Why hello there!
I’m Lauren.
I’m doing what I do because I’m passionate about connecting people to themselves, to each other and to the earth.
I believe our individual and collective healing happens at the heart of this re-connection.
Life is a wild adventure.
My 1:1 sessions, yoga classes, workshops and women’s circles are there to support you and provide a space where you are held an unconditional highest regard. You don’t have to wander through this life alone.
I’ve got your back.
In a Nutshell
(Scroll down the page for the longer version…)
I grew up in Sydney near the ocean, and moved to Tasmania in 2011 for access to amazing landscapes.
Tassie is home.
I worked for six years as a hiking guide! I guided tour groups for six years on the Overland Track, Larapinta Trail and at Freycinet Pensinsula. I LOVE being outdoors. These days I guide people on inner journeys but who knows, maybe one day I will guide in the wilderness again…
I love nature, hiking, trail running and dancing with friends and community.
I am fascinated by and compassionate for the human condition and everything that comes with it.
(I also love people watching)
I am growth-orientated and always learning. I always have at least three half-read books on my bedside table.
I have a lifetime of experience with Crohn’s disease which has helped me appreciate what it means to be healthy and also developed my compassion for the unseen struggles that we deal with day-to-day.
My human design reading is manifestor and I am a virgo…. but mostly I’m a human.
The Professional Things
A huuuuuuge shoutout and thanks to all my teachers along the way, past and current. This includes my professional teachers, as much as other incredible humans I have worked with, as well as the natural world I live and play in.
Metavision Institute - Professional Training in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Process-orientated therapy.
Sacred Seeds Yoga School - 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance registered member).
Sarah Ball Yoga Counselling- 50 hour YTT - Yoga for Trauma, Anxiety, Body Image and Depression
Authentic Education - ICF Certified Results Coaching certificate.
TasTAFE - Certificate IV Adventure Guiding and Certificate III Outdoor Recreation.
Additional training - Natural environment and wilderness studies at the University of Tasmania, psychology of yoga, non-violent communication.
Hiking on the Dusky Track, New Zealand
Hiking in Tasmania
Teaching outdoor yoga
Story Time!
In my early twenties, I suffered from depression and anxiety, which at the time felt like it came out of nowhere. I have chronic health issues that flare up with stress and I was often sick during my holidays. I felt weird and unworthy because I couldn’t ‘handle’ everyday situations like ‘normal’ people did. On top of this, my environmental studies at uni made me feel overwhelmed and hopeless about the state of the world.
I’ve spent the last ten years transforming my overwhelm and anxiety by learning how to listen to my body and my needs. I awakened to my intuition, bit by bit I learned to trust it. Through my research and studies into the connection between our mind-body-soul I learned that these seemingly separate parts of our lives are connected and contain answers for us when we listen.
But knowledge isn’t enough. I also found and created tools that help me center myself in self-compassion and acceptance, to make peace with the flow of my emotions, learn to advocate for my personal needs, and pursue my dreams without neglecting myself.
I’ve also learned - there is no need to be perfect on this journey. I still have my roller-coaster times because I’m a human, but I keep listening, re-aligning myself and showing up. It’s the small steps and daily choices lead to the biggest changes.