More than just physical poses on a mat, yoga can be a profound path of self-realization. Lit from Within encourages readers to pursue yoga in its fullness, examining conscious and unconscious habits, connecting to our inner landscapes, and freeing us to relate to ourselves and our world with a sacred outlook.

Sarah helps readers relate to five levels of our human experience—physical, energetic, emotional, mental, and interpersonal. Each section offers an opportunity for self-inquiry and practices to fuel our growth, including yin yoga, meditation, emotional intelligence exercises like creating connection with an inner critic, and interpersonal dynamics drawn from the Internal Family Systems approach. Learning to recognize, reflect on, and at times re-direct these different levels of experience adds a vital dimension to the practice. The book draws on Sarah’s many years of practice and teaching, influenced by the rich tapestries of yin yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and psychology.

In these challenging times, Lit from Within offers a path to health, wholeness, and connection—from the inside out.

Book and digital audio now available from the following booksellers:

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Six sessions of teachings and meditations (Lojong Aphorisms 1-6) with Sarah Powers

In this series, join Sarah as she brings the teachings from Mahayana Buddhism called lojong, or mind training, which are pithy instructions for freeing constrictions of the heart and living with an awake mind.

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In Insight Yoga, Sarah presents her unique blend of Yin yoga, Vinyasa yoga, the meditation traditions of Buddhism, and Chinese medicine to create an energetic yet safe environment for profound inner exploration.

2 Yin yoga sequences (1 hour each) with commentaries on Buddhadharma and Chinese medicine
Vigorous Vinyasa sequence (1 hour)
Sun Salutation sequence (40 min)
Guided Savasana relaxation practice (10 min)
Guided meditation practice (30 min)

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Balancing Yin Energy: In Insight Yoga Earth, the emphasis is on enhancing the vitality in the Hara while encouraging strength and stability in our legs and abdomen.

A Practice Overview (9 min): A short presentation on the principles of Insight Yoga.
Practice 1: Grounding Down (55 min): Series of standing and balancing poses that encourage lower-body groundedness, followed by fluid movement to decongest stagnancy in the back and shoulders.
Practice 2: Spiraling the Universal Chi Down and In (31 min): Seated twists and core strengtheners that increase circulation along the spine and abdomen.
Shamata Meditation (20 min): Breath-focused meditation to develop a relaxed and stable quality of non-distracted attention.
Vipassana Meditation (18 min): Mindfulness practice to disengage from the habits of mental reactivity and develop an alert, inquisitive attitude leading to insight.

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In this 2-hour audio, Sarah leads us through the basic components of a Yin Yoga practice. Long held floor poses encourage and enhance the Qi or energy distribution through the Yin parts of the body, namely the bones and connective tissues that bind them. These mainly static postures coax Qi into the respective Meridians (the unseen riverbeds of energy the Qi travels through), thereby encouraging a kind of needle-less acupuncture treatment. This style of practice, done slowly and safely, nourishes the natural range of motion of the joints, which allows for more ease in sitting meditation postures. It also flushes the meridians housed in these connective tissues, which directly effect particular organs in the process.

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