With degrees from Wellesley College in Art History and French, and a Master’s degree in dance/movement therapy from Goucher College, Lauri has followed her education with several intensive movement studies, including coursework at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in the Gross Anatomy department through the course Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries (FAMI).  She has developed her anatomy work further through a 200 hour intensive course in Body Language with anatomist Thomas Myers, author of Anatomy Trains, with whom she continues to study.

This combined study has informed her work with a number of diverse populations from scoliosis work, breast cancer survivors, neonatal and general rehab populations.  In her dance/movement therapy work she has focused on several populations, including work with trauma survivors, and more recently utilizing movement and yoga with autistic children.  She has published several articles in medical arts journals, and has a book chapter in Creative Arts Therapies Manual: A Guide to the History, Theoretical Approaches, Assessment, And Work With Special Populations of Art, Play, Dance, Music, Drama, And Poetry Therapies by Stephanie L. Brooke.

A well-known teacher in Westchester and beyond, she has taught at Club Fit, Pace University, and the Westchester Conservatory of Music among others, and teaches workshops and leads trips in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica.  She lives with her husband and her two boys in Ossining New York and enjoys art, music, and sea-kayaking and of course, movement!

Lauri can be reached via email at the following address: lauri@wellnessbridge.com.