
08/28/2025
✨ Teacher Spotlight: Laura Orland ✨
🧘♀️ Teaching at YP
I’ve been teaching for 8 years. I did my yoga teacher trainings in Koh Phangan, Thailand and Ubud, Bali. My first YTT was rooted in Ashtanga Yoga and my second training was a blend of Vinyasa and Yin. I think the blend of trainings has been a huge contributor to my sharp alignment cues, creative sequencing and yin-influenced cool downs.
💡 What inspires my classes
My background as a dancer has largely supported my sequencing. I love when I discover a new, unique transition or a way of enhancing a pose with different arm variations or twists. Yoga has always been like a moving meditation for me, so dance is my largest inspiration.
🌿 Off-the-mat practice
I genuinely try to meditate regularly, I practice a lot of patience with myself and others, I work every day to release control of things that are out of my own control. The word equanimity (the ability to remain undisturbed) sits at the forefront of my head most days and this word/practice came to me through yoga.
🍳 Something non-yoga about me
I love to cook. If I didn’t go to business school at CU, I was going to culinary school. I also love trail running, gravel biking, traveling, hiking — anything that gets me outdoors and into the world!
💧 Favorite beverage
lol this is actually so boring — water. Hydration feels damn good when I stick to it.
🎶 Fun fact
I’m actually a pretty good singer but you’ll only find me belting it out in the shower or the car.
🤝 What community means to me
Community is everything to me. I take a ton of pride in my friendships and community. I love a good meal shared with people I love, a deep chat over a glass of wine, or an activity that sends a group into laughter — that’s medicine.
🌟 Students who thrive with me
People who can get out of their heads and keep an open mind to exploring body movements. If you’re a particularly type A person, you might have some fun coloring outside the lines in my class. 😉
We are so grateful to have Laura as part of our Yoga Pearl family. Come take a class with her and experience the magic yourself 💛