Yoga found Sara years ago, in a very unconventional way: while living and working abroad in Italy, she was transfixed by the Italian way of life. Healthy, organic foods, choosing family and relationships over work and stress, and finding pleasure in the simplest things. It wasn’t until a very enlightened friend introduced Sara to Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) on a Tuscan beach that the connection between the physical, challenging practice of yoga and living in peace with yourself became apparent.

Sara returned to the U.S. to finish her degrees in Journalism and Italian at Syracuse University, eventually finding herself in a regular yoga practice. A wanderlust traveler at heart, she spent a brief summer in San Francisco practicing at Mission Yoga. When she and her husband finally found themselves settling down in Manhattan four years ago, Sara became certified to teach through YogaWorks under esteemed senior teachers Chrissy Carter and Jodie Rufty. A lifelong athlete, Sara’s teaching style is heavily influenced by the meditative, fluid movements of Ashtanga yoga. She continues to deepen her knowledge by studying Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, and the works of Sally Kempton and Judith Lasater.

Sara’s vision is to make yoga accessible and enjoyable. To truly practice yoga is to commit to a sacred, life-long transformation of your awareness. As Judith Lasater says in Living Your Yoga, “practice, then, can be understood as a willingness to return to the reality of this very moment, that is, to observe with dispassion and clarity exactly what is—right now.”