Lauren Brenner

Lauren Brenner has been moving, dancing, and shaking her entire life. She is an actress and performance artist, having graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre. You can track her professionally in performances around the Chicago area. She has always had an incredible love and respect for the body and all of its potential as it supports and expresses the spirit.

Lauren's interest in movement and spiritual study led her to the Ananda Marga Yoga center in Los Altos Hills, CA, where she began her hatha yoga practice in 2001. When she moved to Chicago in 2003 she discovered Moksha, and it has been her "yoga home" ever since. She completed the Moksha Yoga Teacher Training/Certification program in 2005 and celebrated with a trip to South India, where she studied the Ashtanga yoga system under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Lino Miele, and Ajay Kumar.

Lauren teaches from a place of deep love, gratitude, and respect for the yoga teachings, as they guide and enable us as students of life. Her classes emphasize breathing, the use of bandhas, and proper alignment for a practice that is both progressive and safe. She balances a background in traditional method with an interest in innovation and discovery, as well as encourages awareness and right effort, through which we might move to places we never thought possible in our bodies, minds, and spirits.