What I Teach
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is a practice of asana sequenced in a fixed order and traditionally practiced in the early morning.
How I Teach
By providing support as one experiences both the positive and difficult changes that result from practice.
Practice Tools
A series of documents a videos to help you pratice Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, written and developed by Sarcha.
Perth Ashtanga Yoga with Sarcha Thurston
“I’m deeply serious in my commitment to yoga. Yet, I try to fulfill that commitment lightheartedly.”
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.
Sarcha is the principal Ashtanga and Mysore teacher at Yogahub Perth and 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.
What my Students are Saying
I’m so thankful that I have had Sarcha to guide me. Over the past few years she has gently supported me as I have navigated my way back into a daily practice. Her confident, knowledgeable, and sensitive approach to teaching has allowed me to rediscover my own strength and balance. Sarcha is a true teacher. You can sense Sarcha’s knowledge and experience in every instruction and adjustment she provides. She is patient, encouraging and fun. Sarcha has created a space that is welcoming to all and it truly is a joy to practice with her.
Sarcha is an extraordinary teacher with a wealth of knowledge and experience. She goes above and beyond to support her students, give them the tools they need to express their individuality and excel in their teaching. I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn from her!
Sarcha I listen and observe you most mornings and I don’t think I have met anyone as kind and interested in others growth.
She holds such illuminating energy which creates a truly special learning environment. It’s the kind of learning that keeps unfolding long after you leave the mat.
What I value most in Sarcha is her balanced approach to teaching. She balances rigorous instruction, grounded in decades of experience and knowledge, with a lightness and a sense of fun. I also greatly appreciate Sarcha’s resilience and strength over the past 2 years of the pandemic. Despite what must have been, and remains to be, an extremely challenging time to run a studio, Sarcha has maintained a sense of positivity. I have re-immersed myself back into Ashtanga over the past 12 months, and my practise has evolved substantially over this time with Sarcha’s personalised and insightful guidance. I am so grateful for her instruction and the opportunity to be part of the Yogahub community.
When I first stepped onto the mat, I felt very vulnerable and self conscious. She recognised this and I was able to relax under her non judgemental guidance. Sarcha has a kind, intelligent, gentle yet firm teaching manner. Sarcha is an inspirational teacher and I would recommend her teaching to any yogi of any level of experience.