My Story

Lauren Chaitoff is the founder and chief visionary of Yogi Beans, a yoga and wellness technology company for children.

Already steeped in the modern fitness world as a Pilates instructor, Lauren's perspective shifted when she was taught about yoga’s mind-body-heart connection, catalyzing her pursuit of higher yoga education. After moving back to New York City, Lauren completed her 200–hour yoga certification through YogaWorks and became a registered E–RYT Yoga Instructor and member of the Yoga Alliance. Lauren is also certified to teach Postnatal Yoga through Yoga Mom, Buddha Baby with Jyothi Larson.

In 2007, Lauren designed a novel curriculum that plants the seeds for authenticity and authentic expression in children. With the help of her husband Brian, the yang to her yin, they created a framework for well-being that is the basis for uniquely enriching wellness experiences for children through both content and activity. See our values visualized in the Yogi Beans Manifesto.

Lauren is a graduate of Northwestern University, wife to an amazing husband, and mother to her own two beans, Vivienne Bell 💜 Juliette Rose.