About L’aura Marie
My earliest memory of healing, wellness, movement, and desire for change was at the age of 12. I was a gymnast and dancer and became a vegetarian while learning about the demise of dolphins being captured in tuna nets. I was infamous for taking neighborhood dogs home for baths and treats.. something inside me told me the owners were not caring for them well and were being ignored. I connected deeply to animals very early in life, in particular the canine.
Growing up was hard. My father was abusive, and my mother was dismissive. I learned difficult things at a very early age, and as a pre-teen, I said enough of this and set my sights on healing and getting out of my family home as soon as possible. I had to teach myself many things, but first I addressed my physical body, my mind, and then, my emotions.
I started taking Ashtanga yoga at 18, then traveled to the United States at 24 to find a proper teacher. The year 1995 - pre-Google. I found my teacher Tias Little in Santa Fe, New Mexico on this journey and didn’t look back. I took a job as an innkeeper, found an apartment, and rolled up my life sleeves.
10,000 hours later I found myself in Boulder, Colorado studying Structural Integration (aka Rolfing). I completed the basic training in 2005 and then took off for Italy where I would treat my first clients in the southern part of the country, and where I originate, Sicily.
Upon my return to the States, 9 months later, I returned to Boulder for continued education with The Guild Structural Integration while exploring the yogic teaching of Richard Freeman and others. Eventually, I returned to Santa Fe and continued my education with Tias Little and started formulating RolfYoga - a blend of Structural Bodywork and Yoga.
I took the RolfYoga program around the States for a few years before landing back in Pittsburgh, PA where I opened my clinic. The Center for Structural Wellness ran 15 years before the addition to the canine work. Today, I bring to you Campisi Holistic which serves to bring both humans and canines out of pain and into freedom.
Education and Collaborations
Publishing Your Photography Book with Darius Himes and La Luz, 2003
META Digital Marketing Course, 2003
Volunteer ASPCA Kansas City, 2023
Fear Free Certification, 2024
ASPCA RAFT Program, 2022
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary Kanab, Utah, 2022
United States Rhodesian Ridgeback Society, 2018 to current
Volunteer Butler County Humane Society, 2018-2022
Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers with The Madhuri Method, April 2022
Alexander Technique with Carolyn Johnson 60 hours, 2018
Barral Institute Visceral Manipulation VM1/VM2, 2018
Yoga Teacher Training Program with Mark Staley Yoga, 2015
Family Constellation with Mark Wolynn, 2015
Trauma Workshop with Ale Duarte, Rolfer Somatic Movement Practitioner, 2013
Introduction to Ayurveda Ayurvedic Institute, 2005
Heartwood Institute Macrobiotics with Paul Pitchford, 2005
The Esalen Institute Somatic Movement Training, 2005
Aspen Meadows Aquatic Center Watsu, 2005
Hatha Yoga Training with Yogi Hari 200 hours, 2002
Tias Little of Prajna Yoga 5,000 hour, 2003
The Guild for Structural Integration, 2003-2005
University of Pittsburgh, 1998-2000
Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with Tim Miller, 1997
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