Sarah Jane shares Buddhist, yogic, and psycho-spiritual methods to meet the stress of modern times and engender inner freedom at any stage of life. In classes, coaching, and courses her teaching is trauma-informed, inspired by nature, and motivated by the idea that the more at home we are in ourselves, the more skillfully we engage in the wider world.
Sarah Jane has degrees in religion and journalism, and over the years has completed several certifications and trainings in mind-body practices and therapies. She is endorsed to teach Insight Yoga (mindfulness, compassion, and psycho-spiritual methods interwoven with yoga) by its co-founder, Sarah Powers. Additionally she is certified to facilitate mindfulness meditation through a 2-year teacher training with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Sarah Jane engages in ongoing learning and practice in Theravaden and Vajrayana Buddhism, and trains in Somatic Experiencing, a body-based method for processing trauma, and in Internal Family Systems therapy. She is interested in how practice supports uncovering unconscious bias, and how body intelligence can heal traumas that result from living in a deeply unjust society.
From 2019-2021 Sarah Jane co-hosted Skillful Means Podcast with Jennifer O'Sullivan. Its first 50 episodes feature discussions and practices to enrich and expand yoga practice and teaching. She offers continuing education to yoga teachers in the areas of meditation and self-inquiry, teaches corporate workers through the well-being tech company Studio BE, and offers training in yoga and mindfulness to incarcerated women as part of the Massachusetts Prison Yoga Teachers Group.
Sarah Jane is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and a Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).
Sarah Jane has degrees in religion and journalism, and over the years has completed several certifications and trainings in mind-body practices and therapies. She is endorsed to teach Insight Yoga (mindfulness, compassion, and psycho-spiritual methods interwoven with yoga) by its co-founder, Sarah Powers. Additionally she is certified to facilitate mindfulness meditation through a 2-year teacher training with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Sarah Jane engages in ongoing learning and practice in Theravaden and Vajrayana Buddhism, and trains in Somatic Experiencing, a body-based method for processing trauma, and in Internal Family Systems therapy. She is interested in how practice supports uncovering unconscious bias, and how body intelligence can heal traumas that result from living in a deeply unjust society.
From 2019-2021 Sarah Jane co-hosted Skillful Means Podcast with Jennifer O'Sullivan. Its first 50 episodes feature discussions and practices to enrich and expand yoga practice and teaching. She offers continuing education to yoga teachers in the areas of meditation and self-inquiry, teaches corporate workers through the well-being tech company Studio BE, and offers training in yoga and mindfulness to incarcerated women as part of the Massachusetts Prison Yoga Teachers Group.
Sarah Jane is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and a Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).
In addition to annual silent meditation retreats with venerable teachers, here is a selection of experiences that have influenced Sarah Jane's practice, teaching, and life.
Academic Degrees
Certifications and Trainings
Selection of Programs Completed in Buddhadharma, trauma, anti-racism, end of life, and more
Member, International Mindfulness Teachers Association
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), Yoga Alliance
- 1998: Master's degree, Journalism, Syracuse University
- 1995: Bachelor's degree, Religion, Boston University
Certifications and Trainings
- Ongoing: Somatic Experiencing Professional Certificate Training with Somatic Experiencing International
- 2022: Deepening Level dharma teacher training with Sarah and Ty Powers of the Insight Yoga Institute
- 2022: Hospice Volunteer Training Course with Care Dimensions Hospice and Palliative Care
- 2021: Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification (MMTCP) with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
- 2019: End-of-Life Doula Professional Certification with the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
- 2018: 500-hour Insight Yoga Institute Certification and Endorsement from Sarah Powers
- 2012: 100-hour Yin/Yang/Mindfulness Teacher Training with Sarah Powers
- 2010: 500-hour Art of Yoga Teaching Certification with Barbara Benagh
- 2008: 200-hour YogaWorks Teacher Training Certification with Natasha Rizopoulos
Selection of Programs Completed in Buddhadharma, trauma, anti-racism, end of life, and more
- 2022: Early Buddhist Meditation Year of Retreats with Bhikkhu Analayo (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)
- 2021: A Year to Live, based on the work of Stephen Levine (InsightLA)
- 2021: The Dharma of Being Anti-Racist course (Spirit Rock)
- 2020: Satipatthana Practice Course with the Venerable Bhikkhu Analayo (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)
- 2020: Internal Family Systems Online Circle training (IFS Institute)
- 2020: Mindfulness in Caregiving (San Francisco Zen Hospice)
- 2018: Dismantling White Feminism (Anti-Racism Collaborative)
- 2018: Mindfulness-Based Trauma-Sensitive Teacher Training (Prison Yoga Project)
- 2018: Waking Up Together, Moving Toward Freedom anti-racist exploration (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)
- 2017: Exploring White Awareness (John Bell and Lillian Fuchs)
Member, International Mindfulness Teachers Association
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), Yoga Alliance