Laura Parshley
Laura, the founder/owner, is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Yoga .Therapist, and Wellness Educator Always interested in medicine, Laura chose massage because, what may hold her back in other fields, makes her excel in this. At thirteen, Laura began losing her eyesight, becoming legally blind. At this time, she heard of the blind therapists in Asia, and became interested in practitioners of alternative medicine.
She went to the islands of Hawaii to begin the journey of learning her trade. At the Maui School of Therapeutic Massage, Laura learned from some of the best massage therapists in the U.S., including the owner of the school, James Hackett. While in Hawaii, she also attended the Hawaiian Healing Academy, studying under Kumu (teacher) Maka'ala Yates, and learned the healing arts of Big Island Style Lomi Lomi.
Laura has continued to grow in her field. She has traveled to Chiang Mai Thailand to study the ancient bodywork of Northern Style Thai Massage (or Yoga Massage). This new adventure brought reflection and depth to her own yoga practice and inspired the next step of her journey; to travel to northern India and begin her training to become a yoga teacher.
Over the years she has returned to Thailand and India as well as many other places around the world deepening her knowledge and understanding of these practices, the human body and holistic wellness.
With years of learning the sciences of the human body and practicing massage and yoga Laura began to realize the value and empowerment that comes with this knowledge and wanted to help empower other women. The next chapter began with teaching women introductory information about part of their bodies like breasts, pelvises, vulvas and vaginas and what practices we can do to improve our health, relationship and function of our bodies. And all of this because the natural beginning to Mujadara Movement Medicine