08/01/2024
If you're an early riser, join us for Ashtanga style yoga with Sarah Garaux this week. NO CHARGE for Jasper evacuees or First Responders. Please message us to receive the discount.
It can be difficult to maintain your practice through such turbulent times, we want to help ease this stress by providing an open space to show up for yourself and, hopefully, soothe your nervous system. Class details and more about Sarah is listed below.
BOOK ONLINE by following the link and choosing "Intro to Northaven" for your chosen dates.
LINK: https://journeynorthaven.com/scheduling
Class Time: 6:00am - 7:30am Open Practice Style (you are free to come and go during this time frame) The space will be free until 8:00am
Location: Northaven Retreat Center at the Yurt. We are located directly behind Folding Mountain Brewing. Follow the gravel road until you see the yurt (brown cylindrical tent) on your left. You can park in the lot directly ahead.
About Sarah:
For Sarah Garaux Ashtanga yoga was not a romantic love at first sight story that is so often talked about in the yoga world. On the contrary, there was very little love initially, but a strong underlying sense that this was very important and required deeper exploration before walking away. This intuition is what kept her getting on the mat day in and day out for those first few years. She found that the ritual of the early mornings, noble silence, mindful movements, a clean diet, self study and early bedtimes to be the exact formula needed to bring balance to her stressful and chaotic days as a high school English teacher.
Before yoga, Sarah was quite enthusiastic about the outdoors and fitness and had many adventures all over the US. This fun lifestyle also came with tight hips and knee issues. These obstacles can make Ashtanga even more challenging and also quite discouraging. She was forced to move slowly each day, to focus on her breath, to learn more about the hips and knees, and to work on extinguishing negative self talk. These obstacles were, in hindsight, the source of her most important lessons, and the things that have most shaped her teaching style.
Today, Sarah lives with her husband Marque and their Indian street dog Chai in northeast Ohio. She still teaches high school English, keeps a 6 day per week practice, and helps to maintain an 8 acre property complete with a yoga shala and a few rentals.
