Hey, I'm Lauren!
Holistic Nutrition Therapist & Yoga Facilitator

While movement and health has always been a prominent theme and focus in my life, I haven’t always felt steady, centered and well within my body. As a lifelong athlete, my relationship with movement shaped how I expressed myself and experienced the world around me. Movement felt like an essential container to know & express myself, understand my strengths & weaknesses, and challenge my capacity to grow. While I found deep moments of joy, presence, vitality and purpose as a competitive athlete, I eventually found myself burnt-out, disconnected, and exhausted.

My trajectory in life shifted when I took my first Yin Yoga and meditation class. As someone who valued movement and identified a lot of her worth with physical fitness, a practice centered around stillness felt like one of the most radical, challenging and centering experiences of my life. 90 minutes was all it took to initiate a deeper relationship with my body, my senses and my inner world.  Externally, it was a quiet and gentle experience, but inwardly it felt cataclysmic. While I didn’t fully understand the gifts of the practice at the time, I knew I needed to continue to show up to this practice. 10 years after dedicating myself to the practice, Yoga has reshaped my understanding of who I really am, my capacity to meet myself, how I advocate for myself, and how I show up in my life. It has influenced how I relate to and nurture my body and my inner world. It has taught me deep compassion, curiosity, reverence and awareness of myself and my experience. And, perhaps most importantly, it has shown me that healing doesn’t come from putting my head down and pushing harder — it comes from listening deeply and remembering my innate wholeness.

Over the next handful of years, I dove deeply into Yoga practice and study. I completed more than 1,000 hours of yoga teacher trainings and continuing education — blending the arts of the physical, energetic, emotional, philosophical and spiritual gifts of Yoga. During this period of studying I began asking bigger questions about health, nourishment, and the interconnectedness of our physical, emotional, and energetic systems. My studies in Yoga and foundational studies in Ayurveda opened the door to a deeper understanding of nutrition as medicine and as a fundamental aspect of holistic wellness. Soon after, I earned my Holistic Nutrition Therapist Master degree from the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Arvada, Colorado.

My educational and experimental journeys empowered me to take charge of my own healing. I learned that true healing happens when we invest in our health from a place of love and care, trust our lived experience, and give ourselves permission to change, shift, and pivot so that we may move through life with more grace, alignment, confidence and reverence.

Today, Movement Within exists to create the same container for you to meet and nourish yourself – To help you reconnect with the miracle of your body, and create a relationship with nutrition and movement that feels supportive, revitalizing and sustainable.

It is the integration of everything I’ve studied, practiced and embodied. I believe there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wellness. Each person moves at their own intuitive pace, and carries stories and wisdom uniquely their own. My role is to equip you with the science-backed education and compassionate guidance you’ll need to take control of your health, remember your power, and discover a deep appreciation for your body and yourself.

This work is about remembering your wholeness, building body literacy, and trusting your inherent capacity for growth and holistic healing.