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Lara Land
Ashtanga Yoga teacher and owner of Land Yoga in NYC. She travels the world teaching yoga, spirituality, & life hacks for fabulous living.
Lara Land, authorized Ashtanga teacher, began practicing yoga in 1998. She was immediately captivated by the way the yoga practice cleared her mind and body, making her more available, energetic, honest, and free. Soon after, Lara made her way to India to learn from the Guru of Ashtanga yoga, Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. She has continued to travel to India annually now taking students and studying under Director R. Sharath and Saraswathi.
In 2008/2009 Lara traveled to Rwanda to treat HIV positive genocide survivors and their children using the Ashtanga Yoga method. Next she went to India where she also worked with HIV positive children using yoga as therapy.
Returning from that five month journey, Lara yearned for stability and connection to a single community. She found that automatically in Harlem. Energized by the people and aware of a need for what she could offer, Lara opened her first yoga shala, Land Yoga, in June 2011.