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LIT FROM WITHIN
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.
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INSIGHT YOGA
In Insight Yoga, Sarah weaves the Yogic, Buddhist, and Taoist disciplines together to identify, open, and strengthen the various physical and psychological components of one’s experience – fostering a kinder, clearer and altogether healthier and more mature relationship to one’s self and others.
REVIEWS OF SARAH’S BOOKS
ONLINE COURSES
SARAH POWERS INSIGHT YOGA: OPENING THE MIND
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.
Purchase for $120 and stream anytime.
To purchase the chant featured in this class.
SARAH POWERS INSIGHT YOGA: Yin/Yang Asana, Inquiry + Mindfulness
Online Class – June 21, 2020 (Recorded by Triyoga)
Join Sarah for an enlivening integral practice designed to reconnect us with our home ground within our body, heart and mind. We will enjoy an emphasis on yin and yang backbends while also juicing the hips, followed by a meditation and gratitude practice on the five elements.
Purchase for $20 and stream anytime.
To purchase the chant featured in this class.
SARAH POWERS INSIGHT YOGA: Introduction to Meridians, Mindfulness and Yin Yoga Postures
In this online course, in collaboration with Sangha Live, we offer four filmed classes and four recorded corresponding interactive sessions to offer an introduction to Insight Yoga, with lifetime access.
• Module 1: Encourages energetic enhancement with Yin poses for the Kidney Qi mingled with the First Foundation of Mindfulness
• Module 2: Encourages energetic enhancement with Yin poses for the Liver Qi mingled with the Second Foundation of Mindfulness
• Module 3: Encourages energetic enhancement with Yin poses for the Spleen Qi and Pranayama, mingled with the Third Foundation of Mindfulness
• Module 4: Encourages energetic enhancement with Yin poses for the Lung and Heart Qi with Pranayama, mingled with the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
Register: USD $275
VIDEO
INSIGHT YOGA VIDEO (Streaming)
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)
INSIGHT YOGA HEAVEN VIDEO (Streaming)
Balancing Yang Energy: In Insight Yoga Heaven, the emphasis is on enhancing the vibrant Yang energy within our bodies, balancing this with a grounded, Yin-based practice.
A Practice Overview (9 min): A short presentation on the principles of Insight Yoga.
Practice 1: Strengthening the Lung Chi (65 min): Series of upper body poses, inversions, and yin backbends, with breath exercises and visualizations to strengthen the lungs and increase overall circulation and vitality.
Practice 2: Ground Support: Breathing into the Hara (45 min): Series of yin and yang postures practiced on our backs, nourishing the spine, hips, and abdomen.
Karuna Meditation (16 min): Guided compassion meditation using our mental and emotional obstacles as opportunities for developing sensitivity toward our vulnerabilities and an empathic connection with others.
INSIGHT YOGA EARTH VIDEO (Streaming)
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.
YIN & VINYASA VIDEO (Streaming)
In this 2 ½ hour class, Sarah guides us in a well-rounded practice of mindfulness of the body, heart and mind while reminding us of the essential balance between skillful means (action) and wisdom (insight into the nature of all things).
The first half is devoted to the Yin style with detailed descriptions of how and why to practice in this way. The second half is the more active style of moving from pose to pose while maintaining an awareness of our inner (breath and mind states) and outer (form and function) alignment.
AUDIO
YIN YOGA AUDIO (Streaming)
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.