ABOUT
Lauren Buckles
C
ertified Lactation Counselor
Allergy Consultant
Yoga Teacher
Lauren is a mom of two and a Lactation Counselor, specializing in identifying and addressing infant food reactivity. She also has over a decade of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to both youth and adults.
Yoga is a part of everything we do…
Lauren is passionate about helping parents, caregivers, and new moms learn how to take yoga off the mat and to utilize the practices to support them in their daily lives. Lauren believes her yoga practice helped her advocate for her and her child’s needs when her son was navigating food reactivity as an infant. Her personal experience with breastfeeding through food allergies led her to become an Allergy Expert with Free to Feed, where she has helped over 100 moms navigate food reactivity in their babies. Lauren incorporates self-compassion and mindfulness into her Counseling, ensuring that parents are seen, heard and validated.
Behind the Name
Nestful is an ode to nature and the practice of mindfulness. A nest represents your immediate community or family. Whatever you practice and embody, ripples out to your kids, family, friends, and those around you. By taking care of yourself and your needs, you take care of those around you.
Nestful was founded on the intersection of Munsee Lenape, Mohican and Schaghticoke land.