Surrendering Minds YogaTherapy specializes in Mental Health Counseling for Florida residents. Physically located in Jacksonville, FL we provide both in person and virtual services and community Yoga events. Whether you're navigating anxiety, stress, or life transitions, this space meets you with compassion, evidence-based tools, and an invitation to heal from the inside out. While Counseling can start you on the healing journey, moving the emotions out of your body invite practices like Yoga to be a good complement to mental health healing. We serve the Jacksonville, Florida community thru Womens’ conferences, Destination Yoga services, and providing integrative Yoga+Therapy sessions. Explore our conscious led Yoga services below

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Why YogaTherapy

YogaTherapy is an integrative practice that blends evidence based Therapy models with the wisdom of Yoga to support whole-person healing. The mind and body are in constant communication, primarily through the nervous system—the body’s command center for managing stress, safety, and connection. When we experience stress, anxiety, or overwhelming events, our nervous system shifts into protective states like fight, flight, or freeze. These responses are natural and designed to keep us safe in the short term. However, when the nervous system doesn’t return to a regulated, balanced state, the body can hold onto those experiences as chronic tension, discomfort, or patterns of emotional reactivity. This is why we sometimes feel anxiety in our chest, grief as heaviness, or stress as a tight jaw or clenched stomach. While talk Therapy helps us understand our story, movement is an invitation to release what is no longer is ours to carry.

Meet Lauren

Hi, I’m Lauren AKA your YogaTherapist. I am the owner at Surrendering Minds YogaTherapy. I am Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Registered Yoga Teacher-200 Hrs (RYT). Through many years of providing therapeutic services in a wide range of settings, two common desires arise when a person chooses to seek assistance on their healing journey

  • A desire to feel better from the inside and out

  • Aligning and reconnecting with a higher purpose in this life.

I am stepping into the role of an emerging thought leader in the mind-body connection. My work bridges the gap between traditional psychotherapy and embodied healing practices, offering a holistic approach to mental wellness. I am passionate about helping individuals understand how emotional experiences are stored in the body, and how practices like mindfulness, breathwork, and movement can support healing and resilience. Through my clinical work, teaching, and speaking engagements, I aim to empower others with practical tools that honor the deep interconnection between the mind and body.

It is an honor to help sensitive, smart souls reconnect to their body, voice, and emotional truth—one breath, one practice, one conversation at a time.

Together we will explore what is possible for new beginnings to happen. I look forward to serving as your guide on this journey

Have a soul-inspired day!

get-to-know-me facts

I love to shop local at Farmer’s Markets

I have a little one Miss Nova

I enjoy watersports and the Beach, well anything water!

I am a Jacksonville, FL. native-yes, like a born and raised one

UNF &FSU Alumni!