Sara Rhinelander | Yoga
I love to teach yoga because I know how much this lifetime practice has healed, elevated and enriched every aspect of my being over the past three decades. I love simultaneously sharing and learning from my students. Yoga teaches us how to have agency, autonomy and sovereignty, as we take responsibility for ourselves and what we contribute to the world. Yoga is a practice of uncovering the edges of our knowing. Once one edge dissolves, there is another right there waiting. It is a lifetime practice because you never run out of edges. Yoga is how you show up in every situation. It can provide the tools, means and freedom to infinitely transcend any limits we may have thought we had.
When I was not able to go to the physical space and practice with the studio community that I taught in and practiced with, for almost a decade; my practice was replaced by delving deep into self-inquiry, reflection and having to be accountable for my own personal practice without the support of the community that I was accustomed to for so long. I believe we need both of these things. The true work of yoga happens in the depths of self-exploration through surrender and acceptance of what is. Yoga is arriving at the truth of who we really are… the core of which happens internally. Our yoga community encourages all of that through fellowship, Inspiration and camaraderie and I believe the individual and collective experiences are both important. Yoga is a path to what is real and eternal within each one of us… It is everywhere and in everything.
When my students leave class I want them to feel refreshed, rinsed out, and ready for anything they may encounter as they step back into their life. I teach that there is no one right way to do anything, but rather it’s about being curious, discovering what’s needed in each and every situation and being courageous enough to show up. I encourage them to listen to their own intuition and to what their teachers have to offer, ultimately choosing what is best for them through each breath, each posture and each transition… every time they arrive on their mat.