head as much as possible throughout her personal practice. Through her own journey of personal injury, Sarah has learned to modify her physical practice and has developed a keen sense of body awareness and safe movement to help heal and strengthen the weak areas, and also prevent future injury. Yoga and meditation have taught her patience and acceptance through the process. Sarah teaches a powerful, playful and intuitive vinyasa style class, reading the energy of the students and connecting with them in a way that provides a unique flow each class she leads. Along with her Ashtanga-based vinyasa education, she also has been trained in and experienced with teaching various styles such as meditation and restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, yoga for trauma and addiction recovery, and corporate yoga, naming a few. She truly feels that you need to keep moving and doing what you love to be able to enjoy life to its fullest.
Sarah instructs the following:
- Hot Vinyasa
- Rocket Yoga
Hot Vinyasa, is what you think of when you think "Hot Yoga", also called "flow yoga". Hot Vinyasa is a breath-centered practice in our infrared hot yoga room, varying between 95-105 degrees of infrared heat, so you get ALL the health benefits of an infrared sauna in addition to all the benefits of yoga. The sequences vary in the types of poses done, how long they are held, and difficulty of the class. All levels are welcome and encouraged to practice at the student's own level, as teachers will offer different variations to poses. Movements are cued by the breath, and designed to flow seamlessly and intuitively, making this a fun and lively class, and our most popular form of hot yoga.
Rocket Yoga is a modification of the traditional Ashtanga Yoga as an attempt to make it more accessible to western practitioners. The name was given by Bob Weir of ‘The Grateful Dead’ band because he thought Rocket Yoga was quick and easy and "gets you there faster". It is a dynamic and invigorating style of yoga that combines traditional Ashtanga yoga with elements of creative vinyasa yoga flow consisting of Sun Salutations, standing poses, balances, seated poses, twists, and bends. Throughout the practice there are challenges and opportunities to strengthen the core and also work on more advanced variations of poses and transitions, arm balances and inversions in a playful and safe environment. The class is accompanied by upbeat and energetic music to keep the energy high and support students to maintain a steady pace throughout the practice, and create a more casual and fun vibe. Students can skip any pose throughout the sequence or find easier ways to practice it instead of rigidly sticking to the pattern. Therefore, Rocket Yoga has become widely accessible to all, as a smooth process of breath and movement. It may look like a purely physical process, but it helps clear your mind as well. The full Rocket class is 90 minutes, Rocket Express is 60 minutes. Both classes meet in the non-heated yoga room.