Sedona Meditation Instructor and Founder, Sarah McLean
She’s been featured in the New York Times, and Phoenix Woman magazine calls her "an inspirational and dynamic teacher." Sarah McLean has been teaching meditation and mind/body health programs since the early 90's. She served as the Education Director for the Chopra Center for Well Being in San Diego and is the founding director of the Sedona Meditation Training Company.
Sarah McLean is passionate about teaching and sharing what she’s discovered about the modalities of mind/body health, natural access to creativity, and self awareness. Her mission is to support those who seek fulfilling lives, better health, inner peace, and ways to manage their stress through the programs she has created for the Sedona Meditation Training Company.
Her interest in mind/body health began with her training as a medic and behavioral specialist in the U.S. Army in the 1980s where she treated post traumatic stress disorder in soldiers who had been affected.
 Though she learned meditation in college, it wasn't until 1990 when she began her formal daily meditation practice and her work with mind/body health pioneer, Dr. Deepak Chopra. For over eight years, she was employed by him, first as an educator at the Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and later when they relocated to Southern California, she was one of the founding directors of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
Dr. Chopra certified Sarah, one of his first educators, to teach mind/body health programs; among them Perfect Health, the Ayurvedic Lifestyle Course, and Primordial Sound Meditation, an ancient form of meditation.
As the Education Director at the Chopra Center, Sarah provided educational programs for the the center's guests and hosted guest presenters on holistic healing modalities from all over the world.
Sarah is very centered, flexible, approachable, caring, and spirit-driven - she's awesome to work with.
- Deborah Brackin, Scottsdale, AZ
While at the Chopra Center, Sarah also has had the good fortune of promoting and studying intensively with best-selling authors Debbie Ford, author of The Secrets of the Shadow, and Margot Anand, author of Everyday Ecstasy.
Sarah also became immersed in the studies of Ayurveda and furthered her studies with Dr. John Douillard, expert pulse diagnostician, and attended the Ayurvedic College at Mount Madonna with Dr. Vasant Lad. Ayurveda is an ancient mind/body healing approach which suggests that health and healing begins with awareness, or consciousness, and that meditation is the first step towards creating balance in the mind and body. Ayurveda includes healing modalities that include: daily and seasonal routines, diet, exercise, identifying mind/body types (doshas) and imbalances, purification therapies, sound therapy, aroma therapy, and more.
Sarah, I just wanted to take the time to tell you how wonderful I thought the class was on Saturday. I hope you realize that you are really changing peoples’ lives for the better. Every time I meet with you I feel so uplifted and clean. You really are making the world a better place…one person at a time. I am grateful that you have come into my life.
- Linda Priano, Sedona, AZ
In 1997, after a six month sabbatical travelling in India - meditating in ashrams and teaching English to Tibetan Buddhist nuns, - Sarah returned to the states. For almost two years was a resident and Tenzo (cook) at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, a Zen Buddhist training center in the San Jacinto mountains of Southern California. . There, she spent days and weeks at a time in silence and meditation.
She then served as the personal assistant to Gary Zukav, author of Seat of the Soul, and in 2000, was hired by Byron Katie to direct the School of the Work. Sarah travelled worldwide with Katie as she shared the self-inquiry process called The Work in the 10-day schools.
In 2001, Sarah moved to Sedona, Arizona and eventually founded the Sedona Meditation Training Company, an organization providing training and immersion in various meditation practices to enhance mind/body health and self-awareness. She has chosen some fantastic instructors and facilitators to work with her to provide the programs offered year-round.
Recognized in 2008 by National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) as a trailblazer, Sarah's organization offers meditation programs that demystify meditation -making it accessible to anyone.
Sarah is often called the face of mainstream meditation and is a sought-after presenter in the personal growth arena and in in corporate environments. She was voted Arizona's favorite meditation leader by readers of Natural Awakenings in 2010.
Her presentations for individuals and organizations throughout Arizona and the U.S. include self-awareness courses, stress reduction training, and mind/body health and lifestyle programs. She is invited to lead self-discovery retreats and programs at world class spas such as Miraval Resort in Tucson, and by organizations such as Proctor & Gamble, Young Presidents' Organizations, and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Sarah is also frequent contributor to health and lifestyle publications and is invited as a guest on morning television shows where she shares her expertise on mind/body health practices and the benefits of meditation.
Sarah is an advocate for the environment: she served on the board of a local environmental organization Keep Sedona Beautiful a group dedicated to preserving the wonder of Sedona, and was the recipient of the Sustainable Arizona Service Leadership Award. She is committed to being a green business too. From insisting on using recycled paper, to choosing recycled packaging for her new CD, to shopping locally, Sarah also donates proceeds from her programs and products to organizations committed to saving our natural resources.
Send an email to Sarah McLean, or call her at (928) 204-0067. Correspondence may also be sent to PO Box 1178, Sedona, Arizona 86339.
I have to tell you how moved I am by learning to meditate. I knew this was out there and I finally have it thanks to you. I am so grateful for the experience. Every time I try to explain yesterday I start to cry.
My life has changed in the direction that I wanted it to and
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- Claudia Wright, Frontdoors Magazine, Phoenix, AZ
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