About

Lauren Wilkie is the founder of The Listen Method, and a certified 500-hour Yoga, Level-3 Mat Pilates teacher, Breathwork Facilitator and Cacao Ceremony Facilitator with specialist training in Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Women’s Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and Pregnancy Yoga. Her extensive experience in the industry has led her to deviate from the current yoga obsession with how we look and what we can achieve. Instead, Lauren focuses on how we feel. Years of personal experience of the detrimental impacts of inaccessible postures and unobtainable body images have enabled Lauren to become a trailblazer for a new and unique approach.

Originally from Canada, Lauren discovered yoga at a drama camp, where one of her teachers taught sun salutations each morning as a warm-up. Moving to London in her early twenties, Lauren started to practice yoga regularly to help with the pain of wearing high heels in the corporate world every day. Not only did it remedy her injured feet, but it also gave her a newfound sense of self. It was only then that Lauren could let go of the perfectionism that had been instilled in her. Breaking the mould of perfectionism is something Lauren applies to her teaching every day, always offering her clients adjustments for what feels right for them.

Lauren is known for her unique and accessible approach to yoga. She infuses humour and optionality into her classes, offering her clients multiple variations of poses, encouraging a deeper and more compassionate connection with the body. Her revolutionary concept links movement and meditation to create complete, interconnected awareness. 

Qualifications

500 Hour RYT – YogaLondon

200 Hour RYT – YogaLondon

Breathwork Facilitator Training - Breathguru with Alan Dolan

Restorative Yoga Training - Yogacampus

Cacao Facilitator Training - Fly Kakao

Level 3 Mat Pilates – Health and Fitness Education (HFE)

Pregnancy Yoga Training – Yogacampus

Women’s Yoga Training – Uma Dinsmore-Tuli

Yoga Nidra Training – Yogacampus

Yin Yoga Training – Yoga in The Big Smoke

Bachelor of Arts, Honors – University of Toronto