About
Hello! I'm Laurel
I’m a multi-modality movement and meditation instructor, intuitive energy worker, and intentional massage practitioner. I’d love to share these tools of empowerment and self-care with YOU.
My offerings are trauma-informed and influenced by modern biomechanics, pain science, western psychology and neuroscience. As I respectfully honour my roots as a yoga teacher and Reiki master, I believe that the spaces where knowledge intersect are points of magic. The work that I do is rooted in the unveiling of limiting patterns and personal empowerment.
My role as a guide is not to lead you to enlightenment, but to meet you where you are and lift you up. Where self-commitment is met in a safe and loving space, free of judgement, we are free to challenge ourselves in ways that spill over into all areas of our lives.
Please join me in the magic and science of movement, energy, self-awareness and relaxation.
My Mission
I am committed to serving the person who is in front of me as they are, regardless of age, colour, gender, religion or ability.
I strive to keep my offerings non-denominational, non-appropriative and evidence-based, while still leaving room for magic and curiosity.
I will never pedestal myself or position myself as a guru. In our sessions, your own experience is the leader, and it will never be judged or invalidated.
A relationship based on honesty and trust, held in a supported environment with ongoing communication is valued above all else. While I may ask you to challenge yourself, we will move forward together at a pace that suits your uniqueness, fostering your capacity for self-awareness, personal growth and self-love.
Empowerment Through Awareness
My offerings are rooted deeply in attention. Whether it’s noticing the space around us and how we react to it, or noticing more delicate sensations within the body, much can be revealed through our own intentional awareness.
Bringing into the light subconscious movement patterns, energetic responses and expired belief structures is key in creating a life that you choose.
Together we will unveil and honour how your life story has informed the way you move through the world, and respectfully turn away from habit and into a place of personal agency.
Laurel van Solkema
Professionally Certified
Yoga Instructor 200 hour – Calgary, Canada
Yoga Nidra Instructor, Calgary, Canada
Yin Yoga Instructor, Calgary, Canada
Yoga Instructor 200 hour – Rishikesh, India
Reiki Master – Bali, Indonesia
Yoga Anatomy Fundamentals + Yoga Anatomy Principles – Leslie Kaminoff
Hypermobility + SI Joint + Science of Stretching – Jules Mitchell
Psych 101 + Psycho-social-emotional Literacy – Applied Psychology for Yogis
Thai Oil Massage – Old Medicine Hospital Shivagakomarpaj Thai Massage School
Neurofundamentals – ZHealth
Movement for Trauma Level 1 – Jane Clapp
Pain Science + Yoga and the Pelvic Floor + Yoga and the Nervous System – Jenni Rawlings
Healing Trauma – Irene Lyon
"Laurel is a great teacher. She helped me a lot during some of my early teaching experiences and inspired me with her way of approaching the students and the teaching process as a whole. Now, a world apart from each other, she keeps inspiring me with her efforts to understand why we do the stuff we do in yoga and to question the status quo. I can’t thank her enough."
"I really enjoyed the individual and varied lessons. I always felt in good hands and was able to deepen my practice and fully relax. Her clients will really benefit from her creativity and her functional and anatomical knowledge."
"I am blown away by Laurel. I have been practicing yoga for over 20 years with many different teachers, but Laurel is one of a kind. She has an authenticity about her, a perfect blend of knowledge, communication skills and being real in what she feels that makes you resonate with her time after time."
"Meaningful and true sharing of love and wisdom."