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The Shake Rising modality holds three intentions that act as a road map to lasting transformation - and to our liberation.

Our three intentions are to first and foremost, activate our life force energy through our undivided attention, secondly, reprogram our subconscious mind through repetitive affirmations, and finally, regulate our nervous system through full-body shaking.

Shake Rising is a transformational movement practice that incorporates fitness, dance, somatic shaking, and embodied affirmations with the end goal of liberation.

The Shake Rising modality holds three intentions that act as a road map to lasting transformation - and to our liberation.

Our three intentions are to first and foremost, activate our life force energy through our undivided attention, secondly, reprogram our subconscious mind through repetitive affirmations, and finally, regulate our nervous system through full-body shaking.

Hi, I'm Sara.

THE FOUNDER OF SHAKE RISING

From an early age, I started saying that fitness saved my life.

Devoting myself to fitness was an “escape route” to the life of addiction I saw all around me.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, seeing addiction around me created a deep desire to experience a sense of control.

And that’s what fitness gave me. It gave me a reason to get to bed early. It gave me a positive outlet to focus my attention on. It supported me in strengthening my sense of self, and my experience of feeling like I was in control of my destiny… And that, through my will and focused attention, I could create any reality I desired.

And so fitness became my life. I grew a deep devoted passion for the structure, studied to become a personal trainer, and even went on to purchase my fitness studio, The Sanctuary Kauai, at age 23 - when most people thought I was crazy.

But then one day, fitness didn’t feel good anymore.

I remember teaching a “cardio twerk fusion” class on Zoom, feeling so energized and excited, like all the other women participating, and then closing my computer and feeling incredibly irritated and overstimulated.

Damn, how could something so beneficial become destructive?

And also, now what?

It was from this space of discomfort and loss that Shake Rising was born.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Thus, I began to attune to this part of me. Some months later, this new embodied awareness led to a full on energetic and spiritual awakening, where suddenly, I could feel massive amounts of creative energy present in my body, unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I had always heard people in the spiritual community use terms like “kundalini awakening”, and to be honest, I thought it was some sort of woo woo spiritual ego.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, somatic shaking, and embodied affirmations to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Thus, I began to attune to this part of me. Some months later, this new embodied awareness led to a full on energetic and spiritual awakening, where suddenly, I could feel massive amounts of creative energy present in my body, unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I had always heard people in the spiritual community use terms like “kundalini awakening”, and to be honest, I thought it was some sort of woo woo spiritual ego.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, and energy work to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

HI, I'M SARA.

The Founder of Shake Rising

From an early age, I started saying that fitness saved my life.

Devoting myself to fitness was an “escape route” to the life of addiction I saw all around me.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, seeing addiction around me created a deep desire to experience a sense of control.

And that’s what fitness gave me. It gave me a reason to get to bed early. It gave me a positive outlet to focus my attention on. It supported me in strengthening my sense of self, and my experience of feeling like I was in control of my destiny… And that, through my will and focused attention, I could create any reality I desired.

And so fitness became my life. I grew a deep devoted passion for the structure, studied to become a personal trainer, and even went on to purchase my fitness studio, The Sanctuary Kauai, at age 23 - when most people thought I was crazy.

But then one day, fitness didn’t feel good anymore.

I remember teaching a “cardio twerk fusion” class on Zoom, feeling so energized and excited, like all the other women participating, and then closing my computer and feeling incredibly irritated and overstimulated.

Damn, how could something so beneficial become destructive?

And also, now what?

It was from this space of discomfort and loss that Shake Rising was born.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Thus, I began to attune to this part of me. Some months later, this new embodied awareness led to a full on energetic and spiritual awakening, where suddenly, I could feel massive amounts of creative energy present in my body, unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I had always heard people in the spiritual community use terms like “kundalini awakening”, and to be honest, I thought it was some sort of woo woo spiritual ego.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, somatic shaking and embodied affirmations to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

Today, Shake Rising is growing into a global move-ment practice, with facilitators all over the world.

Shake Rising feels much bigger than me. It's the embodiment of divine duality: control and surrender, structure and freedom, human and Divine. Through this divine union of all that is, we experience true liberation.

Today, Shake Rising is growing into a global move-ment practice, with facilitators all over the world.

