Meet Lauren Prindiville - RPYT, E-RYT 500 & Founder of Island Prenatal Yoga
Hi, I'm Lauren! I'm a Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT), E-RYT 500, YACEP, and the founder of Island Prenatal Yoga — a Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga School (RPYS). Since 2019, I've certified over 850 yoga teachers and wellness professionals across the world through my online and in-person Prenatal and Postnatal yoga teacher trainings.
My journey into prenatal yoga started with a moment of pure panic. I was teaching on a small island in Indonesia, right after completing my first 200-hour YTT, when a visibly pregnant student walked into my class of 20+ students. We'd had a brief prenatal workshop during my 200-hour YTT, but in that moment, everything went blank. I was terrified.
That experience changed everything. I knew I never wanted to feel that unprepared again — and more importantly, I never wanted a pregnant student to be unsafe in my class because of it. So in 2016, I completed my specialist training in Prenatal, Postnatal, Kids & Teens yoga, and spent the next few years teaching prenatal yoga teacher trainings on YTT programs across Bali, Indonesia.
In 2019, I moved to Tahiti, French Polynesia and rather than stop sharing what I love, I took my prenatal and postnatal yoga teacher training completely online. Island Prenatal Yoga was born.
Since then, I've had the privilege of experiencing prenatal yoga from the other side — practicing it throughout my own pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Feeling firsthand how grounding, empowering, and genuinely healing it can be has made me more passionate than ever about getting this training into the hands of yoga teachers and wellness professionals worldwide. Pregnant and postpartum people deserve teachers who truly know how to support them. That's exactly what I hope to share with you.
Credentials
• E-RYT 500 — Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance
• RPYT — Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance
• RPYS — Registered Prenatal Yoga School (Island Prenatal Yoga), Yoga Alliance
• YACEP — Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider
• Prenatal & postnatal yoga specialist since 2016
• Former prenatal YTT faculty, Bali, Indonesia
• 850+ students worldwide
• Based in Tahiti, French Polynesia
Whether you're a yoga teacher who panics when a pregnant student walks in (I've been there!), a birth professional looking to deepen your practice, or someone who simply wants to understand how to support pregnant and postpartum bodies — I'd love to be your teacher! Check out our Yoga Alliance certified Prenatal and Postnatal yoga teacher trainings and find the right fit for you!
Hope to meet you soon — virtually or in real life! 😁
Xo,
Get in touch:
Lauren Prindiville, RPYT | Island Prenatal Yoga
📧 lauren@islandprenatalyoga.com
📍 YTTs in Bali, NYC, Tahiti - let me know where else I should come!
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