Living Better

Living Better

In this video series, get information to help you make better choices in your health, wellness, fitness, and nutrition needs. Lauren will share with you her wisdom collected from over 35 years of service as a fitness and health professional. Her philosophies are based on actively participating in one's health by the maintenance of the muscular system through proper exercise techniques, learning how to better manage physical and emotional stress, and practicing a healthy diet based in plant-based nutrition.

Fitness Integrated Science™ is a fitness and health methodology that combines modern bio mechanic principles with unique and progressive strengthening techniques to guide our clients to improved muscular balance, joint stability, and range of motion. Fitness Integrated Science™ is also a Wellness and Personal Training Center in Louisville Kentucky offering private yoga, Pilates, personal training, and yoga therapy for individuals as well as small groups. We have a 500-hour teacher training program, Yoga Integrated Science™, that is registered through Yoga Alliance and provide Workshops and certification courses in Yoga, Pilates, Fitness and Personal Training.

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Website: https://yogaintegratedscience.com

Lauren Eirk is the creator of Yoga Integrated Science™ program, offering a unique, sound, biomechancial approach to Hatha Yoga designed to respect joint structure while improving muscle responsiveness and strength. She has spent her life teaching and studying in the health, fitness, and yoga communities, learning from some of the top minds of our time. Having worked in the health education field for over 30 years, Yoga I.S.® is her vision. Lauren’s training has made her highly sensitive to clients with complex, on-going neuro-muscular issues, helping her clients to navigate an effective exercise plan to accomplish their goals. Lauren has since expanded into Pilates Integrated Science™, Strength Integrated Science™, and Fitness Integrated Science™

Lauren’s work has been featured in such magazines as Yoga Journal®, Self®, IDEA® Fitness Journal, American Fitness Magazine, ACE Fitness Magazine, American Fitness Magazine, Fitness First Quarterly Magazine, AKWA Aquatic Exercise Magazine, Business First, Natural Awakenings, and New Woman Magazine. Lauren has presented for such fitness-health organizations and education conferences as IDEA World, IDEA Personal Trainer, Inner IDEA, FACTfest, AFPA, DCAC Fitness, AFS Succeed! Conference, ACSM Fitness Summit, AEA/ IAFC, ECA, Can-FIT Pro, Fit in the City®, Fitour®, Resist-A-Ball®, and Sarah’s City Workout®

+ B.S. Physical Therapy, University of Louisville
+ B.A. Art, French, University of Louisville
+ M.S. Health Fitness Management

Lauren is a Certified E-RYT 500 Level Registered Yoga instructor and has studied Yoga with Master teachers David Swenson, Sianna Sherman, John Friend, Mitchel Bleier, Francois Rault, Doug Keller, Doug Swenson, Judy Rice, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch, John Schumacher, and Ramanand Patel. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT with the International Association of Yoga Therapy and a Yoga Alliance® Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), she is the developer of the Yoga I.S.® method for Yoga, Barre, and Pilates-based classes, including the Yoga I.S. Mechanix™ method. Lauren is a mentor for AFS Association of Fitness Studios.

Lauren is a Mastery Level Muscle Activation Techniques™ Certified Specialist and MATRx Certified Full-Body Specialist Full Body, including the Lower Leg & Foot as well as the Wrist & Hand. Lauren’s MATRx delineation makes her one of 57 world-wide leading experts in the treatment of muscular Imbalances. Lauren is an International Continuing Education Provider with an established personal training business since 2006, held in the Yoga Integrated Science™ Personal Training Studio. Lauren has been a certified group fitness instructor for nearly three decades and has run many group fitness programs. She is the creator of Yoga with Resist-A-Ball®, a former Resist-A-Ball® and FiTour® Master Trainer and the recipient of the ECA OBOW Award 2007 “Most Mindful Program”. Lauren has taught group and private classes in over 27 fitness centers since the start of her fitness career in the year 1988. She has many years of experience teaching in elementary schools, college universities, hospitals, fitness centers, and community centers in various local, national, and international venues. Lauren specializes in fitness rehabilitation, health fitness management, program development, and continuing education. Lauren is a published author with extensive television and video experience. Lauren is a brand influencer for Athleta® Brand clothing, a member of the Body Bar® Instructor Team with Yoga and Pilates programming, and an avid animal-rights advocate, collecting donations and hosting events in her business to benefit the Kentucky Humane Society.

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Fitness Integrated Science™ is a fitness and health methodology that combines modern biomechanic principles with unique and progressive strengthening techniques to guide our clients to improved muscular balance, joint stability, and range of motion. Fitness Integrated Science™ is also a Wellness and Personal Training Center in Louisville Kentucky offering private yoga, Pilates, personal training, and yoga therapy for individuals as well as small groups. We have a 500-hour teacher training program, Yoga Integrated Science™, that is registered through Yoga Alliance and provide Workshops and certification courses in Yoga, Pilates, Fitness and Personal Training.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitintscience
Instagram: https://instagram.com/fitnessintegratedscience
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FitnessIntegratedScience
Website: https://fitnessintegratedscience.com

Lauren Eirk is the creator of Yoga Integrated Science™ program, offering a unique, sound, biomechancial approach to Hatha Yoga designed to respect joint structure while improving muscle responsiveness and strength. She has spent her life teaching and studying in the health, fitness, and yoga communities, learning from some of the top minds of our time. Having worked in the health education field for over 30 years, Yoga I.S.® is her vision. Lauren’s training has made her highly sensitive to clients with complex, on-going neuro-muscular issues, helping her clients to navigate an effective exercise plan to accomplish their goals.

