A Letter from Sabrina.

Welcome to Iron & Om
Where power meets peace.

For those of you who don’t know me—my name is Sabrina Didado Czerwinski, and I want to personally welcome you to the Iron & Om family.

I came up with the concept of Iron & Om before I even had a name for it. I’ve always chased that ever-elusive idea of balance—fitting, since I’m a Libra and we tend to live in the extremes, always trying to return to center.

My own journey has been full of sky-high highs and devastating lows. At one point, I felt completely lost—spinning my wheels, burned out, mentally and physically unwell. That’s when I found this practice. A practice that gave me something solid to stand on and something sacred to return to.

I’ve always been drawn to the physical—sports, movement, strength. I’ve played just about everything: volleyball, soccer, softball, basketball. I’ve ridden horses and four-wheelers, gone hunting and fishing, hiked, kayaked, surfed, boxed, lifted weights, and practiced power yoga. If it got me moving, I was in.

Over the last few years, I fell in love with bodybuilding—not just for the physical challenge, but for the discipline, structure, and lifestyle it demands. In many ways, it feels like the inverse of yoga. Bodybuilding is rooted in building strength, routine, and forward momentum. Yoga teaches presence, acceptance, and surrender. But both require devotion. Both are practices of self-mastery. And what I’ve seen—especially in the bodybuilding world—is that so many athletes and lifters operate in extremes. The stress is high, recovery is low, and there’s often no space for stillness. That’s where Iron & Om comes in.

But just as much as I’ve loved the physical, I’ve always been a seeker. I was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic school from preschool through graduate school. I loved the rituals: the smell of incense, the stillness of a cathedral, the hum of the organ. That reverence stuck with me—and eventually led me to study other spiritual paths: Hinduism, Buddhism, and more. That curiosity still fuels me.

Naturally, yoga hooked me—because it blends the physical and spiritual into one practice. I could nail crow pose while humming Hare Krishna in the same breath. I started practicing in 2013. Since then, I’ve earned over 600 hours of formal training and taught more than 1,500 hours. In 2025, I’m finally ready to bring this work fully to the public.

Here’s what I’ve learned through my own practice—and by teaching others:

Life on the mat reflects life off the mat.
If you struggle with stillness in daily life, you'll struggle with stillness on the mat.
If you feel weak or unsure throughout your day, your power in practice will feel far away too.

The good news? The mat gives us a safe space to practice—to experiment with strength, with stillness, with showing up for ourselves in a supportive environment. And the more we practice, the more those patterns start to show up everywhere else.

Iron & Om is like the yin-yang symbol: strength and softness, effort and surrender, power and peace. They aren’t opposites—they’re two expressions of the same truth. One can't exist without the other.

I didn’t create Iron & Om for people just to “feel better.” I created it to recognize that both sides of the coin are needed to feel whole. I’m still learning every day—because this is a practice. And now, I invite you to practice alongside me.

Let’s walk this path together—strong, soft, real, and whole.

With love,
Sabrina