Lauren Fields, Yoga to You PDX

Lauren has over two decades of training, teaching, and business ownership in the world of modern yoga. She completed her first 200-hour training in 2005 at the Yandara Yoga Institute with Victor Oppenheimer in Baja, Mexico. In 2010, she completed her second 200-hour training through the Lotus Seed School. Lauren expanded her practice and completed the Bliss Paddle Yoga Teacher Training in 2015. Lauren completed 25 hours in the specialty practice of Hip Immersion with Tiffany Cruikshank. Lauren just completed her 300hr RYT with Simon Borg -Olivier with the Yoga Synergy school, making her an advanced E-RYT 500. Most recently Lauren Lauren trained directly with Tom Meyers, founder of Anatomy Trains and Structural Integration. Lauren's speciality is the diversity of bodies she has taught, with the goal to empower other teachers know how to teach any person they come across, and apply various applications including yoga therapeutics, spinal movement, and myofascial techniques. During the 20 years Lauren has taught individuals ranging from childhood to octogenarians, Lauren has been continually inspired to learn more about the anatomy of the body, increase her knowledge about how stress of the workplace impacts the muscles and flexibility, and teach helpful positions that will improve the overall well-being of her students. Lauren is a certified Stand-Up Paddle Board (SUP) Yoga teacher and has partnered with a well-known local outdoor company, Next Adventure, to teach SUP yoga classes in Oregon and Washington. Lauren is proudly registered as an E-RYT 500and a Continuing Education Provider and lead trainer of the MYA 200 hour YTT through Yoga Alliance­­­, an internationally renowned professional yoga association.