Meet Sarah
Hearthkeeper | Mother | Wife | Teacher | Healing/Wholing Guide
Childhood
As a child growing up in a toxic and psychologically abusive home, I struggled to know my place and value in the world.
Movement and the exploration of my body in movement became my sanctuary; first as a gymnast, then as a dancer, I was able to find my joy, a sense of my true nature, a home in my body that was safe and loving. When I went to college, I continued my growth as a dancer and studied psychology, to make sense of the the disfunction I had grown up in, hoping to bring some healing and understanding to my pain.
Movement
Post college, I supported adolescent youth while training in Pilates and quickly realized that movement work was my calling. Pilates offered a way to consciously work with my body in a way I had never known, it was a deeper dive into my truth, my heart, and my own sense of knowingness. It led to an Awakening of my authentic self, and for the first time in my life, I felt empowered to honor and follow my heart. I made a conscious choice to shed all parts of my life that were not in alignment with my new sense of awareness and surrendered fully to following a new path, one that I felt would lead me to become the woman I felt I was meant to be in this life.
I had no idea then, where the journey would be taking me or that this journey would take me nearly 20 years
to feel to truly embodied in the woman I dreamed of being.
Energetic Healing
Longing for a deeper understanding of my personal awakening and transformation I had experienced through my pilates training and work, I began to study energetic healing through Barbara Brennan and reiki, as well as continuing to expand my movement studies with various modalities such as yoga, gyrotonics, gyrokenisis, and continuum.
Divine Mother
Through my energetic healing studies, I began to become open to a conscious relationship with my personal guiding spirits, particularly my most powerful and consistent guiding spirit, whom I came to know as Divine Mother. In meditation one day, she came through to me with a clear message… I was to become a mother. At the time this was so hard to imagine, in part because I had not thought motherhood was a part of my path, but also because my life was so far from ready for such a thing. I surrendered to her message and said if it were truly the right path for me then show me the way. A short time later, I was in a position of having to release almost everything I owned and had to move across the country to begin anew. Upon arrival, I almost immediately met my future husband. The process of accepting this path was not easy for me, I had a lot of resistance, and there was a lot of healing, shedding, and acceptance I needed to go through to fully embrace the motherhood journey, particularly because of my own childhood experience. A process that I would refer to as, “a dark night of the soul”. The birth of my son was a several days long intense initiation, but the moment I held him, I felt the power and the gift of true, unconditional love, love that I did not even know was possible.
This love has been the most powerful, transformational, and healing energy I have ever known,
and with that gift in my heart, I embraced fully being Mother.
Motherhood
Motherhood has been my greatest teacher, my greatest healer, and it has laid a clear path for me, and my role in service to the Divine Mother. As a young mother, most of my time was dedicated to being the “hearthkeeper” of our home and my family. It was a simple time of caring for them, and myself, supporting and guiding us into balance, honoring what would serve our highest unfolding as individuals and as a family. During this time, I deepened my relationship with my guiding spirits, I learned and embraced the ways of the sacred feminine, allowing the guides to lead our family. I remembered something in my soul knowing about my own true feminine nature, something my feminine ancestors had lived, known, and embodied, and now I too, was embodying this. As I knew this time of young motherhood would only be temporary, my son would grow and change, and need me differently at some point, I spent time nurturing, and continuing my own studies in movement. I also discovered and studied shamanic healing practices, and teachings in the ways of the sacred feminine, which for me was another coming home to my truth.
I became more aligned with the rhythms of the Earth and Moon. I listened to my intuitive and emotional wisdom. I found balance as caretaker to my husband, son, and myself. I was nurturer, boundary holder, and sacred guide for our family’s health, well-being, and personal growth, both as a family and as individuals.
The Beyond
And here I am now, my son is transitioning into more independence, and my family is grounded and settled in a way that has opened up the time and space for my service to expand out into my community. I am called to share the wisdom I have gained as mother, hearthkeeper, embodied movement teacher, and healer working in conscious relationship with Divine Mother.