Yoga & Movement
Move. Breathe. Reconnect.
Whether you're looking to gently unwind, build strength and mobility, support workplace wellbeing, or create a meaningful experience for your group, our yoga offerings are designed to meet people where they are.
All sessions can be tailored for private individuals, small groups, corporate teams, retreats, community events, and special gatherings throughout the Bay Area.
Why Yoga?
Yoga offers an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with the body, and create space for both physical and mental wellbeing.
While many people come to yoga to improve flexibility or strength, the practice offers so much more. Through mindful movement, breath awareness, and moments of stillness, yoga can help reduce stress, improve focus, support mobility, and encourage a greater sense of balance in everyday life.
At Pause to Unwind, the emphasis is not on achieving perfect poses. Instead, yoga is approached as a practice of awareness—an opportunity to step away from daily demands and reconnect with yourself.
What to Expect
All sessions are designed to be welcoming, accessible, and adaptable to the needs of the group.
Each class typically includes:
A grounding arrival practice
Breath awareness
Mindful movement
Opportunities for rest and reflection
A guided relaxation or meditation
Whether you're stepping onto the mat for the first time or have an established practice, you'll be encouraged to move in a way that feels supportive for your body.
Our Offerings
No two groups are exactly alike, which is why every Pause to Unwind experience can be tailored to your specific needs.
Whether you're planning a workplace wellness event, retreat, birthday celebration, community gathering, or private experience, we'll work with you to create a session that feels right for your group.
Experiences can be offered individually or combined to create a customized wellness journey. A yoga session may conclude with a relaxing sound bath savasana, or a longer sound bath experience can be scheduled at the end of your yoga practice. Guided meditation and mindfulness elements can also be incorporated throughout.
While most yoga sessions are typically offered as 45 or 60 minute experiences, shorter wellness breaks of 10-30 minutes can be designed for workplaces, conferences, and busy schedules. Longer sessions, workshops, and retreat-style experiences are also available.
Our goal is simple: to create an experience that helps your group slow down, reconnect, and leave feeling refreshed, grounded, and restored.
Gentle Flow
Slow, mindful movement to release tension and restore ease.
A beginner-friendly class designed to gently open the body through accessible movement and stretching.
Set to calming background music, Gentle Flow encourages participants to move at a comfortable pace while developing greater awareness of breath and body.
Perfect for:
Beginners
Workplace wellness sessions
Community groups
Private groups, bachelorette parties, birthdays, wedding weekends etc
Anyone looking for a gentler practice
Vinyasa Flow
Move with breath. Build energy. Find focus.
A more dynamic practice that links movement with breath through flowing sequences.
Classes begin with grounding and centering before gradually building warmth and energy through movement. The practice concludes with relaxation, allowing the body and mind to integrate the benefits of the session. Set to background movement to match the pace of the class.
Perfect for:
Active groups
Retreats
Team-building wellness sessions
Students seeking a practice with more dynamic movement
Restorative Yoga
Deep rest for body and mind.
A calming, prop-supported practice designed to encourage relaxation and recovery.
Using bolsters, blankets, and other supports, participants settle into comfortable poses that are held for longer periods of time, allowing the nervous system an opportunity to slow down and settle.
Gentle guidance, breath awareness, and meditation create space to pause between the thoughts and reconnect with a sense of ease.
Many participants leave feeling grounded, nourished, and deeply restored.
Perfect for:
Stress relief
Corporate wellness programs
Retreats
Private groups, bachelorette parties, birthdays, wedding weekends etc
Anyone needing rest and renewal
Workplace Wellness
Today's workplaces are often fast-paced and demanding.
Yoga and mindfulness sessions can offer employees an opportunity to step away from their desks, reduce stress, improve focus, and return to work feeling more refreshed and engaged.
Offerings may include:
Lunchtime Yoga Sessions
Desk Yoga & Mobility Breaks
Mindfulness & Breathwork Sessions
Team Wellness Events
Retreat Workshops
Conference Breakout Sessions
All sessions can be adapted to suit your space, schedule, and goals.
“Sarah was so welcoming and the class was a beautiful flow that energized me for the day. I look forward to coming back!”
— Julia B.
Do I Need Any Experience?
Not at all.
Our Yoga and movement is accessible to everyone and requires no prior experience. Sarah will work with you to establish a level that is curated to your needs and experience level. All classes will be offered with modifications to suit everyone involved, and are designed to create a positive experience.
If you are taking a full class and are able, we are you arrive in comfortable clothing that you are able to move in. For office based or corporate offerings we also offer breaks in your day where we can assume that you are in office clothes and will adapt the practice to you.
Mats and props can be provided or bring your own if you prefer.
"Sarah is a wonderful and patient yoga teacher. Her approach is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. I highly recommend her classes."
— Dhivya T.
“Whether you’re just beginning your yoga journey or deepening your practice theres a wonderful variety of classes and styles to choose from.
Sarah’s Gentle Vinyasa flow was the perfect starting point for me - easy to follow, yet by the end of class, I found myself delightfully challenged and energized.”— Anu I
