About
Intuitive healer, international facilitator, yoga and somatic movement teacher, holistic practitioner, professional dancer, and systemic constellation facilitator – Laura Sarah Dowdall creates transformational experiences that uplift, empower and inspire people towards greater joy, happiness and freedom!
Laura’s passion is helping people get out of their heads and into the wider wisdom and perspective of their bodies. She brings a 360′ perspective connecting science, arts, physical, mental and emotional health, quantum physics and spirituality in a practical everyday way.
She supports people to explore topics of change, sustainability, health, inclusion and innovation from an embodied perspective that enables greater solution-oriented focus, new perspective and opportunities for more authentic connection, impact and learning.
Laura supports transformational shifts, generational healing and empowerment through retreats, one to one healing sessions, workshops and weekly somatic movement sessions online.
Laura is a professionally trained dancer and life long learner. From her early years she was able to connect with energy, read runes and symbols, and understand the issues within a person’s energetic field and physical body.
Near death experiences and periods of intense grief came with great realisations and visions that asked her to commit to her path as an advocate for healing and empowerment.
She leads community projects empowering women through dance, performance, nature-based workshops, ritual and land work that focus on healing generational trauma, supporting community and promoting inclusion and accessibility for all abilities.
She founded Running Blind in 2015 to make dance and its performance more accessible to people with vision loss. She continues her research and collaboration with the blind community and facilitates inclusion awareness workshops and trainings sharing the skills of social haptic / non-verbal communication, informed touch and the power of contact improvisation and dance.
She facilitates school workshop for students, teachers and parents promoting movement as a means of supporting mental-emotional health and teaches a six-week online course programme called ‘Creative Wellbeing’.
Laura’s work in inclusive dance, teaching people with vision-loss featured on Nationwide on RTÉ 1, Irish National Television on June 7th 2024.
She is the founder of Running Blind Dance, Healing Yoga and facilitator of inclusive dance projects in collaboration with the Anne Sullivan Centre for the Deafblind, Vision Ireland and Fighting Blindness since 2015. Laura was a tutor on the first Inclusive Dance Training in Ireland in 2023 supported by University College Cork and Dance Cork Firkin Crane.
Laura shares her work in Ireland and travels internationally to teach. Having lived and worked in Rome, Berlin, Boston and the UK, and solo-travelled through Mexico in 2022, Laura has experienced all forms of transitional challenge and change in career, culture and language.
Life Learning
Always an advocate for learning and personal development, a near-life threatening accident caused her to re-align her direction and apply her learning to empower a full and healthy recovery. First-hand life experience and dedicated years of training in the science, philosophy, mechanics and psychology of healing has distinguished her as an innovative whole-person wellness provider.
Known for her authentic presence, uplifting energy and creative dynamic, her passion is to educate and empower people to better care for their wellbeing, believing self-care is the key to sustainable health and happiness.
Bespoke Services
Laura incorporates the best of her training in Yoga, Clinical Somatic Education, Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Life Coaching, Family Constellation Work, Contact Improvisation, Reiki and Seichim Energy Healing to provide a truly holistic experience.
Her awareness of all aspects of wellbeing enables her to create bespoke life-enhancing programs for the benefit of individuals, teams and communities around the world.
Laura founded Healing Yoga in 2010 and has since dedicated herself to the development of empowering wellbeing programs that encourage creativity, expression, self-awareness and joy in learning.
She has been interviewed and featured on Nationwide, RTE 1, in articles for The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Positive Life Magazine, International Health Publications, TV3 and Irish radio for her wellbeing expertise.
“Incredible, Mind-Blowing, Freeing, Beautiful, Full of Love. Laura is incredibly gifted and very inspiring. This was pure joy! It is for anyone wanting to feel free!"
Niamh, Humanitarian Law / International NGO
Background
Before concentrating her career in dance, holistic wellbeing and social entrepreneurship – Laura worked for Enterprise Ireland throughout the USA, tech start-ups in Ireland and an International Law Firm in Germany. She attained a First Class Honours Degree in International Commerce and Italian from the Business School at University College Dublin, and completed postgraduate studies at Harvard Business School in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Creative Health & Community
Laura is recognised as an impactful Social Entrepreneur for her National Dance Ability Programme– providing people who are blind and deafblind with access to the wellbeing benefits of dance. She developed the Creative Wellbeing Programme for Schools and Special Needs Centres- educating students, parents and teachers on the life-long benefits of self-care and wellbeing.
Laura believes that continuous professional development, personal practice, and active research are integral to offering the best service to her clients. Laura practices what she preaches and is very down-to-earth, personable, and motivational in her approach.
Mission
Healing Yoga’s mission is to enable, educate and empower children and adults to live their full potential, aligned by their unique values and aspirations.
Services
Laura provides: one to one consultations, group workshops, school programs, corporate wellness events, online classes, retreats and teacher-parent training programmes throughout the year.
Connect with Laura, by email- laura@healingyoga.ie or through our contact page.
