Sara ivanhoe yoga on the edge

Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe is a Doctoral Candidate earning a PhD in Yoga Philosophy from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

Her dissertation aims to provide culturally literate and evidence-based research on the efficacy of Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation for sleep.

Sara grew up in Mill Valley, CA in the foothills of Mt. Tamalpais, also known as “The Sleeping Lady.”

In her early childhood, Sara developed severe chronic insomnia.

In her search to find support for her own condition, she dedicated a lifetime to exploring techniques that were said to support sleep. She has been teaching these practices since 1995.

Sara ivanhoe yoga on the edge

In 2021 she developed a class called “Sleep for Peak Performance,” which she taught as a credit class at the University of Southern California for 3 years. With permission from the Institutional Review Board, she gathered data on the efficacy of the course on the undergraduates.

Her Doctoral Dissertation, titled