About Sarah Plummer Taylor

Sarah Plummer Taylor is an established leader in the field of resilience building and holistic wellness. She teaches veterans, busy professionals, students, and entrepreneurs how to find clarity and build stronger, healthier lives. A U.S. Marine veteran who deployed twice to Iraq, Sarah is the author of Just Roll With It: 7 Battle Tested Truths for Creating a Resilient Life. She is also the founder of SEMPER Sarah®, a national wellness practice. Sarah holds a Master’s in Social Work with a Mental Health concentration from the University of Denver and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of Virginia. She was an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at Charleston Southern University until 2019. Sarah is also a registered yoga teacher ERYT200/RYT500, who teaches vinyasa, yin, restorative, and trauma-informed adaptive yoga classes in addition to retreats and workshops. Her work has been featured on Capitol Hill and in noteworthy news and entertainment outlets like the Katie Couric Show, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, MSNBC, and others. In addition to speaking, leading workshops, and providing individual and couple’s counseling and coaching through SEMPER Sarah®, Sarah gives back to organizations like Veterans of Foreign Wars, Team Red White & Blue, The Give Back Yoga Foundation, Comeback Yoga, and the Women Marines Association. Sarah lives in North Carolina with her husband, their two daughters, and dog.

10 Tips for New Yoga Practitioners + COSTA RICA In 60 Days! :)

I stumbled across this great little article about 10 tips for new yogis and wanted to share it with you. I don't know the author, Kate Stone; I simply found the tips to ring true in addition to being funny.  Sometimes we can take yoga too seriously and frankly, it should be fun (if I [...]

We can’t stop the waves, but we can learn to surf with yoga

I love this metaphor: "We can't stop the waves, but we can learn to surf." ~ Jonathan Kabat-Zinn.   What does that really mean, though?   And how can we learn to metaphorically “surf” or swim (instead of sinking) when waves come crashing?   Yoga is one way I’ve found to be very helpful for [...]

Re-Thinking Wellness: A Feminist Approach to Health and Fitness

Given that friend and colleague, Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas, and I are just as big of nerds as we are jocks, yogis, and across the board fun-loving people, we get super duper psyched when we get published in academic journals.  This week, we had a jointly written paper published in a peer-reviewed feminist theory journal, the [...]

Who is the most motivated person you know?

Can we KISS, please?  ;)   Wait, what?!  Don't worry, I'm not being creepy, I swear. ;)   I just want to Keep It Simple, Silly.   Today I have one, simple question for you: Who is the most motivated person you know?     Please post your answer below because sharing stories or even simple words about [...]

7 Special Updates – especially for my COLORADO and my YOGA pals

Lets be serious.  After spending about 90% of my time on the road, in the air, and overseas since April, it's time I settle down for a bit. But why should YOU care?  Well, if you're into yoga and/or live in Denver, take a peek below...    1. I’m teaching yoga regularly in Denver, CO [...]

Social Entrepreneurship, Business Advice, & Health Tips

Go a little behind the Semper Sarah LLC scenes to hear a bit of Sarah's personal background, more of her business story with commentary on social entrepreneurship and business advice, plus get 12 tips for better health.  It's a dynamic "three-fer!" ;)   Personal background goes until about the 10 minute mark, then business-specific story [...]

4 Ways To Jumpstart Autumn and Enjoy the Transition Into the New Season!

  Please enjoy this Fall Prep Guide from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). It includes simple guidelines for: 1. Fall Cleaning 2. Goal Setting 3. Getting Energized and 4. A Yummy Recipe! :)   I completed my training to become a certified health coach at IIN, which is based in New York City, although [...]

An Offering of Strength & Prayers for Colorado Flood Victims

Recently, Denver, Boulder, Estes Park and surrounding areas of Colorado were bombarded with rain, hail, and lightening for nearly a week straight. Late last week, the resulting flash floods swept entire roads, homes, and business away.  I was in Lyons, near Estes Park, Wednesday night – on 9/11 –when the deluge really let loose and [...]

The Itsy-Bitsy Spider Went Where?

No, this is not a picture of me singing "the itsy-bitsy-spider" to a room full of adults.  This is me, "Semper Sarah," speaking at our latest Just Roll With It Bootcamp which took place Saturday August 24th in Hermosa Beach, CA.  Because a former Marine, a photographer, a friend, took the effort to make this [...]

Put Your Oxygen Mask on First

How was your weekend?  Mine was fabulous, I gotta say!   I spent last Friday through Monday in Washington State.  I’ve never been before.  Well, unless you count that time I drove across the Oregon border to bungee jump off Mount St Helens twice in 2007, but the point is, I’ve never really fully explored [...]

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