When Sara was growing up in Tehran, the capital of Iran, yoga was a rare thing.  It was only by chance that she ended up at a prominent Iyengar teacher's 42th birthday party.  Sara recalls, “the teacher danced and looked like she was 20! How could I not want to try yoga?”  That teacher, Elham Badrian, eventually became Sara’s first yoga teacher at Tehran Iyengar Institute, and the experience, nearly 10 years ago, started Sara on her beautiful path to becoming a yoga teacher. Feeling a call to further pursue this path in 2014, Sara sold her car and purchased a one way ticket to India.  There, she spent two years practicing and learning yoga.  She was fortunate enough to sit at the feet of many great teachers.  The majority of her time was under the tutelage of Sharaat Arora (Himalayan Iyengar Yoga Center) in Dharamsala and Surrender Singh (Swasti Yoga) in Rishikesh.  Afterward, she returned to Iran to open a modest studio in Tehran where she shared all she learned. Teaching has since become one of the most rewarding facets of Sara's yoga journey.  Sara’s yoga classes provide an environment where balance, awareness and body alignment can be explored safely.  She prides herself on her all-levels teaching style.  Sara has an acute attunement to posture and injury and works hard to find modifications that make all poses accessible.  She believes there is a great potential for self-healing in yoga by working with alignment and awareness.  She has herself recovered from a traumatic back injury though the practice of yoga.Outside of the world of yoga, Sara is a professional musician.  She has been classically trained in traditional Persian music since age 11 and has performed all over the world. She plays barbat, an ancient Persian healing instrument. She often plays for her classes as a meditational aid during final relaxation.