Laura Harris

Laura Harris is a certified Pranayama and Accessible Yoga Teacher, and YogaBody Science of Stretching Coach based out of Fresno, CA. She was first exposed to yoga as part of the Ashrams hosted by her father, a professor of Indian philosophy and religion turned sustainable farmer. Her own practice developed in 1996 as she was looking for a way to connect with herself and others having moved to a new state for her first job out of college. Since then it has been a consistent thread in her life as she moved from New England to New York City to San Francisco to Indianapolis, and now in Fresno. Laura loves light and laughter and is by nature curious and open. She began her teaching journey with Dave Sims and Marsha Pappas at Cityoga in their fantastic 200-hr YTT. Since then she has received teacher training from David Swenson (Ashtanga), Swami Saradananda (Pranayama in the Sivananda Yoga tradition), and attended Ashtanga workshops with Kino MacGregor and Taylor Hunt as well as workshops in chair yoga, somatics, and myofascial release. She has participated in multiple workshops and trainings with Gary Kraftsow (Viniyoga) as well as Jivana Heyman and the Accessible Yoga School. She received her Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in the Santa Cruz mountains at Mount Madonna in the tradition of Baba Hari Dass, fully embracing their philosophy of “teach to learn.” Laura strives to create a warm safe place for students to explore and grow their practice with an emphasis on mudras, breath, centering, alignment, and building a strong foundation from which their energy can flow freely. She loves the sense of peace and presence that asana, pranayama, and meditation bring to her daily life; weaving their way through her photography, poetry, baking experiments, and life with her family and cat.