My Story

Why I do this work

Before I found Ayurveda, I was living fast and burning out, more than once, dealing with allergies, arthritis, anxiety, panic attacks, stress-related IBS, and eczema. I was confused by the health information out there and didn't know which way to turn.

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Ayurveda was my light bulb moment. As my teacher, Dr. Arun Sharma, says, "Ayurveda is the science of common sense" — and it is. Understanding my own Prakriti, my constitution, gave me the clarity I'd been missing, and that clarity was the first real step toward healing. I still see that same moment happen for my students and clients, and it's the part of this work I love most.

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There's a reason I notice this kind of struggle so clearly in others. I'm a CODA — a child of Deaf adults — and growing up, I saw firsthand the deprivation, discrimination, and injustice that Deaf people and their families often face. I also saw resilience, strength, and persistence in the people around me who refused to give up. I was one of them. Ayurveda later helped me understand that clear perception, a thirst for understanding, and a low tolerance for injustice are common traits of my particular Prakriti. That early experience shaped the empathy I bring to my work today.

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Before I trained in Ayurveda and Yoga, I worked as a sign language communicator, a teacher, in social work and educational, health & care planning for children and young people with special needs, in fitness training, hospitality, and retail. Each of those roles taught me something I still draw on.

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I hold the belief that everything happens for a higher purpose, even when we can't see the bigger picture yet, and that healing sometimes asks us to surrender to that rather than force it. Ayurveda and Yoga gave me a direct way to work with that belief — using life's own experience as the teacher.

What to Expect When Working With Me

My practice, Mango Wisdom Wellness Ayurveda & Yoga, is grounded in a Health Science background (BSc Health Promotion) alongside the traditional, evidence-based frameworks of Ayurvedic and Yogic science, theory, philosophy, and practice.

• Ayurveda Consultations, including Prakriti Analysis — identifying your unique mind-body constitution as the starting point for any work we do together

• Holistic Wellbeing Sessions, blending intuitive and empathetic self-inquiry, Yoga, and Ayurveda to explore patterns held in the body-mind, offered in blocks of four sessions

• Yoga for Holistic Wellbeing, combining movement and reflective conversation to support your body-mind-spiritual wellbeing

The aim throughout is the same: helping you discover, understand, accept, and live as your true nature — what I think of as authentic living.​

There's something genuinely scientific about how Yoga and Ayurveda work with the body and mind, and often the changes happen gradually, without you noticing at first. It takes commitment, a degree of surrender, and consistency. There will be difficult stretches — that's part of life — but staying with it is what moves you through them. My role is to guide you to understand, accept and take care of the body-mind; the rest happens in its own good time.

Courses, Classes & Retreats

Learning Ayurveda and Yoga alongside others brings its own kind of support — shared understanding, shared practice, and the steady rhythm of learning together over time.

Courses and classes offer a place to build knowledge gradually and put it into practice in daily life; retreats offer the space to step back, go deeper, and return to yourself more fully.

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• Yoga & Ayurveda courses, classes, and workshops

• Yoga & Ayurveda Retreats

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Social & Community Projects

Alongside my one-to-one work, courses, and retreats, my work also includes the social projects I run:

• Wisdom Wares, a second-hand shop with ecological and social aims

• Wisdom Eats, a Tiffin food service offering healthy, home-cooked food and creating sustainable local employment

• Teaching Life-Skills, English, Yoga, and Ayurveda to disadvantaged children, young people, and women in India

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This is what living Ayurveda and Yoga means to me — a personal practice, and a way of showing up for others.

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Let's Work Together

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Get in touch if you'd like support to learn, to understand, to heal, and to grow.

With love & blessings, Laura xx