Come and find your Quiet Center
We are each uniquely and wonderfully made. Whether you are a beginner to yoga or you simply want to find your quiet center through breath and movement, GraceYoga is the class for you. It is a gentle practice that moves slowly and deliberately through different poses to enhance strength, balance, and flexibility.
Breath
Our focused breath connects us to the present moment. It calms us in body, mind, and spirit.
Movement
Slow and deliberate movement enhances strength and flexibility.
Presence
Being present and aware allows us to more deeply connect with ourselves, others, and God.
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Betsy West developed an interest in yoga with the intention of finding balance and flexibility, stress reduction and improved breath control.
After practicing for 12 years, she became a certified yoga instructor through Cape Cod Yoga School. She founded GraceYoga in order to help others find healing and balance through their own practice.
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Due to scoliosis and spinal fusions, Betsy understands first-hand that each person comes to the mat with diverse abilities. Her hope is to create a grace filled space for students to explore their own healing practice.
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Betsy is a lifelong singer. She performs with the Cape Cod Moonlighters Big Band, as well as with other local musicians.
She is married, has two grown and married children and a precious granddaughter.
Daria Kasparian discovered her love for yoga at the age of 60 after retiring from a thirty-year public school teaching career,
She earned her 200 hour certification through Breathe for Change and is currently working on her 300 hour certification with Kripalu. She began teaching yoga to her high school students at their insistence before retirement and currently enjoys teaching yoga to all levels and ages.
She looks forward to deepening her practice and in encouraging others to discover that level of depth in their practice as well.
When not practicing yoga, Daria enjoys reading, writing poetry, and gardening.
Sarah Daley’s yoga journey began when she started training for her first marathon, as a way to bring balance to body, mind and spirit after long training sessions. She was so impressed with the positive effects yoga had on her that she wanted to learn more, eventually becoming a certified yoga instructor.
Sarah is the Yoga Facilitator for Heroes In Transition, where she has
developed programs for Veterans, Active Service Members and their families. Her programs at Joint Base Cape Cod have focused on relieving stress and anxiety, especially as it relates to PTSD.
An avid hiker, Sarah is Co-owner of Camino Yoga Retreats which leads
hiking and yoga retreats on the Camino de Compostella throughout northern and central Spain. She is also the owner of Lotus Cove Yoga, which provides private and small group yoga and meditation classes in the Mid-Cape area.
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Sarah joined the GraceYoga at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, helping those incarcerated find the GRACE they are seeking. Sarah has a deep faith in God and the path he has set for her...a path that has led her to use her passion for yoga and meditation to help others.
Sarah lives in Mashpee with her husband Stephen. They have 3 adult
children and one grandchild, Amy who lights up their lives. In addition to yoga, Sarah enjoys hiking, cooking and walks along The Spit.
Karen Faraca has been facilitating yoga classes since 2016, following 15 years of personal practice. She has completed more than 500 hours of registered yoga teacher training in Vinyasa, Bikram and other Hatha lineages, in addition to trainings in meditation and various embodied healing modalities.
Karen has a background in the Addiction Recovery field, in which she received her MA. Yoga and meditation have long been the foundation of her own journey of healing, self-recovery and spiritual development; they are integral to her way of being. Teaching has allowed Karen to share her experience of the transformational power of the practice with individuals and within communities.
Outside of the studio, Karen loves to hike trails with her pack, camp and wander with her partner, and pray through living a life of gratitude and wonder.