YogaPlay
with
Lauren Zinn Buck
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Fitness & Wellness
Event Overview
What if you could turn fear into excitement?
One of my favorite improvisers, Dave Pasquesi, says: “Fear is just excitement without the breath.”
I find this to be 100 percent true.
And you’ll experience it in YogaPlay — a yoga + improv experience that shows you how to turn fear + procrastination into excitement, which unblocks your creativity, productivity and natural joy.
YogaPlay combines basic improv games with ancient yoga techniques to build up your presence muscles.
We’re not going for fancy here. This isn’t about complicated yoga poses or performance savvy. While the games + practices we explore in YogaPlay are simple, the effect is POWERFUL.
YogaPlay works like a mirror to show you where your blind spots are. Where you’re allowing fear to encroach on fun. Where negativity is blocking your natural creativity {and productivity, for that matter}. Where your planning + judging mind is squelching your ability to play.
You know you’re at play when there’s more energy, joy + freedom.
It can feel like a child fully engaged in a game of Tag, or like the quiet concentration of a cellist.
Either way, there is a blissful dissolution of ego when you’re in that state of play.
Come explore it in a safe, fun environment.
You don’t need any yoga or improv experience for YogaPlay. And if you’re seasoned in either, the combination will delight you — taking you deeper into your practice, and awakening your creativity.
What to Bring
A yoga mat if you have one {I have lots if you don't}. Water bottle. Wear comfy clothes.
Minimum age
All ages welcome
What's Provided
Yoga mat if you don't have one.
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Lauren is a proud local yoga teacher in Austin. Her credentials are amazing.
500+ 'Teacher Training' Hours
After Lauren's initial training at the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica in 2007, she studied vinyasa, prenatal, pranayama + meditation extensively with different teachers. In 2012, she met Yogarupa Rod Stryker, and continues her advanced studies with him.
3,000+ Classes Taught
Lauren has been teaching since early 2007, in New York, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize + Austin. In that time, she has taught dozens of regular private clients — mainly busy professionals and creatives who found more productivity + joy in their careers + relationships through yoga.
Beyond Yoga...
Lauren teaches + performs improv professionally. {You can usually find her onstage at the Hideout on Friday nights in a show called The Big Bash.} She's also been a writer, editor + news producer. She lives with her awesome hubby and 3-year-old son in Lakeway on the west side of Austin.
EXPERIENCE REVIEWS
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Erin W.Reviewed on 01/10/16One of the best workshops I have ever taken. It was an awesome combination of yoga and improv! We did a lot of warm up games, meditation, yoga poses and practiced how to become more present and calm our minds. We had some interactivity in small and large groups and also had some time to ourselves. There were some really key lessons (not only learning how to be present) like recognizing your thoughts, how to let go of things that don't serve you and exercises on just slight changes in our thinking have such a powerful impact.
I loved this class and would love to see it offered as a series!
One of the best workshops I have ever taken. It was an awesome combination of yoga and improv! We did a lot of warm up games, meditation, yoga poses and practiced how to become more present and calm our minds. We had some interactivity in small and large groups and also had some time to ourselves. There were some really key lessons (not only learning how to be present) like recognizing your thoughts, how to let go of things that don't serve you and exercises on just slight changes in our thinking have such a powerful impact.
I loved this class and would love to see it offered as a series!
