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
Thanks Sarcha for your sensitive, intuitive adjustments which come from years in the game as well as who you be, as it were. It’s a wonderful place to feel nurtured and challenged, whatever you choose. See and experience for yourself. From a Golden Yogi who has put 10,000 hours and some into yoga practice, training, teaching and 30 years as a Registered Nurse.
The program is comprehensive and has been very thoughtfully constructed, Sarcha’s vast knowledge and experience shine through in every aspect, lifting all of her students into a beautiful space to learn and connect.
Sarcha has the most wonderfully compassionate and encouraging approach to teaching yoga, making it accessible to all manner of people. She is a brilliant practitioner in her own right, with many years training and experience under one of the most highly regarded and experienced Ashtanga teachers in Australia.
Thank you for the most amazing year. This year with your teachings, guidance and encouragement I have felt very blessed. Thank you for being such a sturdy mentor. You have taught from the heart and passed on a piece for us to nourish, grow, and share.
It’s so rewarding when you feel yourself reach a new milestone in your effort to become better at the practice. Sarcha is always keeping an eye on your performance, her knowledge of yoga is immeasurable. The way I see it, if there was a black belt grading for yoga, I’d say Sarcha would be a 5th Dan black belt and me, a humble yellow belt for now. My progress has been enhanced with Sarcha’s coaching and precise explanation of how to take each posture to the next level.
Sarcha is an extraordinary Mysore yoga teacher, and a very likeable human! She creates an atmosphere of warmth and compassion, but also directs students towards progressing their practice. It is clear Sarcha can distinguish the abilities and challenges of my body as distinct from those around me.