About Lauren
Lauren Christine is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, Certified Reiki Master Teacher, Certified Massage Practitioner + Writer/Vocalist.
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Integration through practice, the concept that we as people can come to recognize our innate wholeness, and experience more joy + ease, despite the challenging and ever changing seasons of life, is the heart of the work Lauren share through reiki, yoga + song. The broader intention of this work is to bring our cultivated love + acceptance in to our personal relationships, communities + the world at large. We are all in this together.
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When not sharing this work, Lauren can be found exploring the west, being goofy, tending to her garden, writing, spending lots of restorative time in nature, singing & helping her husband with his jewelry business: www.bryanrayjewelry.com.
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Education and Training
REIKI
Lauren has been practicing Reiki for nearly 2 decades. Her earnest desire to discover the methods by which human's have the capacity to heal began when she was 18 and witness to the miraculous & powerful healing of a loved one through their devotional Reiki/Meditation practice. Soon after, Lauren began her formal Reiki training from Degree 1 to Degree 3 Practitioner under the guidance of her beloved friend & Reiki Master Teacher, Jonathon Star, in the Usui Tradition.
Adjunct Studies:
Reiki 2 Training with Tyann Linden, 2011
California Holistic Institute, SLO
Advanced Reiki Studies with Prema Yoga School, 2018
Reiki Master Certification ​
YOGA
Prema Mind Body Spirit 200 HR YTT, 2018
Hatha Yoga, Restorative & Yin with a deep immersion in to the philosophical and energetic aspects of the practice.
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Yoga For Trauma Recovery, Center for Trauma Recover Oakland Ca, 2018
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Yin Yoga Training with Jonnie Goodsmason, 2019
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Mindful Yin Yoga Training with Jennifer Raye, 2021
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Along with teaching privately and in studios, Lauren has been on staff for the last two Prema Mind Body Spirit Yoga Teacher Trainings, where she has taught focused studies in Chakra Theory and Kirtan.
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MASSAGE
Certified Massage Practitioner, 2011
California Holistic Institute, SLO
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SONG/CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Lauren brings her gifts as a musician in to her private session work through voice, drum and harmonium along with offering workshops exploring the sacred and healing aspects of music when shared in circle.
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Lauren has been singing since the time she could speak. As a child she studied piano, guitar and voice: singing is the instrument that stuck. In High School her choir performed at New York's Carnegie Hall after being selected to perform under the direction of Mormon Tabernacle Choir Director, Craig Jessop. As former front woman of MAMA TUMBA, a 13 piece afro-latin funk band, Lauren received the honor of working with many talented musicians who draw from a rich and diverse musical background. As a ​vocalist & songwriter Lauren combines her authentic, heartfelt lyrical sense with rich tone and old soul sensibility.