OM meets… Laura Dodd
“I aim for movements that create a healthy, happy body that is strong, lean and supple. ”
How did you first get into yoga?
I had been meaning to go to a class for a long time. My sister sent me a free pass, so I bit the bullet and went. Even with little experience of yoga or meditation, I had this ‘mantra’ running through my head constantly during and after the class, ‘I am love’. I felt so connected to myself and others, and so full of love. I was instantly hooked.
Yoga came into my life during a particularly difficult and unsettling period of change and trauma. Yoga helped me so much during this time as it gave me a constant to come back to over and over again, a safe and calm space to still my mind and connect back into me. It made and still makes me feel strong, open and connected in the body and mind. Although it may sound cliché, yoga helped me pass through this period and come out the other side intact and
