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About Sandra Vanatko

Nearly 20 years of devoted teaching.

IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist · Somatic Practitioner · Meditation Teacher · Breathwork Facilitator
I teach people to listen to their bodies rather than override them — and to find their way back to the calm, clarity, and groundedness that have been available all along.
IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist | E-RYT 500 | Hakomi-Trained Somatic Practitioner | Trauma-Trained | Indo-Tibetan Meditation Study since 2014 | Breathwork Facilitator | Shamanic Practitioner | Teaching since 2007
20,000+
HOURS TAUGHT
In classes, trainings, retreats & private sessions
300+
Teachers trained
Yoga teachers graduated at RYT 200 & RYT 500 level
60+
Meditation graduates
Students led through meditation teacher training in the last two years
25+
retreats
Immersive retreats led worldwide since 2012
20
Years teaching
Devoted to yoga, meditation, breathwork & somatic practice
WHO I WORK WITH

The people who find their way here

Most of the people I work with aren’t looking for another fitness class or wellness trend. They’re navigating something real — burnout that rest doesn’t seem to fix, anxiety that lives in the body even when life looks fine on the outside, a sense of disconnection from themselves that’s been building quietly for years
Some are high-achieving professionals who have managed everything and everyone for so long that they’ve lost touch with what they actually feel. Some are women moving through perimenopause, discovering that their nervous system has shifted in ways they didn’t expect and weren’t prepared for. Some are simply exhausted in a way that sleep alone can’t reach.
What they share is this: they’ve tried thinking their way through it — and they’re still stuck. So they’re ready for a new approach, one that addresses the root cause by bringing the body into the conversation. Not just the mind. Not just the story. The whole person.
That’s exactly where my work begins.
“The safety, the clarity, the groundedness you’re looking for — it’s always been here. It just needs the right support to be recognized again.”
“When we learn to fully inhabit the body, we discover that the safety, security, and support we’ve been seeking have always already been right here — as the ground of being.”
20 YEARS DEVOTED TO TEACHING & STUDY
MY STORY

I didn't always feel at home in my body.

Like so many of the people I now work with, I once lived from stress, survival, and dysregulation — pushing, managing, performing, trying to hold it all together. I was functional. I was capable. And underneath it all, something felt fundamentally off.
What changed everything for me wasn’t a single moment. It was a slow, embodied discovery — through yoga, through meditation, through somatic work — that healing doesn’t happen by thinking harder or trying more. It happens when we finally stop overriding the body and start listening to it instead.
That realization became my life’s work. For nearly 20 years I’ve been studying, practicing, and teaching at the intersection of yoga therapy, somatic psychology, Indo-Tibetan meditation, and breathwork — not as separate disciplines, but as a unified approach to nervous system healing and embodied living.
I hold a C-IAYT certification in yoga therapy, Hakomi training in somatic psychology, over 12 years of Indo-Tibetan meditation study, and trauma-informed training that shapes everything I teach. But more than any credential, what shapes how I work is this: I trust that you already have access to what you need. My job is to help you find your way back to it.

Sixteen years of Indra's Grace

A legacy of community.

In 2007 I founded Indra’s Grace — the longest-standing yoga studio in DFW under single ownership — and spent 16 years holding space for thousands of students to heal, awaken, and find their way back to themselves.

The physical studio completed its chapter in January 2026. The heart of what we built together — the warmth, the depth, the sense of genuine community — continues here, in The Practice. Now available everywhere, to anyone who is ready.

I am so honored to still be on this path with so many of you. And I am grateful for every new person who finds their way here.

What students say

In their own words
Cynthia M.
Private Somatic Coaching Client
“Working with Sandra helped me soften long-held tension, move through grief, and reconnect with my body’s wisdom. I now have a deep sense of inner peace I didn’t know was possible.”
Dan H.
Practice Member
“I am more grounded. I have more capacity to navigate challenging and stressful moments before becoming overwhelmed, and I hold myself with so much more compassion.”
Marcy W.
Practice Member
“Take one class with Sandra and you will feel better in your body, more open in your mind, and lighter in your heart.”
Student of The Practice
Practice Member
“Sandra embodies what she teaches. Over the years, I’ve witnessed so much healing through her offerings — she is deeply present, compassionate, vulnerable, and genuine.”
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