INNER LIGHT

More than a half a decade ago, SARA BLACK decided to go on a journey to find real happiness, peace, and deeper love. Today, she is leading others to do the same as a meditation and energy coach

- JACS T. SAMPAYAN

Years ago, Sara Black was a full-time photographer, working in a starkly different industry filled with celebrities and cameras. Today, she finds herself living a decidedly slower, more contemplative life as a meditation and energy coach.

“I can’t really identify one monumental shift, it really happened gradually over time,” Black admits. A couple of health scares—breast cancer, which turned out benign, and a multiple hip fracture from triathlon training—allowed her to realize that she was living a life in disharmony and imbalance. “And that provoked me to go seeking for peace, true joy and a deeper experience of love.”

GUIDE FROM BEYOND

That search led her to Rishikesh, at the foothills of the Himalayas in Northern India, a year after her triathlon accident. Black frequented the city, considered to be the birthplace of yoga, studying under Anand Merohtra at Sattva Yoga Academy since 2017.

“ I was making yearly trips, which were put on pause with the pandemic. I'm still continuing to learn with him online,” she says. “Always a student, it never really stops! There is still so much of the inner terrain to explore. I can’t lead people to that space if I haven’t been there myself.”

As a teacher, Black considers Merohtra as her mentor, adding that the practices he shares helps lead you to a space where you have a deep experience of your inner light.