Our Instructors

Lauren Bierman

Lauren founded Green Mountain Shakti in 2024 and teaches kickboxing and yoga. She found a love of kickboxing as a teenager and started teaching in her early 20s. She loves the confidence it brings to those who try it and especially loves to teach teens and youth.

Her yoga journey began as a way to stay fit, and Lauren quickly realized that it did something much more than that. Years of hot yoga practice turned into a love of restorative and hatha, pranayama and meditation, and eventually she found her busy mind could actually find stillness. She completed her 200-hour certification with Allie Van Fossen and loves to share restorative and hatha practices with anyone who will listen.

Anna Benvenuto

Anna has been practicing yoga since her late teens as she found it a way to get quiet, connect with her heart, and learn about what her body could do with ease and breath. She completed Vinyasa (flow) yoga teacher training in 2024 with Laughing River Yoga in Burlington. Her teaching style has been described as heartfelt, soothing, and easy to follow- even during more vigorous sessions. In addition to teaching yoga, Anna is a mother of two teens, spends time outside in all seasons- no matter the weather, and is a practicing OB/Gyn.