Lauren Eckstrom

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About Lauren Eckstrom

Lauren Eckstrom is a yoga teacher based in Santa Monica, California. With a degree in film and television from UCLA and a 20 year career as an actor, Lauren brings presence, confidence, joy, and passion to all of her classes. With background and training in Vinyasa based Power Yoga, her classes combine creative sequencing and flows with a strong focus on safe, sound alignment. Lauren also caters toward students rehabbing from injuries so her breadth of teaching includes advanced yogis, brand new practitioners, and yogis dealing with a therapeutic approach to the practice. She specializes in Restorative Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga for Beginners, Pranayama and Meditation, and she has experience teaching Kid`s Yoga and Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga. She believes that the practice of yoga holds a unique meaning for each practitioner. For Lauren, yoga is a time to reconnect with the Source that lies within each of us. Yoga is a time for moving prayer, dancing meditation, and the cultivation of love - love for the world and love for the self. When we come to the mat together in community we find refuge, we facilitate change, and we have the power to support each other on the confronting path of discovery. Together you will move through a yoga flow aimed at your individual needs with a committed focus on the breath in the hopes of taking you deeper into your personal journey of transformation with grace and strength. In 2011 Lauren associate produced and was heavily featured in The Ultimate Yogi with Travis Eliot, a 12-disc, 108 day all encompassing yogic lifestyle program. Lauren currently teaches privately and leads group classes at ESP Wellness Center and Tru Yoga and has taught at Santa Monica Power Yoga, Bhakti Yoga Shala, and UCLA. Specialties: Vinyasa Power Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga for Beginners, Pranayama and Meditation, Kid`s Yoga, Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga