Lauren Turner

Lauren Turner is the founder & Executive Director of Warrior Within Yoga Project, a trauma informed yoga instructor and business consultant known for her down-to-earth teaching style and collaborative nature. Lauren’s work with veterans and first responders, both as an instructor and nonprofit leader, is making trauma-informed yoga services more accessible throughout Massachusetts.

With a professional background in marketing, Lauren has worked and consulted with businesses in the nonprofit, wellness and retail industry along with many yoga studios and wellness providers across the country. After several years of managing and co-owning a small yoga studio, Lauren founded Warrior Within Yoga Project in 2022 which provides the veteran and first responder population with yoga, at no cost to them. In 2023 she completed a Business Accelerator with EforAll Greater Worcester and was awarded money that would seed the development of the nonprofit.

Lauren has taught in the MetroWest area for over seven years, receiving her initial RYT200 certification in 2016 from The New School of Yogic Arts in Brookline. Since then she has accumulated over 800 hours and over 175 hours of continued education mostly focused on trauma-informed yoga. She skillfully teaches classes that are engaging, yet accessible. Sessions balance a focus on increasing body awareness, mobility and on techniques to foster resilience.

Certifications: RYT200, Warriors At Ease Certified Teacher, iRest Level 1 Trained.

Expected to complete additional training to become a RYT500 by end of 2023.

Other trainings include Trauma-Informed Brain-Sensitive Yoga with the DAYA Foundation, Sensory Enhanced Yoga Institute, and Yoga4Sobriety, along with many additional educational workshops.