Laura is a senior yoga instructor and professional yoga therapist who has been teaching for over 20 years in Canada and internationally. She is a huge believer in the transformative power of yoga and encourages everyone to find a deeper connection with their own light and spirit through regular practice and meditation. She is an enthusiastic, encouraging and perceptive teacher who enjoys meeting students of all levels.
Laura is a graduate of the elite professional yoga training program at the College of Purna Yoga in Bellevue: a Certified Purna Yoga Instructor at the 2,000 hour level (only 4 people in Canada, and fewer than 90 people worldwide hold this designation). She is also a RYT 500 registered teacher with Yoga Alliance.
As a Certified Yoga Therapist, she is also a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, C-IAYT, and was in a select group of IAYT Subject Matter Experts who created the question bank for the registration exams for upcoming yoga therapists. Laura continues to volunteer in the IAYT leadership.
As a trained teacher trainer, Laura has participated in teacher trainings in Vancouver, Seattle, San Jose, Edmonton and Helsinki, and has served as assistant faculty at the Yoga Journal Conference in Boston, and three times at the Vancouver Yoga Conference. In the 2010’s, Laura was teaching in Mexico at least one week a year, and during her trip around the world she also taught in Japan, Thailand, India, Brazil, Spain and Finland. Laura created the advanced class for teachers at Purna Yoga Helsinki.
Outside of yoga, Laura holds a Masters Degree in Architecture and has a long career as a specialist in all areas of healthcare. She is Professor of Health and Wellbeing Architecture at Aalto University in Helsinki.
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Laura is deeply grateful to her amazing teachers Aadil Palkhivala and Savitri, international yoga and meditation masters and the founders of Purna Yoga.
Much love.