Lauren Dollie Duke is the Founder of Gather + Encinitas, a one of a kind Community-Care/Yoga studio in Encinitas, California. In a sea of corporate yoga, where most independent stu...view moreLauren Dollie Duke is the Founder of Gather + Encinitas, a one of a kind Community-Care/Yoga studio in Encinitas, California. In a sea of corporate yoga, where most independent studios don't survive, she created a thriving community, teaching and hosting a variety of sold-out yoga classes, educational seminars and writing workshops to thousands of students over the last 15 years.
She continues to push the edges between yoga, mental health and trauma. She devotes her time to helping educate people on the anatomy of trauma, and how those traumas are woven into every aspect of our lives. She has studied with the world’s leading Traumatologists, Bessel Van Der Kolk, Peter Levine, Pat Ogdon and Stephen Porges.
Sh!thouse, is Lauren’s first book. She says, “The world is messy. We are messy. And still, we have to be brave and resilient enough to carry on. Understanding our own psychological anatomy is the gateway to healing and forgiveness.”view less