Laura Plumb

Laura is co-founder of Deep Yoga, a yogic system based upon Hatha and Ayurveda that goes deeply into the mind/body/soul connection delivering greater self-understanding, purification, inner-healing and expanded consciousness.

In private sessions and in classes, Laura guides individuals to their heart - to their own infinite ground of being - helping to expand awareness, master the mind and emotions, open fully to life, enjoy greater self-expression and creativity, and live a continual experience of wholeness, serenity and joy.

Trained in Classical Yoga, Ayurveda, evolutionary modalities in bio-physics that confirm what the ancient Rishis taught, and in Toltec wisdom, Laura helps her clients heal and grow so they can become the fullest expression of their true creative and productive self.

She began studying and practicing Yoga intensively 9 years ago at a retreat with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, the prominent international spiritual leader of the Siddha Yoga tradition. Ignited there, Laura's passion for Yoga has led her to study a variety of styles of Asana such as Iyengar, Anusara, Restorative, and Viniyoga - a form of Yoga Therapy taught by TKV Desikachar. In particular, Laura is grateful for her studies with Rod Stryker, Mark Whitwell, and Todd Norian for the depth and passion by which they embrace and teach Asana & Yoga, and Barbara Simon whose Toltec Yoga supported and encouraged Laura for years.

Laura studied intensively with Tom Stone, a long-time student of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, learning Ayurvedic applications. She also studied Ayurveda and Yoga with Sir Desikachar, Dr. David Frawley, and Bri Maya Tiwari profound teahcers of healing and Consciousness. Jeffrey Armstrong has been a guide and inspiration for his wisdom and teachings of the Vedas, Jyotish and Mantra.

Shamanism is an ancient practice with technologies for healing the individual, the community, the environment as well as body, mind and spirit. It is the precursor to Yoga and the roots of Ayurveda, which in turn is the root of all healing sciences. Laura spent one year intensively studying Shamanic Rituals and Healing Technologies under the guidance of Professor Bill Brunton, an eminent scholar of shamanic cultures worldwide. In this time, Laura learned from indigenous healers of the Amazon, Huichol Indians, a Chumash elder, among others, and received a certificate in Shamanic Studies from the FSS.

In addition, she is thankful for teacher don Miguel Ruiz, who interpreted the powerful Toltec teachings into modern, streamlined practices. Rita Rivera who instructed her in Toltec ways, She has also traveled with Don Miguel Ruiz on "Power Journeys" to Mexico and remains devoted to her Toltec mentor, Rita Rivera.

Previously the General Manager of The Discovery Channel Europe and later an independent writer/producer of television documentary programs, Laura produced non-fiction television for the BBC, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Networks, German Television, Canal Plus, and others, living and working in France, Spain, Germany, England and the former Soviet Union before returning to America in the late 1990's. As a documentary filmmaker, Laura extensively filmed world musicians for an on-going series on healing and sacred music, and has studied and experienced first-hand the power of sound and music to heal and calm. This experience now informs her Yoga classes as well.

Laura continues to study Yoga with Yogirupa Rod Stryker (founder of Pure Yoga) in the Tantric Hatha tradition of Sri Vidya brought to America by Swami Rama (founder of the Himalayan Institute). She also continues Vedic and Ayurveda studies with David Frawley.

Finally, she feels infinite gratitude for the inspiration, wisdom and guidance of Baba Muktananda, Paramahamsa Yogananda, and Anandamoyi Ma, and all the friends and family who have supported and provoked her along the way.

"My purpose and my passion is to assist individuals on their path to freedom so they can taste the nectar of unbounded bliss, experience the peace of knowing they are already whole and complete, feel supported in every endeavor, and know joy in all things."

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