Meet Laura.....
I’m a trauma-informed integrative somatic therapist, certified yoga and meditation teacher and licensed social worker with over 25 years of professional experience with 19 of those specialising in mental health, substance misuse and trauma.
Beyond credentials, I'm someone who’s walked the messy, beautiful and often confusing path of healing myself.
Whether through alcohol, overworking, people-pleasing or emotional eating, I deeply understand how easily we disconnect from ourselves as a way to cope. My work gently guides people back into connection with their bodies, emotions and deeper truth, creating a space that feels safe, spacious and empowering.
My integrative approach blends somatic therapy, nervous system regulation, mindful movement, meditation and deep self-inquiry. It’s trauma-informed and rooted in the understanding that self-healing begins when we stop searching outside ourselves for something to fix us, and instead learn to listen to the wisdom already within.
My Philosophy
Healing isn't just about giving something up; it's about understanding why you reached for it in the first place.
The habits we struggle with whether alcohol, stress, perfectionism or avoidance are rarely conscious choices. They are adaptive responses of the nervous system, strategies your body and mind developed to survive. True transformation happens when you reconnect with your body, learn to regulate your nervous system and create new ways of being that foster genuine safety, balance and resilience.
I call this approach holistic somatic wellness: honouring the body as sacred and the heart as the bridge to your deepest truth.
My practice is grounded in my lived study and personal practice of non-dual Śaiva Tantra, a yogic path that recognises every experience as a valid expression of consciousness. Rather than seeing healing as fixing what’s broken, we meet whatever arises with deep presence and compassion, trusting your wholeness is already here, just beneath the surface of patterned experience.
For some, this somatic approach provides profound acceptance and inner calm. For others, it opens doors to deeper spiritual inquiry, exploring who you truly are beneath layers of conditioning and coping strategies.
Whether your goal is emotional regulation, trauma healing or reconnecting with your authentic self, this somatic work invites you back to your body as a safe haven, gently revealing that everything you've been seeking has always been within you.
With Gratitude
My work is rooted not only in lived experience, but also shaped by the wisdom and generosity of my teachers, both seen and unseen.
I want to honour Christopher “Hareesh” Wallis, whose scholarship and practice of nondual Śaiva Tantra continues to shape the heart of my work. Through his teachings I’ve come to experience a deeper awakening to life and love, one that continues to shape the way I share my work.
I give profound thanks to Aimee Rai, whose calling and courage made it possible for me to train with her in somatic therapy. It was through Aimee that I learned to trust my intuition in my work - to listen more closely to the quiet inner thread that guides both myself and those I walk alongside.
I am also grateful to Dr. Aline LaPierre, whose creation of the NeuroAffective Touch has profoundly shaped how I understand survival patterns and the pathways back to connection.
Finally, I acknowledge the influence of writers and clinicians such as Gabor Maté, Bessel van der Kolk and M. Scott Peck, whose work continues to illuminate the relationship between trauma, the body and the human spirit.
Any clarity you find here comes through their influence. Any errors or simplifications are my own.
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