Lauren Eirk

Louisville, KY

About Me

Lauren Eirk is a certified E-RYT 500 level Yoga Instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience. She is the owner and the creator of the internationally recognized biomechanically based Registered Yoga School “Yoga I.S®”, which offers 200hr, 300hr and 500 hour yoga coursework. Lauren is ... more less

Profession

Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor

Expertise

Activities:

Specialties:

Degrees

BA Art, French, PT, University of Louisville

Title

Owner and President Yoga I.S./ RYS 200, RYS 500

Company

Lauren Eirk Enterprises, LLC

Company Location

8401 Shelbyville Road; Suite #212, Louisville, KY 40222, US

Website

www.laureneirk.com

Certifications/Trainings

ACE - Group Fitness Instructor

Expired 5/31/2011

CPR Certified

American Heart Association

AED Certified

American Heart Association

Liability Insurance

Fitness & Wellness Insurance Agency

Lauren Eirk's Articles
Yoga Fundamentals: Pose by Pose By Lauren Eirk When teaching yoga, what are the fundamental, or central, themes to focus on, and among the numerous poses, which are the most important ones for your students to practice? In... Yoga Fundamentals: Pose by Pose By Lauren Eirk Hatha yoga, the yoga that uses the body as a vehicle for meditation, has consisted of 84,000 asanas, or poses, throughout history. Open the book Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyenga... Stretch or Strength? By Lauren Eirk Some people believe that stretching before exercise lowers your injury risk. However, research has found that mild stretching can cause damage at the cytoskeletal level of t...

Lauren Eirk's Articles

Yoga Fundamentals: Pose by Pose

By Lauren Eirk

When teaching yoga, what are the fundamental, or central, themes to focus on, and among the numerous poses, which are the most important ones for your students to practice? In...

Yoga Fundamentals: Pose by Pose

By Lauren Eirk

Hatha yoga, the yoga that uses the body as a vehicle for meditation, has consisted of 84,000 asanas, or poses, throughout history. Open the book Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyenga...

Stretch or Strength?

By Lauren Eirk

Some people believe that stretching before exercise lowers your injury risk. However, research has found that mild stretching can cause damage at the cytoskeletal level of t...

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Lauren Eirk's Educational Videos
00:00:00 YOGression: Creative Yoga Sequences By Lauren Eirk We are told that we are practicing hatha yoga, yet we all learn about asanas as end goals with little idea of how to get there. In YOGression, learn what progression in yoga ... 00:00:00 Secrets Behind the Poses By Lauren Eirk Why practice yoga asanas? What is really happening on the inside? Why do poses get more complicated instead of less after we have practiced them for a period of time? Why are ... 00:00:00 Yoga I.S.®: Teaching to Multiple Levels By Lauren Eirk The reality of teaching is that our students have different bodies and structures, learning capacities, mindsets and abilities. Our goal as teachers must always be to teach t... 00:00:00 Muscle-TECH: Elastic Resistance By Lauren Eirk With so many pre-choreographed programs becoming the standard in our industry, instructors no longer have to think exercises through. Instead of memorizing routines, Muscle-T... 00:00:00 Yoga I.S.®: Teaching to Multiple Levels By Lauren Eirk The reality of teaching is that our students have different bodies and structures, learning capacities, mindsets and abilities. Our goal as teachers must always be to teach t... 00:00:00 Muscle-TECH: Elastic Resistance By Lauren Eirk With so many pre-choreographed programs becoming the standard in our industry, instructors no longer have to think exercises through. Instead of memorizing routines, Muscle-T...

Lauren Eirk's Educational Videos