Ally Boothroyd
Ally Boothroyd is a yoga educator, meditation teacher, and passionate advocate for the healing power of Yoga Nidra and conscious rest. She is the founder of Sarovara Yoga, a lakeside retreat space in Ontario, Canada, and co-director of the School of Living Yoga, where she leads deeply transformative teacher trainings and global retreats.
Ally specializes in Yoga Nidra, nervous system healing, and therapeutic yogic tools for reversing anxiety, stress, and exhaustion. Her teachings blend Classical Hatha Tantra, Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Psychology, a rich variety of Yogic Sleep lineages, and the science of deep rest to support emotional balance, inner resilience, and self-awareness.
Having taught over 15,000 hours and guided more than 1,000 students through her online trainings, Ally’s work reaches a global audience through her YouTube recordings, which have been practiced with over 60 million times. She’s the creator of the Transformational Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher Training and co-creator of the Embodied Wisdom Hatha Yoga Teacher Training.
Ally’s own healing journey, from debilitating anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia to a life of calm, rest and inner peace, fuels her mission to share these powerful tools. She offers her teachings with deep reverence for their roots, a love of nature, and a heartfelt dedication to helping others reconnect with their inner wisdom through conscious rest.