Sandy Blaine is a well-being consultant, speaker and writer with expertise in positive psychology, mind-body science and holistic wellness. She has worked with high-profile tech and wellness companies on well-being curricula and wellness program development to help people, organizations and communities grow their well-being and realize their highest potential. With the goal of expanding her expertise to address well-being from a multidimensional, whole-person perspective, Sandy completed her Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2016.

While at Penn, Sandy was selected to collaborate on an in-depth consulting project with Ireland’s national health service, and advised them on incorporating positive psychology concepts, tools and resources into their Healthy Ireland Initiative. She designed scalable positive-psychology-based programs and proposed messaging recommendations for the Initiative, many of which were incorporated when it was successfully rolled out country-wide later that year. Being invited to work on a project with the potential to positively impact the well-being of an entire country was the opportunity of a lifetime, and is one of Sandy’s proudest and most fulfilling accomplishments.

The Hollywood Reporter, July 2011 “If you’re Lucky Enough to Work at Pixar” Sandy Blaine, Pixar Wellness Consultant, Teaches Yoga on Site

In the high-tech world, Sandy worked with Pixar Animation Studios for many years. A pioneer in corporate wellness, she began as the company’s resident yoga instructor, and worked closely with Pixar University, helping to develop workplace wellness programming and resources. In 2010 she stepped into a larger role as a wellness specialist for Human Resources, developing and implementing employee wellness and workplace injury prevention curricula, and providing wellness coaching for employees. She was a key member of the wellness team, and taught in-house classes on workplace well-being and practical applications of positive psychology. Sandy has also taught classes at Kaiser Oakland and Jive Software, and spoken on workplace wellness at Google headquarters in Mountain View (as part of their author series in August 2008). Most recently she has been consulting for tech companies and startups, as well as speaking at positive psychology and positive health conferences on a range of well-being topics.

Sandy’s first book, Yoga for Healthy Knees was published in 2005 and was a best-selling yoga title on Amazon. Her second, Yoga for Computer Users was released 2008 and has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Sandy’s articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Yoga International, Ascent, and Yoga Journal magazines. Her Yoga International essay “Yoga For Sale” was selected for the anthology of the magazine’s best writing, Spirit on the Move, published in 2005 by Himalayan Press, and included again in the updated version in 2007.

Sandy is currently the lead content and curricula designer at Satori, a positive-psychology based well-being platform for organizations and individuals. She is also a regular contributing writer for the Yoga For Times of Change blog and at work on a new book about wellness, mind/body integration and positive psychology, slated for release in spring 2024.

• Master of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
• Continuing education classes — positive psychology, emotional intelligence, mindfulness and stress reduction, University of California Berkeley and Stanford University
• Bachelor of Art in Social Sciences, University of California Berkeley