About
I am an RYT-500, RPYT, E-RYT-200 yoga teacher, childbirth educator, and doula based in St. Louis, MO. My specialty is in teaching pre/postnatal, restorative, Yin, and trauma-informed Vinyasa yoga.
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My teaching journey began in 2017. After graduating with my MSc. in Global Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and my 200-H with the New School of Yogic Arts, I moved to Myanmar to spend the summer as a baker and yoga teacher at Yangon Yoga House. I then spent 6 months living in Austria, where I taught yoga while working in migration studies in and around Vienna.
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From 2018-2020, I worked as a yoga teacher in Boston. Here, I taught over 1,000 hours of group classes in studios, corporate classes, private lessons, community events, volunteer outreach classes, and virtual classes until my maternity leave. During this time, I also completed my 500-H training with Laughing Lotus NYC and my prenatal yoga teacher training with Rooted Boston.
After the birth of my first daughter during the pandemic, my focus shifted from in-person yoga classes to remote yoga and global health work while training to become a full-spectrum doula. While living in the Bay Area from 2021-2022, I worked for Yoga U Online and as a maternal health research analyst for Kavle Consulting, LLC while completing Cornerstone Doula's Capstone full-spectrum doula training. In the Bay Area, I also began to work as a birth doula at Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.
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I moved to St. Louis in 2022 just before giving birth to my second child, a boy named Ezio. After my maternity leave, I returned to work here as a doula, global health researcher, and yoga teacher at Urban Breath. I am currently starting a PhD in French at Washington University in St. Louis, where my research will center around the intersection between maternal health and French language and literature.
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Why I Teach
Yoga has served as a tool for centering during my years as a competitive runner; for grounding through the chaos of post-grad school global travel; and for connecting with my body throughout my experience of pregnancies and parenthood in the pandemic. My style of teaching has been described as soft, soothing, and heart-opening. I teach because I hope others can use this sacred practice as a tool for calming, healing, and transformation.
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My Mission
As a yoga teacher and doula, my mission is to create nurturing, empowering, trauma-informed care for all. My work is informed by global health research and grounded in social justice. I strive to equip all birthing people with evidence-based educational resources, connections to community support, and tools for embodiment and mind-body connection for birth and beyond. I am committed to serving my community by advocating for gender and reproductive rights.
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If you’d like to connect, please reach out: hello@laceyramirez.com
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