About

Hello, I’m Laurie, Trauma Informed Yoga, Meditation, Qigong Teacher and Owner of Sage Yoga Studio in Belper.

My passion is Yoga for Mental Health and creating an inclusive, non judgemental, safe space for for those looking to ease the stress and tensions of modern day living. My teaching style incorporates a fusion of different traditions and philosophies, focusing on embodiment practices, Five Element Theory and the cycles of nature to bring us back to a place of wholeness and balance. I interweave knowledge of different traditions and modality trainings in yoga, qigong and mindfulness to offer a unique form of therapeutic, mindful somatic movement practice designed to empower an individual with accessible and sustainable skills and tools needed to embrace the journey back home towards autonomy and realising their own true potential.

We opened our doors to our community in September 2018 with the vision of creating a friendly, non-intimidating and supportive environment for anyone wanting to explore the practice of authentic yoga. Our space has provided a haven of calm and safety for many students wanting to re-connect, breathe and grow as an individual and as part of a like-minded community. Five years on and despite world events we have grown into a supportive community of teachers and practitioners. We work together with the aim of cultivating compassion, kindness and deeper connection to ourselves and each other with a view to creating positive ripples out into the local community and beyond.

My own journey into Yoga began with a class taken over 20 years ago. The teacher awakened a deep sense of curiosity and a longing to know more. I began to attend regular classes and dive deeper into my own journey of self discovery. I was introduced to a meditation teacher who would totally change the trajectory and purpose of my life through the imparting of their wisdom and transformative teachings.

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EXPERTISE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

In September 2008 I began to take the first steps toward becoming a Yoga Teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. Skip forwards 16 years and I have completed over 1000 hrs of teacher trainings including Trauma Informed Yoga for Embodiment and Social Impact, Advanced Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Yoga Nidra Training for Mental Health plus Hyper-mobility on the mat. I am qualified as a 5 Element Qigong Teacher and Applied Poly-vagal Theory for Therapeutic Yoga and I am very much looking forward to sharing these profound and life changing teachings.

Qualifications and Professional Development to date:
Yoga:
BWY: Foundations one year training
BWY 500 Hr Teacher Training – Year One
Collins and Barth 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training

Pre/Post Natal/Children’s Yoga:
Rainbow Kids Children’s Yoga Teacher Training
Baby Yoga Diploma/Advanced level 3 training with Dr Françoise Freedman at Birthlight (60 hrs)

Specialist Trainings:
Yin Yoga:
Yin Yoga Teacher training with Sarah Low (50 hrs)
Advanced Yin Yoga Teacher training with Jennifer O’Sullivan – Satiyoga (One Year Programme):
Yin Yang Philosophy
The Three Treasures
Chinese Meridian Theory and Organ Health
Teaching Functional Yin
Yin Yoga and the Nervous System
Cultivating Mindfulness in Yin Yoga
Acuyin/Myoyin Workshops with Jo Phee

Specialist Meditation Trainings:
Total Yoga Nidra Weekend Immersion with Nulipta Tuli (Yoga Nidra Network)
Meditation and Mantra CDP – Julie Hemmings @ Divine Works

Qigong Teacher Trainings:
Qigong Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers with Mimi Kuo Deemer (20 hrs)
Qigong and The 5 Elements Teacher Training with Mimi Kuo-Deemer (30hrs)
Qigong – 8 Silk Brocades (Baduanjin) training with Mimi Deemer
The 5 Sacred Guardians with Mimi Kuo Deemer
Qigong Year Long Teacher Mentorship Programme with Mimi Kuo-Deemer (Jan 23 – Dec 23)

Specialist Trauma Informed Embodiment/Somatic Trainings/CPD’s:
(TREY) Trauma Resilience Embodied Yoga and Social Impact – The Golden Mandala Yoga Soma
Institute (50 hrs)
Applied Poly-vagal Theory in Yoga – Level 1/2 Certificate Program with Dr. Arielle Schwartz and
Dr. Stephen Porges (22hrs) (The Embody Lab)
Professional Yoga Skills for Working with Anxiety with Heather Mason (The Minded Institute) CPD
Professional Yoga Skills for Working with Depression with Heather Mason (The Minded Institute)
CPD
Yoga Nidra for Mental Health (The Minded Institute) CPD
Somatics for Yoga Teachers Training with Charlotte Watts – (Beginning Jan 23 – 70 hrs)

Further Trainings:
Hypermobility on the Mat Training with Jess Glenny