Sarah Stanley

When did you start practicing yoga, and when did you begin teaching?
I started practicing yoga 18 years ago while recovering from a knee injury and since then I have been surfing through many schools and styles, finally arriving to Vinyasa as my regular practice. I have been teaching movement classes since 2011 and began officially teaching yoga in 2025.

What does yoga mean to you?
Yoga helps me to cultivate the quality of awareness and presence in my life. It is a way to bring my attention to things I might otherwise miss or take for granted, a way to harness my thoughts, direct my intention and find clarity in body and mind. It’s a way of bringing the fullness of myself into the present moment through intentional practice.

What is the best part about being a yoga teacher?
The best part of being a yoga teacher is seeing a student’s understanding of themselves crack open into a new state of expansion. Being able to facilitate the learning process and to witness new information landing and taking root in the body is such a gift.

What is your favorite asana or breathing practice, and why?
My favorite breathing practice is Brahmari breath. I love how humming vibrations can echo through the bone structure and clarify the image and sensation of my own body from the inside and how, as a group, we create a tangible shift in our shared space through using our voices, together.

What training or education do you have?
I completed my 200hr yoga teacher certification with Frog Lotus Yoga under the instruction of Vidya Heisel and Lisa Dunn. I an Advanced Practitioner and Movement teacher of the Ilan Lev Method, a Reiki practitioner and I have a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance from SUNY Purchase.