Sarah Jane Shangraw is a Boston-based mindfulness educator, Insight Yoga teacher, and end-of-life doula who guides individuals and groups in somatic and contemplative self-inquiry practices that alleviate stress, cultivate wisdom and compassion, and result in wholeness and connectedness.
Sarah Jane studied religion at Boston University, has a master's degree in communications, and has completed several certifications and trainings in mind-body practices and therapies. In 2018 she was endorsed to teach Insight Yoga by its founder, Sarah Powers, and recently graduated from a 2-year meditation teacher training with psychologists and Buddhist teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. She is engaged in ongoing learning and practice in Early Buddhism, and ongoing training in Somatic Experiencing, a method for processing trauma. She is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and holds Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 and YACEP designations.
Sarah Jane considers herself a life-long student of human nature. Recently she has been leaning into how the Buddhist view of the heart-mind supports the uncovering of our unconscious biases, and how the body's intelligence can help heal traumas that result from living in a deeply unjust society.
In addition to her classes, courses, and coaching, she provides continuing education to yoga teachers in the areas of meditation and self-inquiry. Sarah Jane also teaches corporate workers through the wellness tech company Studio BE, and incarcerated women as part of Prison Yoga Project.
Prior to the pandemic, Sarah Jane taught in the Massachusetts state prison for women. The students and their community live with chronic stress in a prison that has been proven toxic to their health. Please join Sarah Jane in supporting organizations working on clemency and decarceration of women and girls, including the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Families for Justice as Healing.
Sarah Jane studied religion at Boston University, has a master's degree in communications, and has completed several certifications and trainings in mind-body practices and therapies. In 2018 she was endorsed to teach Insight Yoga by its founder, Sarah Powers, and recently graduated from a 2-year meditation teacher training with psychologists and Buddhist teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. She is engaged in ongoing learning and practice in Early Buddhism, and ongoing training in Somatic Experiencing, a method for processing trauma. She is a member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and holds Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 and YACEP designations.
Sarah Jane considers herself a life-long student of human nature. Recently she has been leaning into how the Buddhist view of the heart-mind supports the uncovering of our unconscious biases, and how the body's intelligence can help heal traumas that result from living in a deeply unjust society.
In addition to her classes, courses, and coaching, she provides continuing education to yoga teachers in the areas of meditation and self-inquiry. Sarah Jane also teaches corporate workers through the wellness tech company Studio BE, and incarcerated women as part of Prison Yoga Project.
Prior to the pandemic, Sarah Jane taught in the Massachusetts state prison for women. The students and their community live with chronic stress in a prison that has been proven toxic to their health. Please join Sarah Jane in supporting organizations working on clemency and decarceration of women and girls, including the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Families for Justice as Healing.
