Lauren is a seasoned yoga practitioner, a professional dance artist, and an experienced movement educator. Her education includes national certifications in Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Alignment Based Hatha Yoga, and Classical Pilates. Lauren also holds her M.F.A. and M.A. in Dance from UCLA, is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level, and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

She has taught dance technique, choreography, yoga, and Pilates at the university level for over twelve years. Lauren is currently the director of the dance program and an Associate Professor of Dance at Elon University. Her first yoga class was with Shiva Rea in Los Angeles and she hasn’t stopped since! Lauren has trained with "big name" yoga teachers and "not as well known" yoga teachers and has studied various forms of Yoga styles as well as Yoga Philosophy and Sanskrit. All of her teachers and her immersion in sacred and contemporary Yoga texts have influenced her practice and teaching style.

Everyday she goes to her mat and learns something new. It is her curiosity, creativity, passion, and deep reverence for Yoga that she brings to her students. Lauren is delighted to be both a student and teacher at Om Shanti!