Om + Poem = Home.

Writing:

Sarah writes:  poetry, short fiction, young adult and children’s work and nonfiction.  Her collected work of poetry, Always Moving, spanning 10 years of publication/readings/work/mentorship and NYC life is now available, with Gratitude. Her poetry also appears in the anthology Bowery Women alongside writers Sapphire and Anne Waldman as well as dozens of online and print journals.  Her short Young Adult-focused fiction is featured in Francesca Lia Block’s upcoming anthology, Love Magick and the anthology Just Like A Girl and she is completing a YA novel. Sarah is a grateful member of the Bowery Poetry Club community and has read at the Cornelia Street Cafe, Bluestockings Bookstore, and St. Marks Poetry Project. Sarah has worked for Gotham Writers’ Workshop and has taught and mentored teen girl writers in the NYC public school system through Girls Write Now. Her book about teaching kids yoga, Om Schooled, is due Winter 2012. Sarah is a graduate of New York University’s English and Creative Writing programs and has been a passionate reader/writer all her life.

Sarah’s writing practice is strongly influenced by her practices of yoga, meditation and visual art. She feels so grateful to all the writers and teachers who have encouraged her through authentic story, voice, and the search for relentless honesty.

Yoga:

Sarah is also kids/teen yoga teacher and loves sharing something that’s brought her much joy and many lessons with youth. She has taught 20-25 kids yoga classes a week for several years in NYC public and charter schools as well as studios, working with a year-long yoga curriculum she created. She has written about youth yoga for NYYoga magazine, Mindbodygreen, YogaCityNYC, Yoganomics and Independent Yoga and has led kids yoga teacher trainings in New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. Sarah is particularly passionate about bringing yoga to young people and weaving in concepts of creativity into the practice. Check out Y for her Yoga page and more info, or her site:  www.om-schooled.com for kids’ yoga.

“The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.” -Anais Nin