Sarah Starnes began practicing Hatha Yoga when she was twelve, and has always been very connected to a spiritual path in life. She is an Anusara-inspired yoga instructor. Sarah has had many wonderful teachers including Sianna Sherman, John Friend, Darren Rhodes, Ross Rayburn, Billie Topa Tate, Ganga White, Mitchel Bleier, Paul Grilley, Doug Keller and Brent Miller. She has received advanced Hatha Yoga certifications through the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. She is also a certified Reiki Adept Master Teacher and Nomena Healer through the Mystical Sciences Institute in Evanston, IL. Sarah is currently working on becoming a Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, and her classes are very deeply influenced by this style of teaching. She has taught yoga in the city and suburbs of Chicago, as well as in Kauai and Italy.

Sarah's teaching explores the energetic subtleties of a yoga practice, along with anatomical alignment principles that are modified for each individual person, bringing music and a joyful creativity into the physical flow of postures. She brings a fun, blissful and compassionate energy to her classes, providing a safe and happy environment for students of all ages and levels of experience.

Sarah's passions include Anusara yoga, kirtan mantra and music, partner/acro yoga, tap dancing, rock climbing, horseback riding, writing songs and poetry, painting and exploring anything new to create, or learn and grow from.