Mama, lover, teacher, friend. Daughter, sister, auntie, dog owner.

Meditator, yogi, climber, skier, dancer, art dabbler, nature enthusiast.

Shari has been at this yoga thing since 1996 amongst the mountains of Lake Tahoe and became devoted to it when she took the leap to start teaching in Truckee, CA in 2003.   She has been teaching full time ever since in the glorious mountains.  What she has discovered is this path chose her.  It would not let her off if she tried.  She always tells people that sign up for Teacher Training, “Get ready for your whole life to change.”  She taught yoga and resisted meditation for another 8 years. Eventually life made it clear she could no longer run away and would have to sit with the mind.  Her marriage had become toxic and her young daughter was bringing everything up that needed to be healed/held.  Embracing meditation has given her the life that she has always wanted to live, that of great depth and intimacy with all of it.  She can truly say she loves this life, the ups and downs, the fun times and the rough times, even the dreadful past that haunts, the dirty floors/dishes/laundry and the aging body.  All of it is so incredibly beautiful!  She is forever grateful to yoga.

Shari teaches to the life that is presenting itself.  She loves asana for everything it does for the body and being, but it is not the main focus of what she likes to share.  She intends to nurture the connection to one's own heart. She is a lover.  People come to her classes, workshops, and trainings to learn how to love, be loved and remember they are loved. She encourages vulnerability, imperfection, getting messy and falling apart.  She strives to embrace with her students through the tougher emotions such as shame, guilt, anger, grief, and doubt.  She walks alongside her students where they support each other in this school of life, where life is continuing to experience itself. Enjoying the unfolding as it happens.  Her relationships are richer.  She loves being mama even though it's the hardest thing she has ever done.  Her capacity to let life in is greater and in that she finds herself blown away by the awe of it all.

Shari loves serving her local community and promoting connections. She enjoys sharing series which give her a chance to go deeper with people that don’t want to necessarily complete a yoga teacher training. Currently, she is teaching Yoga for Fulfillment, plus with her partner Ben Grasseschi, Yoga and Meditation for Men. She also loves holding the space for silence for individuals and exploring nature, whether it’s hiking, biking or nordic skiing. She also is holding Satsang once a month at the Wanderlust Studio in Squaw.

Training: Shari’s training started in Nosara with Don and Amba Stapleton and then the list goes on to David Swenson(Ashtanga), the crew at the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco including Judith Lasater, Eddie Modestini and Nikki Doane from Maya Yoga, lots of Anusara teachers including Noah Maze, Abby Tucker, Christina Sells, Sianna Sherman, Desire Rumbaugh, Elena Brower. She has also studied Yoga Psychology with Ashley Turner. Shari found a spiritual teacher in 2012 that inspired her to dive deep into meditation and now she spends time each year in silent retreat with Adyashanti.

What has been most powerful for Shari’s teaching has been the joy and privilege of assisting Meg McCracken and sometimes Ashleigh Sargent in training amazing teachers the last 6 years for the Wanderlust Teacher Training.

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