Sari Bouret

Sari Andersen Bouret (E-RYT 500 hours) has been a certified yoga teacher for more than 20 years.  A compassionate, inspiring, and highly-skilled yoga teacher, she is dedicated to empowering her students in cultivating a safe and rejuvenating practice. She encourages students to find an internal mirror, rather than looking outside for a clear reflection.   A lover of music, dance, poetry and art, Sari infuses her teaching with creative energy and a playfulness to explore.

Sari began her intensive study of yoga at the age seventeen with Rod Stryker in whose class she first discovered the inner clarity and harmony that arises when the mind, body and soul are united through the breath.   “I discovered this abundant, bliss-filled space that exists effortlessly and naturally when the ripples of the mind become quiet.  This awareness began my lifelong love affair with Yoga and meditation.”

Sari completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Yoga Works in 1992 with mentors Erich Schiffman and Rod Stryker, and immediately began teaching. She soon became an established teacher at Yoga Works, host to many world renowned teachers.  She continued to dive full heartedly into her own practice, studying in depth with many great teachers including Chuck Miller, Richard Freeman, Tim Miller, Paul Grilley, Pauli Zink, Gary Kraftow, Ramanand Patel, Gabriella Giubilaro, Aadil Palkhivala  & Lisa Walford.   She taught alongside and practiced with other budding teachers, such as Shiva Rae, Sarah Power’s, Max Strom, Sean Corn, Saul David Raye & Bryan Kest.   She was also part of a small group of yogis who worked closely with Paul Grilley as Yin Yoga evolved.  Her practice included the study of anatomy, asana, meridian theory, meditation, chakras, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and chanting the Bija Mantras.   Paul introduced her to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda which further deepened her lifelong devotion to meditation.

Sari has followed the roots of Hatha yoga back to Krishnamacharya, “the father of modern yoga,” whose principal teaching was to “teach what is appropriate for the individual.” She began working in depth with Gary Kraftow, creator of Viniyoga and a student of Krishnamacharya’s, and Krishnamacharya’s son, T.K.V. Desikachar.  In 2004, she completed a 500-Hour American Viniyoga Institute training & became E-RYT certified.  She now applies the principals of Viniyoga to her teaching, adapting a practice to meet the individual or groups’ needs, as opposed to trying to fit a student’s body to a preconceived form.  This approach is very aligned with Yin Yoga, though the forms are very different.  As her teacher Paul would often share, “What is medicine for one person, may be poison for another.  And what is medicine one day may not be medicine the next”.

Sari introduced elements of Yin Yoga practice, theory & philosophy as a lead teacher in Aloha Yoga Kula’s Advanced Studies/Teacher’s Training program.  She teaches privately and offers Yin Yoga workshops at Aloha Yoga Kula in Kailua, Hawaii.