“Lauren is a healer disguised in a yogi’s body. Every experience I’ve ever had working with Lauren has brought healing to every part of me: mind, body, emotions, and spirit. She is a gift to the world”! Elizabeth

Lauren Estraya Eisenberg brings 28 years of unbound enthusiasm, experience, and education to her career.

At age 16 she was offered a job as an assistant volleyball coach for the junior varsity volleyball team at her high school. She fell in love with her first coaching gig, at how vibrant and alive she felt working with others, and seeing them succeed.

As a talented young athlete herself Lauren understood early on the connection between the mind, the body, the breath, and the ability to focus. It is a gift that continues to nourish and sustain her to this day.

She attended the University of Oregon, Eugene OR, 1995-1999 graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Movement Science & also in Biology.

Exercise and Movement Science is a pre-med curriculum at UO, and Lauren was fortunate enough to spend two years working with cadavers. There she developed a deep love, awe, & understanding of how the human body works.

She spent her senior year researching how gate is affected by running on various surface levels, and was chosen to present her findings at a Biomechanics Conference for graduate students in Seattle, WA.

Lauren was then hired during her last semester of college as a personal trainer, and moved up to Portland, OR upon graduation to begin her career.

Within in three months of being hired, Lauren had a full schedule of clients, as well as the opportunity to teach deep water running and yoga classes.

Seeing her clients feel better & better through movement and breath was empowering. This propelled her to continue her studies & broaden her understanding of not only how the body works, but how the body heals.

In 2002, Lauren earned both her state & national Massage Therapy License from the East West School of the Healing Arts and has been in practice for the past 18 years in the Pacific Northwest.

At this time she was already an avid yogini, dedicated to daily meditation and practice. While her massage career took off, she couldn’t help but feel something was missing. How could she help more people feel better on a daily basis? She listened to the call of service, and decided to open up a community yoga class.

Her community yoga class was a hit. She offered a sliding scale class, and no one was turned away for lack of funds. As the need for more classes grew, Lauren’s desire to immerse in yogic study and take a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training became clear.

In 2009, she enrolled in an immersion program with her teachers Ganga White and Tracey Rich at the White Lotus Foundation. She completed her 200 hour YTT and became an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher through the Yoga Alliance.

She continued teaching her sliding scale community classes as well as teaching at studios throughout the Portland Metro Area. Lauren became a Yoga Teacher Trainer teaching Anatomy, Asana, Alignment, & Sequencing. She fell in love with leading small local retreats. Now she leads both local and national retreats. Lauren also provides continuing education classes for yoga teachers.

In 2018 Lauren opened the doors to her yoga studio, Radiant Yoga, and enjoyed two beautiful years of running what was called “The Healing Space” by the community.

When the pandemic hit she had to close the studio’s doors. Shifting to an online yoga format, she happily continues teaching. Lauren is enjoying meeting students from near and far creating community, connection, and commitment to practice.

HEALTH, HEALING & YOGA

From a very young age, Lauren loved being active. She excelled in sports and became enamored with singing, dancing, and performing. Her love for the outdoors grew tenfold when she moved to the PNW. Early adulthood was spent hiking, camping, running marathons, playing volleyball, lifting weights, swimming & continuing to perform.

It was shocking when Lauren’s health began to seriously decline. By her mid twenties, Lauren was seeing a team of western and nonwestern specialists all in the hopes to restore her health.

Her battle against severe degenerative disc disease began in earnest. It became a reality that managing daily pain & surgical recovery was going to be her life.

Lauren’s next 10 years were spent undergoing many western surgeries as well as non-traditional procedures. Her connection with her yoga practice deepened.

Whether at the hospital, home in bed, or on the mat, she realized that Yoga can be practiced anytime, anywhere, in any condition. She is in awe of how transformative, healing, and life changing this practice is.

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