Lara Alexiou tells a personal story about her experiences with the body as a structure of that can either stand strong or crumble. Lara is excited to address the broader perspectives of space and architecture: space within the body and the mind, the architecture of the body and how someone's outer world and what they create on the physical level is a reflection of their inner world.

Lara Rubin Alexiou is owner of Steamtown Yoga in Scranton. She is certified in Bikram Yoga and the Barkan Method Hot Vinyasa levels 2/3. She has over 500 hours of medical qigong certification with Zen Wellness. She is also a certified business mentor with Zen Business Bootcamp. She travels the country and the world with her husband, John, studying yoga, qigong and the Eastern healing arts.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx.