Sarah Griesbach

Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher

Sarah weaves thought-provoking meditations throughout her classes, applying yoga philosophy to our modern world in a pertinent way. She encourages growth of the spiritual self by nurturing body, mind and soul with simple meditations and a movement based practice. Yoga found Sarah at a heavy time in life, recently grieving the loss of her mother; yoga helped heal around her wound and ultimately changed the trajectory of her life. In 2008, she obtained her first yoga teacher certification with Iyengar Teacher Nesta Falladown, then Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga training with Michelle Cormack and Meditation with Tony Murdock. Completing over 500 hours of advanced yoga training, including Trauma Informed Yoga. Today, with over a decade of teaching experience and practice, Sarah has since shared her story and gift of yoga with others around the world. She is forever grateful for the loving wisdom from students and teachers alike. Sarah is best known in the community for teaching her Mother focused programs in Ottawa, holding space for moms online and leading soul mama circles. She is a self proclaimed rebel mama of two wildly awesome kiddos, a lover of nature and finds joy experimenting in the kitchen! A forever student, Sarah’s studies have taken her to Niagara on the Lake for Tourism Management & Business Development, to Herbalism and Postpartum Doula training in British Columbia and distance education for Women in Business. She is continuing her education as a Mama Rising ™ Facilitator and is the Founder and Creator of Mama Awakened Yoga.