with Sarah Baugher & Julia Villageliu
Community Connection Practice
Four years ago we teamed up with the idea of combining our mutual passions: Yoga and Travel. What we couldn’t have known was that these retreats would feed our souls in ways we never imagined: working with some of the best healers in the world, deepening and forging new friendships, and allowing us to take our yoga classes off the beaten path so to speak.
We have hosted five yoga retreats together, three in Mexico and two in Europe. Our retreats offer an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for yoga, personal growth and exploration. Using our deep mutual respect, friendship, and our combined 28 years teaching experience as a foundation, we plan our retreats to encourage our participants to dig deeper into who they are, how they show up for themselves and what they really need from their yoga practice.
Jointly hosting these retreats allows us to provide participants a variety of classes including Vinyasa yoga, 26&2, Myofascial Release and Qi Gong. Over the course of the week we will encourage participants to deepen their yoga practice, refine their postures, and focus on fostering a deeper connection between the mind and body. By incorporating kriyas (cleansing practices), pranayama (breathing exercises), functional movement and mindfulness practices with yoga, both Julia and Sarah bring a valuable and unique perspective.
Participants have the opportunity to embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and positive change. Sarah and Julia’s combined guidance, along with the retreats immersive and focused environment, can empower individuals to overcome challenges, set intentions, and create sustainable habits for a healthier and more balanced life. Many of our clients have attended two or more of our retreats and this dream of ours is starting to feel like a growing family.
We believe that’s the Power of the Practice.
Sarah Baugher
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 finished her 500-hour teacher training in December 2022. Sarah leads Pilates trainings and co leads the 300 hour teacher training at Hot Yoga Charlottesville.
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 Villageliu
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 that will allow her students to feel free in their bodies and to enjoy movement for as long as possible in life. And just as importantly, to give students the tools to calm their nervous systems, and regulate the mind body complex, letting go of negative thought patterns and limiting beliefs. Julia is also passionate about making 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 2014. 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 co leads the 200 hour and 300 hour teacher trainings at Hot Yoga Charlottesville.
