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While Sara has studied and practiced many styles of hatha yoga, she most resonates with a personalized approach that honors subtleties and links breath with movement. Her personal experience shows her that when yoga is adapted creatively and thoughtfully to the individual, joy and ease arise effortlessly.
The following words by one of Sara’s teachers encapsulate her approach to teaching yoga:
"Students have different starting points in practice, and unique goals and circumstances. We all want good health and sustaining energy. We'd like to release unwanted physical or mental tension. And we often come to yoga for peace, spiritual connection, or self-awareness.
But if the practice is to be appropriate, the methods of reaching these goals are as varied as we are as people. In the context of a full life, our intentions for practice usually change depending on our age, our psychology, our household commitments, and can even vary with the season or the time of day when we practice.
Despite the many styles of hatha yoga today, few are thoughtfully adapted to individual psychology and fitness. Personal practice is not a style or a brand. It is a restoration of yoga in an era of standardized practice. Sri T Krishnamacharya who founded this approach emphasized the principles of individualized teaching: "Desa'' (place), "Deha'' (constitution), "Kala'' (time), "Vritti'' (context of daily work and avocation), "Marga'' (interest) and "Shakti'' (capacity).
Personal practice is a progressive, breath-centered approach. It respects individual differences in age and health - and even in culture, spiritual beliefs, and temperament. Personal practice offers the student a positive synthesis of the physical improvements of yoga and psychological growth. The result is a much happier life."
Susanna Nicholson,
director of Union Yoga Loft, Charlottesville, VA
Sara teaches private, semi-private, and group classes. For more information, contact us at
info@fourmermaids.com.
With gratitude...
