Lauren Holman

E-RYT® 500 and YACEP® through Yoga Alliance When Lauren was 12 years old, her sister gave her a Krishna Das CD. She learned the mantra Hare Krishna and would sing it all the time because she thought it was beautiful. She didn't know it at the time, but that was her first yoga practice. Years later, she completed an internship that took her to Vrindavan, India, where she worked with widows. They invited her to chant with them, and to her surprise, she already knew the words because she had learned Hare Krishna from before. That experience showed her how mantra and Sanskrit bring people together in shared practice, even when they don't speak the same language. In 2016, a friend invited her to an Ashtanga Yoga class. She had no idea what to expect, but she remembers when they sang the opening mantra that it sounded long and beautiful. It was the first time she saw yoga as a complete system. She saw how mantra, breath, movement, and focus were all integrated, and she's been practicing yoga ever since. At first, some of the poses felt very difficult in her body. She learned to use props and pose variations to grow her practice. At times, she noticed that the way she did things looked different from the way other people were doing them. Through this, she learned self-acceptance and discovered how variations deepened her practice. She was fortunate to have teachers who were knowledgeable about the tradition of yoga and how it applied to her. Her teachers saw potential in her long before she could see it in herself, and there were many moments when they literally held her up. Their examples have shaped not only how she practices, but also how she wants to teach. Her intention is that her students leave class feeling more connected to themselves, and with an appreciation for yoga as a lifelong path of study, self-discovery, and service. She's spent the majority of her yoga studies in Ashtanga Yoga, therapeutic applications of yoga, and Vinyasa Krama. She is an E-RYT® 500 and YACEP® through Yoga Alliance. In 2026, she completed the 100-hour Advanced Vinyasa Krama Teacher Training with Srivatsa Ramaswami. She has a bachelor's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies with minors in Russian and Political Science. Influential teachers she has studied with include Srivatsa Ramaswami, B.N.S. Iyengar, Arun Deva, Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann, David Swenson, Ajay Kumar, Dana Baptiste, Todd McLaughlin, and Tamara McLaughlin. See Lauren on the mat!

E-RYT® 500 and YACEP® through Yoga Alliance When Lauren was 12 years old, her sister gave her a Krishna Das CD. She learned the mantra Hare Krishna and would sing it all the time because she thought it was beautiful. She didn't know it at the time, but that was her first yoga practice. Years l...Read More