Meet Sarah

Creative Flow Space’s founder & facilitator

Get to know sarah

Sarah Elsing is a writer, yoga teacher, and creative mindfulness expert. Born in Bonn in 1980, her path led her through studies in German, political science, international relations, and journalism. She’s interviewed celebrity artists, writers, musicians, directors and photographers over the years, publishing texts about culture, politics, mindfulness and meditation on platforms like Deutschlandfunk, Spotify’s Wake Up/Wind Down, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Monopol and Die Zeit.

 Hands-on positions in editorial offices, newsrooms, galleries, and agencies offered Sarah direct insight into the precarious balance between exhilaration and alienation inherent in navigating the creative process. By delving into these pressures and challenges, she was able to develop strategies to unlock her inner voice. Now, she aspires to help you find yours.

 Convinced that creativity can only flow when you are comfortable with and confident in what you’re doing, Sarah started the Creative Flow Space — combining bodywork, meditation, coaching, music, literature, writing, art, nature and beauty to help show others how to form mindful, creative lessons that lead to clarity, peace and strength.

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Her approach

  • Professional

    Sarah’s approach is steeped in academic study and real-world experience. An avid believer in the process of lifelong learning, she consistently works to integrate the knowledge gleaned from workshops, professional exchanges, and reading. Her study of concepts like psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s “flow,” a highly focused state of mental productivity, and Cal Newport’s notion of “deep work” have profoundly inspired the strategies that she implements in her personal work and her creative workshops.

  • Creative & Free

    Sarah believes in the beginner's mind – that sometimes we just need to let go of all the knowledge and experience. Her events and retreats always leave room for spontaneity, improvisation and play.

    Only in this way can new things emerge. Everything else comes by itself. It always does.

  • Experienced & Empathetic

    Sarah has over 25 years of creative experience. Although she focuses on writing,she has always worked closely with graphic designers, architects, artists, illustrators. Her acute sensitivity has enabled her to resonate with other creatives, regardless of their discipline, and to delve into their world.

    Mindful communication techniques support her endeavor to create an atmosphere of appreciation, openness and mutual inspiration in the groups that she facilitates. Encouragement is everything.

qualifications

  • Jivamukti Yoga

    In summer 2015, Sarah completed the Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training in Blue Spirit, Costa Rica with Jeffrey Cohen and Yogeswari. Since then she has been teaching in various studios in Berlin (including Peace Yoga, Yogatribe and Spirit Yoga). In 2020, Sarah prepared for the Jivamukti Advanced Board with Juan Sierra.

    She regularly participates in advanced trainings with master teachers like Sharon Gannon, Rima Rabbat, Moritz Ulrich, Yogeswari, Dr. Patrick Broome, Gurmukh Kaur, Mark Whitwell, Meghan Currie, Jules Febre, Gabriela Bozic and Christine May.

  • Yin Yoga

    In 2017, Sarah completed two Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings with Biff Mitthoefer (on Yoga & Storytelling among others) and workshops in Thai Yoga Massage with Krishna Takis.

    Sarah became an advanced Yin Yoga Teacher in 2018/19 with the intensive Yin Yoga trainings (Level 1 & 2) with Sarah Powers. In preparation for her training at her Insight Yoga Institute, she follows her esteemed teacher to workshops, retreats and immersions around the world.

  • Mindfulness

    Trained for many years in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Vipassana, Sarah received two of the five Mindfulness Teachings in 2017 at Plum Village, the Buddhist center of Thich Nhat Hanh near Bordeaux.

    In 2020, she enjoyed the Meditation and Mindfulness Training “Power of Awareness” with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.

    In 2021 an Advanced Meditation Teacher Training in "Interactive Meditation" followed with Jack Kornfield.