This is space for you to breathe.
Come take root. Let everything slow down.
This is time for practice, not perfection.
Come as you are. Tend to mind, body, and soul.
This is ground for growing awareness and strength.
Come stand in your vulnerability and in your courage.
This is a house of nurturing light.
Come release any barriers you have built against love.
This is fresh air to follow within.
Come see how everything you seek is already in you.
This is a place where waters run deep.
Come flow out and change the shape of things.
This is a community bound by compassion.
Come open your heart and connect to those around you.
This is the Greenhouse, built for you. Come grow your capacity to heal, to persist, to create, and like a wildflower, bloom where you are planted.
From the owner
Hello there!
I’m Sarah, and am the proud new owner of The Greenhouse. I am a yoga and meditation teacher, spiritual guide, and writer based here in PV. I’ve been sharing practices within this lovely community for more than a decade. Through my teachings and guidance, I hope to inspire others to overcome self-imposed limitations, helping them to uncover their individual truths and (re)discover their most authentic selves.
In my teachings, I blend ancient wisdom with modern science while pulling from the traditions of yoga, spiritual healing, positive psychology, somatics, and mindfulness.
In my classes, I seek to promote a welcoming and safe environment that realigns others with the natural gifts within—vitality, strength, joy, and intuitive intelligence. I believe a consistent practice offers the practitioner a pathway back to his or her own divine, radiant nature.
I hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Spirituality and Mind Body Practice from Columbia University in New York. I received my yoga teacher training certifications through Yoga Mittra in Manhattan Beach and Laughing Lotus in New York City and have completed multiple advanced trainings in trauma-informed yoga, yoga for post traumatic stress, Ayurveda, and Mindfulness Based Strengths-Practice (MBSP). I am also an instructor at Columbia University, School of Professional Studies, where I teach courses on spiritual entrepreneurship and venture creation.
I am so honored and thrilled to be back in community with you all!
From the founder
Though born and raised in Chicago, I have been enjoying the sunshine in the South Bay of Los Angeles since 2004. Nine years ago I put down roots in Lunada Bay with my husband, daughter, and two sons, and this community quickly became Home. In 2020, I opened the Greenhouse with the goal of creating a space where we can support each other in growing in wellness and joy.
I am an author and spiritual counselor with a focus on the intersection between spirituality and mental health. For several years, I taught contemplative writing at Loyola Marymount University where I received my masters in Theology and Spiritual Direction with specialized study in Jungian Psychology. I have a certificate in Mindfulness and Meditation from the Greater Good Science Center of UC Berkeley and in Holistic and Integrative Wellness from LMU. I love being a student of life, finding inspiration in films, books, music, nature, and in the stories of all those I meet. One of the greatest joys of my life is engaging in self-discovery and self-care together at the Greenhouse. Thank you for being a part of our growing community.
With love,
Christie