Sandy has been interested in yoga since the 70's when she saw Lilias Folan’s PBS Yoga Program. Lakeland didn’t have any yoga studios then, but she found a class at Florida Southern College that was open to the public. In 1998, she started attending workshops, not with an intention to teach, just to deepen her practice. Workshops with teachers such as Rodney Yee, Sandra Anderson, Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, Wanda Howe, Cyndi Lee/OM Yoga Center NYC, Anusara Yoga teacher Desiree Rumbaugh and Tias Little had profoundly influenced her and were her inspiration to teach.
She completed the 200-hour teacher certification in 2005 through PranaVinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Program at Stillpoint Studios and became registered with Yoga Alliance. Since then she has been teaching a weekly class at St. David’s Episcopal Church.

Sandy believes that Lakeland is so fortunate to have Frankie Hart and Satya Life, and is blessed to be a part of the Satya Life family.

Since her retirement, Sandy treasures time with her husband, Bill. They enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking and spending time with grandchildren, Will and Jeb. They enjoy their lakeside home, watching, and sometimes tending to, their family of creatures....ducks, ospreys, otters, alligators, sandhill cranes, squirrels and a magnificent eagle. At dawn and dusk, it’s a wondrous spot for meditation.