Lara Rubin Alexiou has been a certified yoga teacher since 2003. She has trained and certified with Bikram Choudhury in Bikram Yoga, Jimmy Barkan in the Barkan Method Hot Vinyasa and completed over 10,000 hours with Zen Wellness in Zen Yoga, Qigong, and meditation. In 2021 she completed SUP Yoga certification. 

In 2007, Lara opened the doors to Steamtown Hot Yoga & Barre (www.steamtownyoga.com) bringing the transformation of Hot Yoga to Northeast PA. 15 years later she proudly passed the torch of studio ownership to 2 of her senior teachers in order to focus on opening a yoga retreat center in Greece. 

Lara speaks about her yoga journey and lessons through her published book based on her TEDx Talk: Architecture of the Body, Mind and Soul, available on Amazon.