Lauren’s work has been featured in such magazines as Yoga Journal®, Self®, IDEA® Fitness Journal, American Fitness Magazine, ACE Fitness Magazine, American Fitness Magazine, Fitness First Quarterly Magazine, AKWA Aquatic Exercise Magazine, Business First, Natural Awakenings, and New Woman Magazine. Lauren has presented for such fitness-health organizations and education conferences as IDEA World, IDEA Personal Trainer, Inner IDEA, FACTfest, AFPA, DCAC Fitness, AFS Succeed! Conference, ACSM Fitness Summit, AEA/ IAFC, ECA, Can-FIT Pro, Fit in the City®, Fitour®, Resist-A-Ball®, and Sarah’s City Workout®

+ B.S. Physical Therapy, University of Louisville
+ B.A. Art, French, University of Louisville
+ M.S. Health Fitness Management

Lauren is a Certified E-RYT 500 Level Registered Yoga instructor and has studied Yoga with Master teachers David Swenson, Sianna Sherman, John Friend, Mitchel Bleier, Francois Rault, Doug Keller, Doug Swenson, Judy Rice, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch, John Schumacher, and Ramanand Patel. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT with the International Association of Yoga Therapy and a Yoga Alliance® Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), she is the developer of the Yoga I.S.® method for Yoga, Barre, and Pilates-based classes, including the Yoga I.S. Mechanix™ method.

Lauren is a Mastery Level Muscle Activation Techniques™ Certified Specialist and MATRx Certified Full-Body Specialist Full Body, including the Lower Leg & Foot as well as the Wrist & Hand. Lauren’s MATRx delineation makes her one of 57 world-wide leading experts in the treatment of muscular Imbalances. Lauren is an International Continuing Education Provider with an established personal training business since 2006, held in the Fitness Integrated Science™ Personal Training Studio. Lauren has been a certified group fitness instructor for nearly three decades and has run many group fitness programs. She is the creator of Yoga with Resist-A-Ball®, a former Resist-A-Ball® and FiTour® Master Trainer and the recipient of the ECA OBOW Award 2007 “Most Mindful Program”. Lauren has taught group and private classes in over 27 fitness centers since the start of her fitness career in the year 1988. She has many years of experience teaching in elementary schools, college universities, hospitals, fitness centers, and community centers in various local, national, and international venues. Lauren specializes in fitness rehabilitation, health fitness management, program development, and continuing education. Lauren is a published author with extensive television and video experience.

Living Better
  • Video 322 | C.P.I. for Neck and Shoulders (15 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    If you are plagued with chronic pain and inflammation of the neck and shoulder region, these exercises can be done from any chair with no equipment as an alternative to passive stretching. Instead, the focus is muscle activation and strength. Discover ways to evaluate your weaknesses and balanc...

  • Video 319 | FIS Lower Leg and Foot (30 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    The foot is truly the foundation of all movement. In this therapeutic routine, experience standing and seated exercises for the lower leg and foot. You will need a chair for seated exercises and to be able to focus on the feet in standing balance work. A circular band will be used to add resis...

  • Video 303 | C.P.I. Low Back Therapy (30 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk

    If you suffer from Chronic Pain and Inflammation in the Lower Back, this 30 minute seated and standing workout can be a way to start you on your journey of healing. If you are a desk worker, many of these exercises can be done from a chair. Learn specific isometric exercises to strengthen the mu...

  • Video 045 | Improve your Balance with Lauren Eirk

    In our daily life, we may not always be able to predict how the external environment will challenge our body. In Yoga, we can learn to create powerful internal forces as our muscles become stronger in many challenging positions, but as soon as an external force acts upon us, our muscles need to ...

  • Video 059 | Back Pain Help with Lauren Eirk

    Dealing with Back pain on a daily basis can be a huge challenge. Conventional methods include stretching, trying to strengthen the abdominal muscles, and various medical interventions. In this video, learn several basic Yoga isometrics that can bring about a tremendous amount of relief in the b...

  • Video 301 | C.P.I. Foot Therapy (30 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk

    If you are suffering with Chronic pain in the foot due to arthritis, improper shoes, long periods of standing, and other neurological issues, these exercises can be an answer. Practice various seated and standing mobility exercises to improve foot and ankle strength in all available planes of mot...

  • Video 284 | Exercises for Sciatica (35 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Learn about the condition called Sciatica and other reasons for sciatic pain that can cause pain, tightness, and even numbness from the hip to the foot. Sciatic issues commonly affect one leg, causing the stronger leg to compensate.

    In this video, you will need a chair for support and two yog...

