welcome to narrative threads: from breathe to pen ~ i’m so glad you’re here
my name is sarah and i’m a teaching artist, narrative medicine practitioner, and yoga instructor. wherever you find me, i’m always interested in the story under the story, and in the ways we write our way home.
i work in the space in between the artist and the yoga studio, considering how both are creative sites of corporeal process, practice and possibility—from breath to pen, mat to page.
a little more about me—i’ve come to know myself through illness narratives. some of my own, others of my making, and a few that began long before i was born. these are the stitches of my story. they have accompanied me throughout my journeys from islands to India, and all the many rooms in between. but also writing. there has always been writing.
stories have become my process to heal
growing up, i was always the “sick kid.” diagnosed with asthma and scoliosis, just to name a few. disease and discomfort became my shell of separation, the only space i knew to embody. i came to believe i was broken and needed other people to fix me, to take care of me.
still, sometimes it is only through our darkness, we come to know our capacity and to learn a new way to be ... . ..
the practices of yoga and writing became my path: to entrust my body and establish my voice. to be fierce, not fragile. to turn my seeming stumbling blocks into my greatest stepping stones. to find my words, through pose and prose. it’s taken me a lifetime, but this is what i’ve learned:
a diagnosis isn’t the end of the story, it’s merely the beginning of naming oneself
rather than having a doctor take our history, we can allow our experiences to become the invitation to inhale deeply, and feel the cold press of the stethoscope against our chest. we can probe the story, and get to know what is wound within our wounds.
to find our capacity to heal—to receive ourselves in wonder
i’ve tugged and teased my narrative threads and rather than be my unraveling, these stitches have become a gracious weave. so join me and together we can recover through story. so many stories… . ..
Why Subscribe?
twice a month i write an essay about something i want to invite closer and explore—i write from my experience and what I have learned along the way in all the messiness and the majesty of this thing called life. about showing up finding oneself and falling in love on the other side of divorce and addiction.
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receive resources—books, films, recipes, podcasts, essays—the things that inspire me. You’ll be in good company—together we’ll converse, listen and learn from one another be the first to know about my work as it evolves and grows
Want to know a little more about me?
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Asha Sanakar for her newsletter, Let Your Life Speak (which I highly recommend)! You can check it out here.
More ways to work together:
Join me on Monhegan Island, ten miles off the coast of Maine for my annual writing + meditation retreat ~ learn more here
From the artist studio to the yoga studio, I offer creative ways to get to know yourself and your unique offerings, including mentorship + coaching, writing + editorial services, and workshop facilitation.
