Lauren Blandin

Lauren Blandin is an integrative somatic health practitioner and founder of Fertility Yoga. She bridges the ancient practices of the East with modern Western medical science to support the unique and delicate needs of the fertility journey.

While undergoing her own fertility treatments, Lauren identified a significant gap in the knowledge and resources between the medical and yogic communities. Drawing on her two decades of training in yoga and Eastern practices alongside her formal medical education, she developed a method that is safe to practice while undergoing egg stimulation and fertility treatments. Her approach integrates mind, body and spirit to cultivate embodied ease throughout the fertility journey and beyond.

The mind/body connection are indisputable. The mind influences the body and the body influences the mind. Lauren’s work centers on cultivating safety in the body while inviting self inquiry, awareness and compassion. Integrating yoga, breathwork and meditation, somatic awareness, yogic philosophy and neuroscience, her approach supports resilience and fosters steadiness during times of heightened stress. These timeless tools bring alignment from within, create a sense of ease and well being within oneself, and promotes harmony in day to day relationship with others.

Lauren’s journey of somatics and self-discovery began as a professional ballet dancer. While her work now focuses with those on the fertility journey, she also has two decades of extensive training and experience as a yoga and massage therapist specializing in orthopedic conditions and musculoskeletal pain management and recovery. Trained in the Asthanga and Iyengar lineages under Maty Ezraty and Gabriel Halpern and as a dedicated Vipassana meditator, she teaches beginner and seasoned practitioners.

Lauren is a doctorally prepared board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a background in critical care as an ICU nurse. She holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice and Master’s of Science in Nursing from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from New York University and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Women’s Studies from DePaul University.