meet Dr. Sarah
Sarah is a cognitive scientist, yoga and meditation instructor, Reiki Master, life coach, and perhaps the most enthusiastic student you'll ever meet.
She has spent the last 25 years studying human cognition, behavior, and spirituality through both psychological and yogic lenses. She earned her PhD in Cognitive Sciences from Georgia State University in 2013, and in the same year completed her 200-hour yoga teacher certification. After several years of teaching yoga throughout the US and abroad, Sarah went on to become a Reiki practitioner, life coach, and most recently, a personal trainer.
Each time she followed the call of her spirit, the next doorway to her own healing — and to her healing skillset — opened. One step naturally led to the next, and now she has coalesced those skills into a full-service holistic business aimed at serving the whole person.
From physical strengthening through personal training and yoga, to mental and emotional balance through yoga, meditation, and breathwork, to diving even deeper to create equilibrium in the nervous system and energy bodies through Reiki and restorative yoga, and finally to bringing behavior, habits, and life choices into alignment through life and wellness coaching, Sarah has the expertise and experience to help you evolve into your healthiest, most integrated, and most abundant Self.
When Sarah is not analyzing data or moving around on her yoga mat, she can be found advocating for clean water policies with the Surfrider Foundation, or hanging out among the sand and waves with her joyful pup, Moonstar.
Ethics Principles
My work in the community is based on these 5 principles.
RADICAL AUTHENTICITY
I commit to being transparent about who I am, what I believe, and how I live.
DEVOTION & CONSISTENCY
I commit to showing up to my practice and this lineage each and every day, as I have for the last 21 years, and will continue to development my understanding and education of this path (basically, forever).
DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY
I believe that this path and its teachings are for everybody and every body. I commit to teaching classes and creating content that reaches humxns across diverse economic strata and that means offering both free and affordable pricing.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
I commit to living my yoga on and off the mat, which includes educating myself on the ways in which trauma and systems of injustice impact the humxn experience, benefitting some while harming others.
ROOTED IN SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
I commit to a cultivating a deep understanding of the Science of Yoga, and aim to create content that adheres to the basic scientific principles. My content will be research-based, fully-informed, valid, and reliable. Furthermore, I commit to being transparent in the reporting of any data that I gather and the effects and outcomes of the programming I offer.