• Hi. I’m Laura Marchetti, a Scaravelli/Somatic Yoga teacher and Somatic Movement Therapist with 30 years' experience working with professionals and creatives in high-pressure careers as well as clients in community settings. You will mostly find me in West Hampstead, North West London, but also in Watford and South West Hertfordshire.

  • My yoga and somatics sessions are for you if…

    You would like to try a gentler, more attentive approach to healthy movement, that addresses the root causes of chronic tension, reduced mobility, erratic sleep patterns, low energy levels and emotional overload.

    You would like individual attention and a tailored, long term approach that creates lasting solutions by repatterning unhelpful habits that exercise or a normal yoga class won't reach.

    You would like to improve your nervous system regulation and capacity, thus becoming more resilient and adaptable when facing personal or professional challenges.

    You would like to experience the energy of a truly alive body, the clarity and responsiveness of a calm mind, and the joy that comes with connection to yourself and others.

  • How Somatic Yoga and Body-Mind Centering®work

    All somatic movement practices are based on refining one's internal perception of the body ("soma" in Greek), in order to encourage a gradual repatterning of body and mind. This can only happen if the body feels heard, experiences safety and is allowed to find undirected expression in movement. During my thirty years of experience in body-mind work I have found that imposing our mind's will and therefore prescriptive systems on a body that's out of balance is totally futile and even counterproductive. As my yoga teacher John Stirk used to say, "we need to get out of our own way".

    Somatic Yoga/Movement classes typically (but not always) involve smaller, slower and more intuitive movements, as well as natural breathing practices, which foster internal awareness, regulate the nervous system and dismantle the habitual patterns that are stored within it. My students are often surprised by the effectiveness of this gentle, but deeply mindful practice in restoring freedom of movement, stability and psychophysical balance.

    Thanks to my background in both Scaravelli inspired yoga and somatic practices (Body-Mind Centering® in particular), I can meet each student where they are, by offering a more structured or more creative practice depending on their needs.

    *Body-Mind Centering® is a registered service mark of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, used with permission

  • What my students say

     

    My students often report a newfound sense of freedom and aliveness in their body, a clarity of mind, and a peacefulness that allows them to sleep better and establish better eating habits.

     

    Chronic pain (especially back pain) lessens in intensity and frequency and sometimes disappears entirely.

     

    Many of my students have also welcomed a shift in their thought patterns, helping them feel more adaptable and resilient.

    Click on the dots below for testimonials.

  • Take the next step in your embodiment journey...

    Find out more about me and what I can do for you here.

    Find out more about having Yoga or Somatics sessions with me here.

    Email me for more information on my group yoga classes, one on one yoga sessions and care home/assisted living sessions here.

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