Certified Yoga Teacher

Lauri Nemetz began studying yoga in the 1990s during grad school and immediately felt at home as she deepened her practice. A past President of the prestigious Yoga Teachers' Association (YTA), she additionally co-led her own teacher training program and guested in many others. She is the author of The Myofascial System in Form and Movement (Handspring Publishing, 2023), a contributor to The Anatomy of Yoga Coloring Book (Staugaard-Jones & Nemetz, 2022), among others. She has presented internationally at Harvard Medical, Oxford University, and at conferences for the American Association for Anatomy, the American Dance Therapy Association, and the Fascia Research Congress. Her workshops on yoga and anatomy include locations in the U.S., Canada, Germany, England, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Italy.

She has been an Adjunct Professor at Pace University (NY) for over 20 years with many accolades, including the President’s Award, and was awarded a visiting Associate Professor position in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago) 2021-22. Her work in movement spans several decades as a licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a member of the American Association for Anatomy, a board-certified member of the Academy of Dance/Movement Therapists, a Yoga Alliance yoga teacher and education provider at the 500-hour level, certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT), and provider and former faculty for Anatomy Trains ® and Anatomy Trains ® Dissections. She currently co-teaches movement and anatomy dissection labs with Leslie Kaminoff through knmlabs.com and guests internationally for dissection projects, including the Fascia Net Plastination Project in Germany and was a lead dissector for the world’s first full body fascia-focused plastinate. She is currently working on a PhD in Contemporary Human Anatomy Education at the EVMS (Eastern Virginia Medical School) Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University.