TEACHER TRAINING

Lauren is Director of the Yoga Teacher Empowerment Training at HeartSpace Holistic in Albany, NY. This program empowers students to source their own unique voice. While grounded in classical teachings, the program does not require that participants ascribe to a particular dogma, script or sequence. Past graduates have been challenged to build discernment and teach from their direct experience. They are breaking new ground for themselves and their students.

This nine-month program begins in November 2008. For further in formation, email Lauren or visit www.heartspaceholistic.com.

Lauren is also core faculty in Breathe Joy Yoga's Teaching Training in Sharon, MA and frequently contributes to other teacher training programs. She has mentored teachers for nearly a decade.

Her mission as a teacher is to expand people's experience of yoga beyond asana. Asana, though an interesting place to start, merely scratches the surface of yoga's potential to create a life of clarity, peace and abundance. Steeped in an authentic, living yoga tradition, her classes and training seamlessly weave asana, mantra, bandha, kriya and meditation. Insight and inspiration are fostered for serious practitioners.

As one of the few Master Teachers of Para Yoga© in New England, Lauren's teaching draws from her in-depth knowledge of Classical Yoga, Kundalini science and Tantra. Students are guided through an experience of Yoga in its most sublime and profound manifestation; it is truly a life-changing experience for many.

To schedule a teacher training, call 508-885-2620 or email lauren@themettacenter.com.

"Lauren truly embodies years of intensive and committed study...I have watched her closely for (several) years and know that she brings an integrity, clarity, and wisdom that only years of living what she teaches could allow. (Her students and teacher trainees) will immediately gain by studying how to teach from an exceptional teacher. She is definitely someone we all would want the next generation of teachers to be informed and influenced by..." -Yogarupa Rod Stryker

"I am fortunate to both work with Lauren and call her my teacher. Lauren's workshops, retreats and teacher trainings are innovative, engaging, thought-provoking and awakening. Her teaching style is personal, humorous, insightful, and infinitely knowledgeable about everything yoga: from asana to philosophy; from pranayama to anatomy; from meditation to energy. Lauren has the unique ability to guide both beginning students and advanced yoga teachers into the very depths of what it means to practice and live your yoga on a daily basis. How many teachers out there have this profound effect on students? I look forward to studying with Lauren and continuing to share her gifts with my students for many years to come" -Robyn Parets, Director of Breathe Joy Yoga