Lauren Dollie Duke is an author, educator, entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and community activist whose work lives at the intersection of psychology, physiology, and embodied healing. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in physiological sciences, and has spent more than twenty years teaching yoga, pilates, somatics, fascia science, and mind-body medicine. Trained in Somatic Experiencing and influenced by leading traumatologists including Bessel van der Kolk, Peter A. Levine, and Stephen Porges, Lauren’s work bridges trauma theory with movement, nervous-system physiology, and the lived reality of generational healing.

Her debut memoir, Sh!thouse (2022), explored the construction of generational trauma. Her forthcoming book, This Walk Will Change You (November 2026), blends science, memoir, and pilgrimage to examine how family and movement can transform inherited patterns. In 2025, she delivered her TEDx talk, “What Are You Willing to Walk 500 Miles For?”, weaving together her research in physiology, psychology, fascia science, and the healing power of long-distance walking.

Lauren is also the founder of Gather Encinitas, a yoga studio and community center dedicated to social support and social change. Whether in her writing, her teaching, or her community activism, Lauren’s mission is simple and radical: to help people move—physically, emotionally, and generationally—toward lives that feel more connected, more embodied, and more free.