Lauren Dunne

Trainer Bio

Lauren has been practicing many different types of yoga for over 20 years.  Lauren is constantly interested in learning new mindfulness and meditation techniques, she is interested in not only the physical components of yoga, but the practical and spiritual; living life as a yogi.  Lauren is a marathon runner who loves the challenges that running offers.  When she found Baptiste Yoga she was impressed with the physical challenges and never looked back.  Although she has been practicing yoga for over 20 years, she has been practicing solely Baptiste Yoga for the past 6 years.  Lauren completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training certification with Patty Ivey and Down Dog Yoga in Washington, DC in June 2015.  She completed Baptiste Institutes Level One: Journey Into Power training in February 2016, this left her feeling empowered to continue moving toward her life’s goal of making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate and underprivileged. Baptiste Yoga has given her a strong foundation and the freedom to create the work of her dreams through yoga.  In October of 2016 Lauren completed Baptiste Institutes Level Two:  The Sannyasin’s Journey training.  Through this training she has found her fullest inspired expression of herself and nothing can hold her back from stepping forward and following her path to bring about positive change in the world.  Lauren went to San Francisco in March, 2017 to complete Baptiste Institutes Art of Assisting.  Lauren then completed her Level Three training with Baron Baptiste and learned exactly what living life “beyond your borders” means in December of 2018.

Lauren and her family moved to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during the summer of 2016.  Lauren’s goal before she arrived was to brining yoga into orphanages and poor neighborhoods in Vietnam.  As soon as she arrived she launched Pop UP Yoga Saigon and began teaching yoga in orphanages and making connections with locals in order to move into the slum areas to offer free yoga classes for all; and eventually bring a certified teacher training to Vietnam.  Lauren was introduced to Africa Yoga Project in February 2016 at her level one training and fortunate enough to meet Paige Elenson, the Executive Director and co-Founder of AYP at her level two training.  Paige invited Lauren to join the assisting team in Kenya for their next Yoga Teacher Training in April the following year.  Lauren has been on the assisting team of Expand Your Power in Kenya, going on 4 years.  Lauren is driven by empowering others to see and live up to their fullest potential.  Lauren practices a daily attitude of gratitude in all she does.