Shake Rising feels much bigger than me. It's the embodiment of divine duality: control and surrender, structure and freedom, human and Divine. Through this divine union of all that is, we experience true liberation.

Our mission is to provide a transformational movement practice that allows women to experience liberation from societal conditioning and past memories. We do this through a science-backed philosophy that simultaneously evokes the unseen Divinity.”

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_{FOUNDER, SHAKE RISING}

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The Shake Rising modality holds three intentions that act as a road map to lasting transformation - and to our liberation.

Our three intentions are to first and foremost, activate our life force energy through our undivided attention, secondly, reprogram our subconscious mind through repetitive affirmations, and finally, regulate our nervous system through full-body shaking.

Shake Rising is a transformational movement practice that incorporates fitness, dance, somatic shaking, and embodied affirmations with the end goal of liberation.

The Shake Rising modality holds three intentions that act as a road map to lasting transformation - and to our liberation.

Our three intentions are to first and foremost, activate our life force energy through our undivided attention, secondly, reprogram our subconscious mind through repetitive affirmations, and finally, regulate our nervous system through full-body shaking.

Hi, I'm Sara.

THE FOUNDER OF SHAKE RISING

From an early age, I started saying that fitness saved my life.

Devoting myself to fitness was an “escape route” to the life of addiction I saw all around me.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, seeing addiction around me created a deep desire to experience a sense of control.

And so fitness became my life. I grew a deep devoted passion for the structure, studied to become a personal trainer, and even went on to purchase my fitness studio, The Sanctuary Kauai, at age 23 - when most people thought I was crazy.

But then one day, fitness didn’t feel good anymore.

I remember teaching a “cardio twerk fusion” class on Zoom, feeling so energized and excited, like all the other women participating, and then closing my computer and feeling incredibly irritated and overstimulated.

Damn, how could something so beneficial become destructive?

And also, now what?

It was from this space of discomfort and loss that Shake Rising was born.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, somatic shaking, and embodied affirmations to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, and energy work to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

HI, I'M SARA.

The Founder of Shake Rising

From an early age, I started saying that fitness saved my life.

Devoting myself to fitness was an “escape route” to the life of addiction I saw all around me.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, seeing addiction around me created a deep desire to experience a sense of control.

And so fitness became my life. I grew a deep devoted passion for the structure, studied to become a personal trainer, and even went on to purchase my fitness studio, The Sanctuary Kauai, at age 23 - when most people thought I was crazy.

But then one day, fitness didn’t feel good anymore.

I remember teaching a “cardio twerk fusion” class on Zoom, feeling so energized and excited, like all the other women participating, and then closing my computer and feeling incredibly irritated and overstimulated.

Damn, how could something so beneficial become destructive?

And also, now what?

It was from this space of discomfort and loss that Shake Rising was born.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

Experiencing that sense of irritation and overstimulation from class illuminated the truth that I was more than just my physical body.

There was an energy being created from the movement; an energy that felt incredibly powerful, overwhelming in fact.

After years of cultivating control and structure, I realized that there was something entirely different going on. I realized that beyond my physical body, that I had spent my whole life gaining mastery over and learning to control, I also had an energetic body.

Even though it was invisible, it somehow felt even more profound.

And yet, the energy I felt present in my body was so potent and strong, it was blatantly obvious to me that this was NOT bullsh*t.

So, after control, I learned surrender. Surrender to the unseen, unexplainable Divinity that we are.

It’s been a powerful and potent journey leading me here: combining the elements of fitness, dance, somatic shaking and embodied affirmations to support myself, and others, in embracing the Divine Duality that is life, and ultimately experiencing true liberation.

Today, Shake Rising is growing into a global move-ment practice, with facilitators all over the world.

Shake Rising feels much bigger than me. It's the embodiment of divine duality: control and surrender, structure and freedom, human and Divine. Through this divine union of all that is, we experience true liberation.

Today, Shake Rising is growing into a global move-ment practice, with facilitators all over the world.

Shake Rising feels much bigger than me. It's the embodiment of divine duality: control and surrender, structure and freedom, human and Divine. Through this divine union of all that is, we experience true liberation.

Our mission is to provide a transformational movement practice that allows women to experience liberation from societal conditioning and past memories. We do this through a science-backed philosophy that simultaneously evokes the unseen Divinity.”

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