Selected by Spirituality & Health as one of 100 Trailblazers of Yoga & Ayurveda, with decades of study into Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, consciousness, and the potential for Self-realization, Laura is an international educator on the power of the Vedic sciences to promote radical health and sacred, sumptuous living.
A Vedic Educator, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Jyotish Consultant, Author, Speaker, and popular blogger on Ayurveda, Laura is dedicated to making this ancient knowledge accessible and relevant to our modern times. As the former General Manager of Discovery Channel Europe, subsequently working for decades in the fields of health and human potential, she has studied the world’s great healing and spiritual traditions with some of the greatest luminaries of our times.
Laura is the author of the best-selling book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners; creator of the acclaimed Ayurvedic Integrated Nutrition Consultant Training; the writer/presenter of the video course The Medicine In Your Kitchen: Introduction to Ayurvedic Cooking hosted by Spirituality & Health; writer and host of the 53-part television show CleanseVeda; and creator/host of the 12-part series Divine Yoga, which ran on Gaia, now available on Amazon Prime. She also serves on faculty for The Sevanti Institute and UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine.
Laura’s blog food-alovestory.com is an inspirational, free resource for Ayurvedic recipes and wise living. Her popular whole food, plant-based seasonal cleanses are powerful, effective and delicious, and have helped many overcome health challenges.
Laura’s articles on health and wellness have been published in Huffington Post, Spirituality & Health, Well + Good, Ayurveda Next Door, Yoga Digest and the Times of India, among other national and international media. She has taught at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Omega Institute, the Shift Network, The Natural Law Academy, BhaktiFest, ShaktiFest, the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh, and has been featured on numerous podcasts including The Higher Self with Sahara Rose, The Melissa Ambrosini Show, and VitalVeda with Dylan Smith.
