Our Approach

Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar teachings. Sarah feels that enlivening the physical and pranic bodies, as well as learning to open to our emotional difficulties is paramount for preparing one to deepen and nourish insights into one's essential nature--a natural state of awareness. She draws from her studies in Transpersonal Psychology, as well as her in-depth training in the Vipassana, Tantric and Dzogchen practices of Buddhism. She is co-founder of Metta Journeys, a service oriented organization that offers yoga retreats internationally to help women and children in developing countries. She also teaches trainings and silent retreats with her husband Ty. They live with their teen-age daughter Imani-Jade in Marin, California. She is author of the upcoming book Insight Yoga: Integrating Yin/Yang Yoga and Buddhist Meditation.

Ty Powers has been a yoga practitioner since 1987, facilitating and leading yoga and meditation retreats throughout the world, with his wife, international yoga and mindfulness teacher, Sarah Powers. Ty has been practicing Buddhism for many years, the last 8 under the guidance of Dzogchen teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche, as well as many of the Spirit Rock teachers, most notably, Ajahn Amaro, having completed Spirit Rock's 2 1/2 year Community Dharma Leader training program in 2003. Ty teaches daylongs at Spirit Rock on issues concerning cultural diversity.

Retreats:

Yoga & Psychospiritual Inquiry Retreat
The Land of Medicine Buddha
Santa Cruz, CA
June 19-25, 2008

Thailand Retreat
Tao Gardens Resort
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Dec 12-22, 2008

Classes:

Moving into Meditation
Summer Non-Residential Intensive
Deer Run Zendo
Marin, CA
August 4th-8th 2008

Please check our schedule for classes offered through partnering yoga studios, websites and other organizations.

DVDs & CDs:

Yin & Vinyasa Yoga Practice DVD

Yin Yoga Double CD Set (Audio)

Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers

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