Lara Land

Trauma Sensitivity Trainer, Coach, Author

Lara Land (she/her) is a deeply compassionate L2 Authorized Ashtanga yoga teacher, somatic life coach, death doula, consultant, and yoga teacher trainer specializing in trauma sensitivity. Her work is in helping to heal trauma both subtle and significant and train others using trauma-sensitive yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and breathing practices. Lara has spent the last 25 years studying Ashtanga yoga 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 is the owner of Land Yoga, Executive Director of Three and a Half Acres Yoga a non-profit that has been training yoga teachers in trauma sensitivity and placing them in partnerships with community organizations that serve trauma survivors for the past ten years. She is the co-producer of SOULFest Yoga Festival a yoga and wellness event dedicated to celebrating diversity in yoga. She is the author of My Bliss Book and The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga (Shambhala Publications), has a podcast, The Beyond Trauma podcast, and has been featured in and contributed to New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Yoga Journal, Apartment Therapy, and on Fox5, CBS, NY1, and SiriusRadioXM.