Lauren Martin

Hi! My name is Lauren and I have been practicing Baptiste yoga for more than 15 years and teaching Baptiste yoga for 10years now. I also teach the Lagree method (on mega reformers).

I work in Corporate America and my true passions are both yoga and travel! My kids are 3 & 5 :)

After moving back home to Buffalo from NYC I needed to find something I was passionate about and I was lucky enough to find Power Yoga....

It took me months before I felt brave enough to go to the studio, but I will never forget my first class. It was the first hour in a long time that I can remember not worrying about anything. Not if I sent that work email, not what errands I had to run- I was fully present in both my body and my breath.

Until then I always was go-go-go, never stopping to pause, or to breathe.

I used to hate the idea of slowing down. I didn’t get it.  What do you mean stop thinking? Stop doing? Wouldn’t I be bored? But that stillness in both my mind and body had immediate effects. I was transformed and as much as I knew I would continue to practice, I knew I would teach. I felt like I wanted to run and tell every one I knew. I wanted to keep creating this space for myself and I wanted to help other people do the same thing.