Lara Land Email & Phone Number

Lara Land is a deeply compassionate coach, consultant and yoga teacher trainer specializing in trauma sensitivity. Her work is in helping to heal trauma both subtle and significant and train others to do the same using yoga, meditation, mindfulness and breathing practices. Lara has spent the last 25 years studying and sharing yoga asana, chanting, meditation, and philosophy directly from her teachers in India. Her commitment is to honor the traditions of yoga by responding to the needs of each individual, using a unique combination of practices and techniques that are appropriate for their personal growth. Some of her many certifications include: trauma informed mindfulness, life coaching, therapeutic fasting, and mindfulness in nature.Lara works with individuals, groups, and corporations to develop processes for lessening harm, fostering creativity and living with ease. These collaborations including single and ongoing coachings, longer retreats and curriculum creation.

I officially launched the next phase of my career as a wellness/lifestyle writer with my first Huffington Post Op-Ed this October: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lara-land/the-horrible-price-of-che_b_8129828.htmlMy next piece is due out this November in Mantra Magazine. http://mantramag.comWriting on relationships and spirituality, yoga lifestyle and business, and happiness.

Three and a Half Acres Yoga empowers communities by bringing the physical and philosophical facets of the ashtanga yoga tradition to nurture, heal, and activate residents. Our programs respond to the issues and needs of our populations—utilizing all eight limbs of yoga to increase the individual and communal capacity of our residents to envision and realize a more peaceful, just, and interconnected existence.

All Administrative, Public Relations, Community Service, Collaborating;Teaching Ashtanga Yoga, Post-Natal Yoga, Children’s Yoga,

2003 – 2011: Horace Mann, Ramaz, Hewett, Rebecca School (special needs), WeekdaySchool, Romemu, Bedwell Elementary, Radburn ElementaryDuties Include: Creating dynamic privates, semi-privates, birthdays, and classes for children2-18, Designing long-term lesson plans, Working with Special Needs, Sharing progress withparents, Constructing and implementing Yoga Workshops for Schools, Helping teachers andcoaches blend yoga into the classroom, Teaching Privates; Give Back the Light (Based on my experience in Rwanda, this workshopaddresses how small acts of violence can grow and how yoga can help us to shift or thoughts,words, and behavior.), Mang’Om Healthy New Year, Dragon Fire Teacher Training, ReebokSports Club Yoga Sutras, Birthright Yogic New Year, Radburn India DayDuties Include: Designing, Promoting, and Leading Yoga Workshops for Large groups ofdiverse studentsAccomplishments: M/WBE, Birthright Grant Recipient 2009, Bedwell Grant Recipient 2009Volunteer Work: Rwanda WE-ACTx, Asha Kirana India, Off The Mat and Into the World

Reebok Sports Club, Bread and Yoga, Usha Veda, Pure Yoga, Yoga Works, YogaSutra, HBODuties Include: Giving instruction and adjustments to all levels and abilities, Creatingwelcoming class atmosphere, Teaching groups of all sizes, Leading private sessions

Somatic Attachment Therapy

Authorized Level 2 Teacher, Ashtanga Yoga

Columbia Community Business Program, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Theatre/Theater

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Theater Studies

Advanced, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness

Mindful Outdoor Guide