  • Video #274 | FIS Knee Therapy (45 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    The knee joint, called a "hinge" joint, bends and straightens but can become stressed or injured with muscle weakness and compensation from nearby joints. In this workout, you will learn about the knee joint and practice many therapeutic exercises to help keep your knee more stable.

    When knee...

  • Video 273 | FIS Neck and Spine Therapy (30 minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout is for all levels, showcasing the FIS Methodology. Learn how to assess range of motion in your neck and adjust with safe, effective isometric exercises. Progress with shoulder mobility and core specific exercises to improve the health of the cervical spine and manage chronic neck pai...

  • Video 260 | Top Ten Mobility Exercises (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Everyone has experienced tension in the body after many hours of sleep, being in a tight space, or repetitive activity. Many times, our tension is due to certain muscles that are overworking and others that are underworking. In this video, enjoy unique mobility exercises to balance muscle stren...

  • Video 248 | Yoga Therapy for Hips (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Hip joints can be problematic, especially as we age. It is a weight-bearing, complex joint that moves in a variety of motions that takes on a lot of stress throughout the day. This video will take you through various motions of the hip, trunk, and spine from flexion, extension, rotation, abduct...

  • Video 247 | Yoga Therapy For Shoulders (45 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This routine uses various Yoga Therapy techniques designed to improve strength in the muscles that cross the shoulder, rib cage, pelvis, and spine. You will learn about the importance of isometric resistance training is to shoulder health.

    This routine begins with an exploration of shoulder an...

  • Video 238 | Breathwork Meditation for Anxiety (26 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This guided meditation begins with a short breathwork awareness exercise designed to help you feel the location, depth, and speed of the breath. By watching the breath, we can begin to calm the mind and lower anxiety.

    You will be guided through a systematic relaxation to help ease stress and r...

  • Video 236 | Yoga for Hamstrings (30 Minute Practice) with Lauren Eirk

    Hamstring can become tight and overworked as other muscles around the hip joint become weak or imbalanced. In this unique approach, we will address muscular balance to help muscles of the hip become stronger. The result of a better balance of muscle tension can address pain and discomfort at th...

  • Video 235 | Rotator Cuff Therapy (30 Minute Routine) with Lauren Eirk

    Having a shoulder injury can be extremely painful and can interfere with many of our daily functions. The ideal scenario is to keep muscles strong and balanced so that injuries can be avoided entirely. In this video, practice many shoulder exercises designed to improve scapular mobility and ove...

  • Video 036 | Yoga for Hip Flexibility with Lauren Eirk

    The hip joint is one of the most complex joints in the body, with a large mechanical role in the body. Moving in many different planes of motion, our yoga practice should target the range of motion and stability of this important joint! This video is a strategically progressed Yoga routine desi...

  • Video 042 | Help for Chronic Pain or Tension with Lauren Eirk

    In this video, learn simple exercise that when done daily can help to reduce pain that many people suffer from on a daily basis. Many times the reason people live with chronic pain is that they suffer from global weaknesses in muscles that cross multiple joints, causing joints to become unstable...

  • Video 044 | Help with Forward Shoulder Syndrome with Lauren Eirk

    Learn about the anatomy of the rotator cuff and shoulder complex and its relevance to core strength. Lauren will use a theraband and weighted dumbbells to help you to strengthen the shoulder, improve posture, and avoid shoulder injury

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  • Video 047 | Yoga Therapy Ball for the Low Back with Lauren Eirk

    Experience how the stability ball can offer support and open up range of motion for the trunk and spine, providing an opportunity for greater strengthening and stabilization challenges. Decrease pain and increase flexibility with this therapeutic routine!

    Fitness Integrated Science™ is a fitnes...

  • Video 052 | Stronger Shoulders and Improved Posture with Lauren Eirk

    Using the Yoga Block and Pilates Ring, experience strengthening isometric therapeutic exercises designed to target shoulder and trunk muscles for improved strength and mobility. Get better posture and a stronger core!

    Fitness Integrated Science™ is a fitness and health methodology that combines...

  • Video 053 | How to Strengthen the Knee and Hip with Lauren Eirk

    This video will show you some simple isometric yoga positions performed with various yoga props to improve your ability to balance, get up and down from the floor, and have better motor control in squatting and lunging motions by strengthening the muscles of the knee and hip.

    Fitness Integrated ...

  • Video 056 | Strengthen Your Back with Lauren Eirk

    Mobility issues in the back have a lot to do with strength. In this video, learn how to target muscles in the trunk that extend the spine, hips and shoulders using a weighted bar in various strategic ways. Range of motion will improve when the muscles that move the joints contract better!

    Fit...

  • Video 057 | Hand or Wrist Solutions with Lauren Eirk

    There are a lot of Yoga poses that load the wrist and hand, causing discomfort for many people. Learn basic wrist and hand anatomy, reasons why range of motion varies for different anatomical structures, and techniques to modify your practice.

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  • Video 058 | Core Essentials for Tightness with Lauren Eirk

    In this video, Lauren will show you how to incorporate several essential joint isometrics that target essential muscles that attach to the spine, rib cage, scapulae, and pelvis to improve your overall range of motion as well as joint stability.

    Fitness Integrated Science™ is a fitness and health...