Lauren McBain
Yoga Teacher, Fitness Educator & Studio Owner
Lauren McBain is a yoga and fitness educator with more than a decade of experience teaching yoga, barre, Pilates, sculpt, fusion, and strength-based formats. A multi-studio owner, instructor, mentor, and lululemon Legacy Ambassador, Lauren combines intentional movement, strong coaching, music, and personality to create classes that challenge students while keeping community at the centre.
About Lauren McBain
Lauren has spent more than a decade immersed in Alberta’s yoga and fitness community, logging thousands of teaching hours across yoga, barre, Pilates, sculpt, fusion, and strength-based formats.
Her training spans both yoga and fitness. Along with her 200-hour yoga teacher training, Lauren holds certifications in barre, Pilates, sculpt, yoga nidra, yin, and restorative yoga. That broad background gives her a practical understanding of movement that reaches well beyond a single teaching style.
Beyond teaching classes, Lauren is a multi-studio owner, educator, and mentor passionate about helping instructors become stronger, more confident teachers. She has also brought her teaching into Calgary’s wider community through outdoor yoga events, where she has been recognized as a lululemon ambassador and community wellness leader.
“Group movement is about building community, not competition.”
Lauren’s Approach to Teaching
Lauren’s philosophy is simple: know your craft, stay curious, and never stop being a student.
She believes that the energy an instructor brings into the room can be just as powerful as the cues they give. Strong teaching comes from understanding what you’re doing and why — but it also comes from having the confidence to let your own personality show up.
For Lauren, great instructors don’t need to fit one mould. They need the knowledge and tools to teach well, along with the freedom to develop a voice and teaching style that feels like their own. As an educator, she focuses on practical, approachable tools teachers can use immediately so they leave feeling more prepared, confident, and excited to teach.
Why Study with Lauren?
Lauren understands teaching from both sides of the studio. She has thousands of hours of experience leading classes, while her work as a studio owner, educator, and mentor has given her firsthand experience in developing instructors and in seeing what helps teachers succeed.
Her background in yoga, Pilates, barre, sculpt, and strength-based movement also makes her a natural guide for yoga teachers looking to broaden their skills. Lauren brings fitness principles into the conversation without losing the movement awareness, intentionality, and connection that teachers already bring from yoga.
Lauren McBain at Asana at Home
At Asana at Home, Lauren brings her experience in yoga, sculpt, Pilates, barre, and strength-based movement to Yoga Sculpt Teacher Training.
Designed for qualified yoga teachers who want to expand into fitness-based teaching, the training builds on their existing skills while introducing strength and cardiovascular training, fitness sequencing, movement safety, music, counting, and confident coaching.
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