certifications

In addition to a more than a decade of 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

1998: Master's degree, Journalism and Communications, Syracuse University
1995: Bachelor's degree, Religion, Boston University

Select Teacher Trainings

2021: 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
2018: 500-hour Insight Yoga Institute Teacher Certification and Endorsement by 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

Recent Trainings in somatics, Buddhism, trauma, anti-racism, and more

2021: Somatic Experiencing Training, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (ongoing)
2021: A Year to Live with InsightLA, death/life contemplation based on the work of Peter Levine (ongoing)
2020: Satipatthana Meditation with the Venerable Bhikku Analayo/Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
2020: Internal Family Systems Online Circle, Internal Family Systems Institute
2020: Mindfulness in Caregiving with San Francisco Zen Hospice
2019: End-of-Life Doula Professional Certification, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
2018: Dismantling White Feminism with Anti-Racism Collaborative
2018: Mindfulness-Based Trauma-Sensitive Teacher Training with Prison Yoga Project
2018: Waking Up Together, Moving Toward Freedom, anti-racist exploration at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
2017: Exploring White Awareness, anti-racist exploration with John Bell and Lillian Fuchs

Member, International Mindfulness Teachers Association
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), Yoga Alliance