Lauren Dollie Duke is a writer, educator, entrepreneur, and community activist. She’s taught thousands of yoga students over the last 20 years, led dozens of international retreats, and continues to push the edge between yoga, mental health, and trauma. She founded Gather Encinitas, a one-of-a-kind community center and 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 beloved yoga classes, educational seminars, and writing workshops. 

She devotes her time to helping educate people on the anatomy of trauma and how those experiences are woven into the tapestry of our lives. She encourages all humans to join the autonomic conversation and uses Yoga as a forum to teach people about the BodyMind Continuum. Lauren has studied with the world’s leading traumatologists: Bessel van der Kolk, Peter A. Levine, Gabor Mate, and Stephen Porges. Her debut Memoir: "Sh!thouse" was published in January of 2022. Lauren is currently finishing her Masters in Psychology and working on her second book.