Here is where you get in touch. Work with me, share your experience or requests > this is how to reach me. Love, - Sara

A near-contraction scare, a partner who banned me from the kitchen, and a table of twenty strangers-turned-friends shaped a week that rewired how I think about gratitude, control, and care. From our yoga loft with cake in hand, I unpack the hidden science beneath a warm holiday: why witnessing gratitude—not just giving or receiving it—can deliver a powerful serotonin boost, and how that insight can quietly shift your mood, your relationships, and your daily rituals.

We start with a candid Thanksgiving recap: the pressure of third-trimester limits colliding with a host’s perfectionism, the moment I finally handed over the reins, and the shock of everything running smoother when I let go. That softness sets the stage for a practice you can feel, not just think about. I share how a classic gratitude round at the table dissolved awkwardness and replaced it with presence, and what changes when you try to hold people in the fullness of their stories—coworkers, friends, even yourself—before reacting to the friction of the moment.

Then we zoom into the brain. Drawing from notes in my Yin Yoga training manual and a memorable Huberman insight, we explore serotonin as the steady-state happiness chemical that gratitude can unlock. The twist: being a witness to gratitude often delivers the biggest lift. This means you can tune your attention—not your schedule—to feel better. I use that lens to explain the tiny surprises and rituals I’m building into the new Yin training, each one designed to make care visible and easy to notice. The extra mile isn’t about spectacle; it’s about creating conditions where kindness is unmistakable.

You’ll leave with a gentle weekly assignment: walk with open eyes, witness one act of gratitude each day, name it in your body, and if you can, be the person who shows up first. For a sweet assist, yes, there’s cake—chocolate and peanut butter do nudge serotonin—but the real dessert is the chemistry of kindness. If this resonates, tap follow, share it with someone who could use a lift, and leave a quick review to help more people find the show.

Here is where you get in touch. Work with me, share your experience or requests > this is how to reach me. Love, - Sara

Leave the gloss at the door—this Thanksgiving, we tell the truth and still set the table with love. I’m hosting twenty friends, testing a dark chocolate caramel apple cake, and building a long, burgundy-and-olive table that feels like a hug. Alongside the menu and the seating chart, I name the complicated history of Thanksgiving, the harm too often skipped at dinner, and why honesty can live beside joy. We can gather, feed one another, and keep the facts on the table without losing the warmth that makes ritual matter.

From years of yoga teaching, I’ve learned to hold paradox: valuing a technique while refusing to excuse a harmful figure. That lens helps here. I walk through my planning system—guest lists, dietary notes, timelines, and decor—and how execution became a learned skill, not a personality trait. Organization isn’t about perfection; it’s the scaffolding that lets presence and play show up when the doorbell rings. If you’re hosting, you’ll find practical tips to calm the chaos and create an experience your people actually feel.

Then we go deeper than Pinterest gratitude. Real gratitude is somatic; it lands in the body as breath, warmth, and soft shoulders. We talk nervous system regulation, how to stop spiraling when the caramel burns, and a practice I call “dark gratitude”—thanking the hard lessons that reshaped you. Finally, we look ahead with curiosity: can you appreciate the future self you haven’t met yet? If rituals are reminders to remember, this one reminds us to be brave enough to feel. If this resonated, subscribe, share with a friend who’s hosting, and leave a quick review—what are you grateful for that once hurt?

Here is where you get in touch. Work with me, share your experience or requests > this is how to reach me. Love, - Sara

Get ready for a salty-sweet deep dive with the one and only Chris Fox — teacher at the largest yoga studio in the world and a human with more ingredients than a Bali smoothie bowl. This episode is part heart-opening conversation, part myth-busting exploration of what it really means to live a spiritual life in 2025.

In this episode, Chris Fox brings his wisdom, wit, and genuine openness as we peel back the filters and have a refreshingly honest look at the reality behind paradise — the beauty, the contradictions, the shadow sides, and all the things no one talks about at the beach cafés.

Chris also brings his trademark candor and grounded wisdom as we take a more critical lens on the yoga world.

This is an episode for anyone who loves yoga but isn’t afraid to question it, who dreams of Bali but wants the truth, and who knows that the juiciest parts of life often live in the cracks where honesty meets humor.

Brew something yum, settle in, and get ready for a conversation that’s soulful, spicy, and beautifully real.