Laura Yon

  • Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine

  • Chaplain, from Upaya Zen Center, March 2025

  • Bereavement Group Facilitator

  • Graduate of Metta Institute’s End-of-Life Practitioner Program, 2014

  • 30-year Yoga Therapist & Meditation Facilitator in the Viniyoga Tradition, C-IAYT

  • Hospice Massage Therapist, LMT

  • Certificates in:
    –  End-of-Life Doula
    –  Grief Support Specialist
    –  Advanced Practice Spiritual Care in Palliative Care

Laura Yon has taught hatha yoga in the viniyoga tradition since 1992.  As a student and practitioner of Buddhism for 30 years, she integrates mindfulness into all of her work and teaching.

Laura began working in the massage, sports medicine and physical therapy fields in 1988. And now brings her presence and skill to helping elders and those in hospice transition with ease.

By moving with awareness of the body, breath, heart and mind, students develop a sense of calm and peacefulness which extends well beyond their yoga mat. Laura dedicates her life to helping others move with ease, open their hearts and quiet their minds.

In the End-of-Life field, Laura is a Buddhist Chaplain, having graduated from Upaya Zen Center’s Chaplaincy Training in March 2025.  Laura teaches that the more we can learn about and embrace death, the less fear we will have as we approach the end of our life and the more joyfully we will be able to live each day until then. As Ram Dass said, “Dying is perfectly safe”.

“I find Laura’s classes to be a subtle and gentle way of improving my mental and physical well-being.  It is a state of mind that often surprises me when I walk out of one of her classes. My body feels like it just has had an “interior” massage” and my mind seems more aware and responsive.”

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