Hi, I'm Sarah!
Forest Bathing Guide · Brain Longevity® Specialist* · Mindfulness Practitioner · Instinctive Meditation Guide · 700-Hour Yoga Teacher · Cognitive Psych Nerd
Washington DC
I've been the caregiver, the patient, and the student. Now I'm the guide.
​I am a lifelong educator and perpetual student, weaving ancient wisdom together with modern neuroscience to offer tailored support for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. My training is broad, my personal practice is deep, and my approach is refreshingly real.
Like so many women in their 40s, I know what it feels like to be running on empty.
Stress. Anxiety. The unsettling realization that your mind and body are no longer on speaking terms. I've lived through it — navigating trauma, chronic disease, and the particular exhaustion that comes with trying to hold everything together. My 30-year yoga practice isn't just professional credentialing. It's survival, transformation, and ultimately, the foundation of everything I teach.
I know firsthand that mindfulness, meditation, and movement can reunite all aspects of a person — building resilience, empowering action, and making the world feel a little brighter. It happened for me, and I'm here to help it happen for you.
It started with my grandmother.
​As a child, I helped my mother care for my grandmother and great-aunt, both of whom lived with Alzheimer's Disease. That early, emotional experience sparked a lifelong investigation into how humans think, age, and evolve — and, perhaps selfishly, how to protect my own brain from the same fate.
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That curiosity led me to a Master's in Cognitive Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, where my National Institutes of Health–funded research explored healthy and cognitively impaired aging.
Today, as a certified Brain Longevity® Specialist through the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation™, I have access to the latest research on how yoga and integrative medicine support brain health and healthy aging. My gift? Translating the most complex studies into practices my clients can actually use.
I had never felt more relaxed in my entire life.
I stumbled into my first Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) session in 2022 and everything clicked. The camping trips I craved during stressful stretches, the hours spent sitting beside local bodies of water, the inexplicable relief I felt in the trees – suddenly, it all made sense.
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I dove into a rigorous certification program with The Forest Bathing Institute — a research, training, and advocacy organization dedicated to the health benefits of practicing mindfulness in nature — so I could share that profound exhale with others. It is now one of the cornerstones of my practice.
Science and soul aren't separate.
My approach lives at the intersection of research and embodied wisdom. As a 700-hour Registered Yoga Instructor trained in Hatha, Vinyasa, and Kundalini yoga, Instinctive Meditation®, and Shinrin-Yoku, I bring a robust, diverse toolkit to every client I work with. I am a trauma-informed guide who is also Mental Health First Aid certified and Wilderness First Aid certified.
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Whether you're navigating perimenopause, managing anxiety, protecting your brain for the long haul, or simply craving more presence in your daily life, I meet you exactly where you are — with warmth, rigor, and just enough humor to remind you that you don't have to do any of this perfectly.
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You just have to begin.
*Brain Longevity®, 4 Pillars of Alzheimer's Prevention®, Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention FoundationTM are registered trademarks of the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation and Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD. Trademarks used under license.
**Instinctive Meditation is the registered trademark of the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation and property of Camille Maurine and Lorin Roche.