MEDIA COVERAGE
“The music was low and soothing and a local teacher named Sara Phelan led the class with the kind of voice that could talk a kindergarten class down from a sugar rush. Yin is by definition a quiet class, the postures designed to be held for a very long time as muscles relax and open. Ms. Phelan told the class that Yin is her favorite yoga because it involves the willingness to look within. ‘All the answers are there,’ she said. ‘The past is just a memory, and the future just a thought. There is only now.’ In that minute, everything seemed to make sense…”
— Lynn Zinser, At Hawaii Resort, Yoga by Day, Party by Night; New York Times
“Sara, who began her yoga journey in India at the age of three, says the first step is to get still. ‘It is often the last thing I want to do, and that is when I know I need it the most,’ she says. From the simple yet profound act of taking a pause, closing the eyes, getting out of the business of the everyday hustle, one can then choose mindfully which restorative practices feel most resonate. For Sara, yoga nidra, journaling, and meditation are go-to medicines in times of duress.”