Born and raised at Wilbur Hot Springs, Sarana currently lives and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sarana is trained in the Iyengar and Forrest Yoga traditions. She is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Advanced Studies Program and the Forrest Yoga Teacher training program.

She is a Faculty Instructor at Yoga Journal and teaches at The Claremont Hotel and her own home studio. Her love of yoga was born at the Esalen Institute in 1997, where she continues to assist and teach with Thomas Fortel, her mentor and dear friend.

Sarana loves to sing. She has studied kirtan with Jai Uttal and classical indian voice in India. She leads kirtans in the bay area and is so very thankful to be able to share this practice with others.

email: sarana@mac.com