Sarcha is an advanced practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga yoga. She has practiced various forms of yoga since 1990 and has practiced Ashtanga yoga daily in the Mysore tradition since 1997.
Sarcha focuses on helping her students develop breath integration with functional movement and alignment patterns. Off the mat her wish is that this translates to more grace, stability and compassion in her students’ lives.
Her own lifelong commitment to yoga includes maintaining a steady daily practice through injury, life’s ups and downs, raising children and adapting to ageing. Sarcha teaches with a humility that comes from many years of dedicated practice and she infuses her teaching with kindness and humour. Grounded and highly knowledgeable in the Ashtanga yoga tradition, Sarcha’s approach welcomes both beginners and advanced students alike.
Sarcha began her yoga journey as one of the original students of Monica Gauci and Gregor Maehle in 1997. She completed a 4 year teacher training and mentoring program in 2009 and continued to work closely with her teachers eventually holding a senior teacher position and assisting her teachers in teacher training roles.
After 18 years with her beloved teachers, in 2015 Sarcha embarked on a new adventure, opening Yogahub in Mount Hawthorn, located in Perth, Western Australia. Yogahub is vibrant community yoga shala dedicated to mentoring students through unhurried and deep learning of the whole system of yoga.
Sarcha remains a curious student of yoga and is committed to sharing the gifts of yoga with everyone.
“Yoga is both my anchor and my sail, the discipline of daily practice provides a grounding to life’s challenges and triumphs. The spiritual practice helps to illuminate the path ahead and keeps me growing in the right direction. To develop a sincere and consistent practice over time brings yoga’s gifts of a strong and healthy body, the ability to focus the mind, and a place where I can turn inwards towards my true nature.
Teaching is a joyful experience for me. My approach is warm and inclusive, catering to the individual’s capabilities with a strong focus on correct technique. It’s a real highlight helping to connect my students with the practice and then seeing them embrace their own journey along the yogic path.”