Sarah Baugher
Co-Leader
Sarah believes in the ability of yoga to transform anyone’s mental health and physical well-being; she believes yoga is for everyone, regardless of flexibility, size, experience, age, or injury. Her classes offer an intense physical practice as a portal to the mind, the subtle body, and the spirit. She uses breath, alignment, discipline, strength and grace enable her clients to be fully immersed in their practice.
Sarah’s classes will improve your strength, flexibility, self-awareness, and overall connection of mind, body and soul. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, energized and empowered. She believes yoga can help you discover your innate potential, personal power and higher purpose, as well as a deeper understanding your True Self.
An avid learner, Sarah has completed training in yoga kurunta, iyengar, core strength vinyasa, yoga anatomy, power yoga, budokon, anatomy trains, and myofascial release. She has studied with Ray Long, Mark Stephens, Leslie Kaminoff, Tom Myers, Max Strom, Sean Corn, Trina Altman, Cameron Shayne, Sadi Nardini, Raphan Kebe, and countless others.
Sarah started her daily yoga practice in 2014 at Hot Yoga Charlottesville. In 2016, Sarah completed her 200-hour YTT and just finished her 500-hour teacher training in December
2022! Sarah is also a 300 hour trained pilates instructor. Sarah loves to spend her free time outside, in the mountains or at the beach with Henry, her 75lb puppy.
Sarah is endlessly fascinated by this human vessel; she is excited to share her passion for this practice with each of you!
Julia Gilchrist
Co-Leader
Julia started practicing yoga at home as a teenager. Like many people she came for the exercise and stayed for the spiritual benefits. Yoga gave Julia the keys to transform her life and she is passionate about giving those tools to others. Her goals in teaching are: to move the body in a smart, balanced way, to give students the tools to calm their nervous systems, and to make yoga philosophy accessible in a modern context.
In 2008 Julia took her first Bikram Yoga class at Bikram Yoga Charlottesville. She attended Bikram Yoga Teacher training in 2010. She taught all over NYC and Austin, TX before moving back to Charlottesville in 2014.
She trained to teach Vinyasa Yoga with Mosaic Yoga in 2015. She has also trained in Yin and Prenatal Yoga. In 2023 Julia completed her 500 hour training with Jason Crandell.
Besides practicing yoga Julia is also passionate about qi gong and myofascial release. She loves hiking, gardening, cooking, dancing and traveling with her family. Julia teaches and leads 200 hour teacher trainings at Hot Yoga Charlottesville.
