About Me: Laura + Tara

Certifications & Accreditations:

  • 200-Hour, Yoga Alliance-Accredited, Certified Experienced Yoga Teacher since 2016

  • 30-Hour, Yoga Alliance-Accredited, SUP + Yoga Instructor since 2017

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of West Georgia, 2019

  • Master of Social Work, Florida State University, 2022

  • Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) since May 2023

  • Trained in the Internal Family Systems Model, Theory and Practice since January 2024

  • Trained in Important Topics In Neurodiversity since August 2024

  • Trained in Clinical Psychedelic Prep and Integration since November 2024

Bio:

I’m a spiritual practitioner, witchy woman with ADHD, therapist and yoga teacher. I work at the convergence of the grounded and the mystical, integrating somatic tools like yoga, meditation and breath with therapeutic presence and human heart. I offer weekly yoga and meditation classes along with somatic therapy services, each rooted in my guiding philosophy that we don’t need to be fixed, but seen.

 

I am a certified, experienced 200-hour yoga instructor (E-RYT 200), have been studying the practice since 2013, and teaching all over Georgia and in the online space since 2014. I maintain a regular schedule of offerings at Lunar Yoga Center and Conjure Yoga & Ritual, a space I had the privilege of helping to create in 2024 alongside Conjure founder and world-class, trauma-informed teacher Alison Rae Clark.

 

My offerings encourage students to engage with the breath, body and present moment as access points to an experience of greater wholeness; prioritize nervous system care; and reflect my commitment to honoring authentic yoga - the kind that is empowering to all practitioners living in varied bodies and with wide-ranging identities. I teach yoga asana (physical postures) with a focus on safety, integrity, adaptability and intelligent alignment, and design my classes with a synthesis of creative sequencing and workshop-style learning. I am also committed to sharing breath and meditation techniques in keeping with the multi-limbed, multifaceted nature of classical yoga.

 

In addition to my work as a yoga and meditation teacher, I am a somatic psychotherapist under clinical supervision, having graduated from Florida State University as a Master of Social Work in December of 2022. I earned my associate licensure (LMSW) in May of 2023, and in that same year joined Align Wellness as a clinician. I serve neurodivergent folks, folks with depression and anxiety, folks with trauma, folks in life transitions, folks experiencing grief, queer folks, and much more. My therapeutic style synthesizes body-based and contemplative tools like yoga and meditation with classical talk therapy skills and practice to encourage nervous system regulation, empowerment and growth in my clients.

 

I also have a background in social media strategy, the work that helped pave my path to becoming a full-time psychotherapist and yoga teacher. I have experience empowering clients on the spiritual path to show up in the wild, ever-changing online space in alignment with their capacity and values, and have been considering prescient questions about how to walk a spiritual path in our increasingly-online world for most of my adult life.

 

My personal journey into the dance of embodiment + mysticism began when I was just 19 years old, when the yoga practice found me in the midst of a significant struggle with anxiety. After studying yoga at my undergraduate university for 2 years, I graduated from Kashi Atlanta Ashram’s Classical Yoga Teacher Training program in 2016, a program I helped facilitate for almost 7 years. It was through my training that I received a spiritual name from the Kashi Yoga Lineage: Tara Devi, named for the Tibetan Buddhist goddess of compassion and liberation. Those qualities are the ultimate intention of all that I do, and I’m honored to have you here with me.