November 4 - 29
Sundays • 3-5:30pm
The Body As Teacher
A four-week body literacy & nourishment program
Where health science, somatic practice, traditional wisdom, and creative expression come together.
Slow down. Listen inward. Understand what your body is telling you.
Reconnect with how you want to feel, function, and live.
Enrollment is CLOSED.
What Sets Us Apart
We believe meaningful change happens
when knowledge is embodied.
We integrate somatic wellness, physician-led education on metabolic health & lifestyle medicine, ancient Ayurvedic wisdom, and creative expression. We empower you in understanding your body, listening to it, and reconnecting with the way you want to live.
About The Experience
The Body as Teacher is an educational and embodied experience for adults seeking a deeper relationship with their bodies, nourishment, energy, and daily rhythms.
Through gentle somatic practices, reflective writing, physician-led education, Ayurvedic wisdom, and creative expression with clay, you'll be invited to slow down and pay attention— to what you're feeling, what your body may be communicating, and how your everyday choices shape the way you feel and live.
Rather than simply learning what to do, you'll explore how to listen, respond, and cultivate a more conscious relationship with the body you inhabit.
4 Week Inner Journey Map
Week 1: Arrival & Attunement
Meeting the body as it is, without an agenda to fix it.
Introduction to body literacy & interoception.
Week 2: What My Body Holds
Pain, memory, wisdom, resilience, and how bodies adapt.
Physician-led education on metabolic health & lifestyle medicine
Week 3: Grief, Gratitude, & Nourishment
Honoring what the body has carried, and what sustains it
Ayurvedic Wisdom & holistic nutrition
Week 4: Form
The body as vessel.
Integration through clay.
Our Four Pillars
Science
We incorporate physician-led education on metabolism, sleep, and nervous system regulation giving you a deeper understanding of the foundations of health.
Embodiment
Through breath, movement, and somatic awareness, you move beyond learning about your health and begin experiencing your body as a source of wisdom.
Ayurvedic Wisdom
We explore Ayurvedic practices on nourishment, rhythm, and living in relationship with the body and environment—ancient wisdom that continues to support wellbeing.
Creative Expression
At Studio Norae, we use clay as creative expression and integration of our experience—giving form to what can't always be expressed with words alone.
Meet The Founder
Embodiment. Creativity. Human Transformation.
Lauren Shin holds a B.S. in Biology and Master's in Gerontology, with training in yoga, end-of-life care and expressive arts. Her work lives at the intersection of science, embodiment, creativity, and the human experience of change.
Studio Norae is built on the belief that living creatively is not a luxury or special talent—it is our birthright, and a pathway to living with greater presence, authenticity, and empowerment.
Meet Our Physician
Board Certified Lifestyle & Obesity Medicine Physician
Dr. Hyewon Jun completed her B.S. in Biology & Business at UCLA and her MPH & MD at John A. Burns School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine & Pediatrics residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. With 23 years of clinical experience in primary care, urgent care, obesity and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Hyewon Jun serves our community with heart and dedication, improving patient health and advancing patient-centered care. She is recognized for building and leading systemwide initiatives that strengthen culture, quality, and innovation.
Meet Our Ayurvedic Practitioner
Founder of Bare Hands Ayurveda
Allison’s journey toward feeling at home in her own mind and body has shaped the way she lives, heals, and supports others on their own paths toward wellbeing.
As a Certified Ayurvedic Lifestyle Educator and private chef she bridges the gap of traditional healing wisdom with modern nutritional and culinary science, creating an approach that supports others in cultivating nourishment, balance, vitality and lasting wellbeing.
Her work is rooted in the belief that nourishment extends beyond food. Allison inspires others to take greater autonomy over their healing journeys and deeper connection to self.
The Body Is The Vessel
How will you nourish yours?