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Join Sarah for an online 6-week Bhagavad Gīta Course 17 April - 22 May from 9:30-10:30 am on Wednesdays. Sarah goes into detail about how she has started chanting and studying the BG and why she wishes to share it with you all. This is an online course that is recorded, students are invited to join and receive the recordings later if they'd like. 75euro for the full 6-week course.
Sarah writes about her experience teaching in Ireland since 2020; what is the Irish yoga scene like? Do people love ashtanga yoga? Why aren’t more people practicing Intermediate Series, one that is complementary to Primary?
“The practice begs our attention because it is so difficult; like rock climbing, it isn’t very forgiving. You must work at it. You must give it the attention it deserves, or you will be robbing yourself of the joys of samadhi. This bliss or place of all knowing - also called “samadhi” or absorption of the self - this is what we are seeking each and every time we step on that mat.
How you get there yogi, that is your own travel itinerary! Remember that your travels plans may or may not be the same pathway as someone else; in fact your path of yoga is always different from someone else’s! Each and every one of your practices is a personalised treasure hunt where you go searching for the gold. We all have our maps! Yet is it really the gold that us yogis want?”
Sarah writes about her love-relationship of Garbha Pindāsana and adds why YOU should work sincerely in this posture for spinal health, in-utero wisdom and knowledge and clarity in the breath and bandhas. This post was written in 2012.
Sarah writes about how joining a community of yogis - whether in-shala or online will support your practice of ashtanga yoga.
“When I begin my practice, the breath starts the show. I watch and listen to the secrets of the bandhas and the breath and I notice how my thoughts support this orchestra. I slowly wake up my internal world and begin to watch and pray to my outer world. Most important, I am filled with gratitude each and every time I get on the mat, not expecting anything other than being present in what takes shape”
Sarah shares how becoming a parent has changed her practice and how it has revealed much more about herself, than any yoga practice has.
Sarah Durney Hatcher shares a little about coming back to a practice when one has taken a break...what gets us returning to our mats? It is the pulse of the practice, that healthy memory of wellness and health that often gets us back on track...
Are you a practitioner that has a ten-year practice burning at both ends? Are you firing away at it every day till it comes to a stop like an old car making noises when it is parked? Or are you smoothing out your practices daily, making them last a long time, and finishing each practice with ease and restoration?
Sarah writes about what happens when we forget why we started yoga in the first place: we either trash talk it and break it down or we quit altogether. "Today I want to share how a few of my friends have just stopped practicing entirely this past year - full stop as they have had enough with the intensity of a regular practice."
Sarah offers a detailed prescription on how to take daily practice. Purposeful practice, one that is varied and changes from day to day. The guidelines shared are from Sarah’s experience of practicing for the past twenty years.
Sarah shares what to expect post baby and how to get back on the mat safely. She details specific asanas to practice and work on to build the strength and stamina, health and mental wellness back after childbirth.