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Lauri has a rich lineage in several yoga traditions including Kriya, Iyengar and Viniyoga. She has also taught yoga since 1994 and therapeutic yoga applications for groups and individuals since 2001 and is one of the first certified yoga therapists (CIAYT since 2017). Her yoga lineage includes Tao Porchon Lynch, Karin Stephan, Leslie Kaminoff, David Hollander, and Kim Schwartz among many more with whom she is fortunate to have learned from. She is known as a teachers’ teacher and is a guest in several programs including at Ananda Ashram, her own co-led program with Susan Rubin (Sage Yoga), Renee Diamond, David Hollander, Kelly Kamm, Karen Rider and many more. She is a past President of the Yoga Teachers’ Association and continues to teach a monthly Practice for yoga teachers and tts which thrives on group inquiry and explorations.

Yoga is a living tradition, begun several thousand years ago. Yoga is translated as integration, or literally to yoke, or join together, body, mind and spirit. One of the primary texts of yoga is the Yoga Sutras, correlated by Patanjali around 500-200 BCE. The whole system of yoga practice is around 5000 years old and is an entire system in which asana (poses) occupies one part of the whole. Teachers today are most commonly registered under the Yoga Alliance, with the initial RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) or ERYT (Experienced Yoga Teacher) showing that they have studied under an approved program consisting of practice in yoga, anatomy and teaching skills. Lauri is a YA Provider for workshops. However, the practice of Äsana, prÄṇÄyÄma and other limbs of yoga are worth exploring deeply, beyond standard programs.

Yoga Therapy is a newer field integrating the use of yoga practice to help an individual or group work towards balance in body, mind and spirit, addressing physical as well as psychological issues. More on the International Association of Yoga Therapists, click here.