Meet Sarah.

There are teachers who instruct. And then there are teachers who see you.

Sarah is the second kind.

She's been part of the Hippie community long enough to know your name, your dog's name, and probably your nemesis pose. She teaches with warmth, precision, and the kind of honesty that makes you feel both challenged and completely at home.

We asked her a few questions. Here's what she had to say.

Right now she's obsessed with Warrior III.

"I feel so strong, yet graceful, grounded yet uplifted -- I love that balance." If you've taken her class lately, you've felt that energy. She teaches what she's living.

Her nemesis? Down dog.

Yes, really. One of our teachers is still working with down dog -- and she'll be the first to tell you. "I've just got to acknowledge that I'm always a student, and that my body is different each time I come to the mat." That right there is the whole practice.

And then there's this.

One of Sarah's students is a cancer survivor with severe neuropathy in her feet from treatment. Balance poses are genuinely hard. But she works on them every single time they come up in class. One day she nailed her Majorette pose, screamed, and started jumping up and down.

"She was so proud and happy for herself," Sarah said. "And I was too."

That's Hippie Yoga. That's Sarah.

Off the mat she's reading, baking, traveling, and spending time with her dog. She takes her tea straight -- black, green, or white, no milk, no honey. She gets outside as much as possible when the weather turns. And the philosophy she carries into daily life? Aparigraha. Letting go. Not holding on to anything too tightly.

If you could only take one thing from her into your week, she'd want it to be this:

You are exactly where you need to be.