One of my favourite mindfulness exercises is to put on a peaceful playlist and visualize moving through a physical yoga practice. I did this often during pregnancy, early postpartum, and times of sleeplessness, stress and injury. It has helped me feel connected to the practice and design sequencing when I couldn't use my body. I believe the relaxation response is powerful enough to mirror an actual physical practice.

I have been visualizing myself practicing yoga a lot lately. As some of you know, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July. I have since undergone a couple of surgeries and will start treatment soon.

My excellent medical team, loving family & friends, and this community have made me feel supported every step of the way. I am fortunate to be otherwise healthy and strong and have access to everything I need to heal. My prognosis is good, but as you can imagine, navigating the current challenges is quite disruptive and overwhelming.

I have gained incredible insight into myself, and the lessons I am learning will deeply inform my teaching forever. I have gratitude for this experience and understand that it is entirely transformative.

The universe has been as gentle as possible on me and my family throughout this time, due almost entirely to the outpouring of love, support, meals, offers to help, gifts, care and messages we have received. I read and cherish every one of your emails and messages, even though I cannot always reply. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Incredible subs are filling in for me while I am away. Please check out the schedule, and thank you for keeping our community going by attending classes and purchasing passes.

If you would like to support my virtual body of work, my On-Demand Library is stacked with a large variety of practices. These practices can be accessed through a monthly membership of $40/month. This gives you access to my entire On-Demand Library, meditation audios and an exclusive membership video library. Individual On-Demand classes may also be rented for one week at a time (prices vary by class).

I hope to see you soon,
Sara

PS A playlist for visualization, resting and practice.