Laura, whose yoga practice and medical experience exceeds 15 years, is a double board certified physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, a licensed acupuncturist, an E-RYT 200 and YACEP yoga instructor, and the founder of The Shala of Pittsburgh Ashtanga Yoga.  

Laura is now 14 years into her medical practice. While she has enjoyed a career in medicine, she quickly understood that the "band-aid" approach to Western Medicine and the limited time she is allotted with patients would not allow her to educate them about health and wellness.  Seeing preventative medicine and wellness as a path to living a better, healthier life, Laura began to seek out other ways in which to help people before they hit the doctor's office with disease.  Thus began her journey into yoga, acupuncture, aromatherapy, Ayurvedic techniques, mental health techniques, and more.  Laura has a wonderful toolbox from which to help her students and patients alike.

Laura has witnessed and experienced the gap between "modern" and "alternative" medicine.  While both can be used in constructive and useful ways, more and more misinformation is spreading over the internet about controversial issues.  This misinformation can lead people down a dangerous path.  Laura's mission is to provide evidence based and soundly reviewed information to the public on alternative medical techniques, using her knowledge, education, and skill set in so many areas of the medicinal world.   

Do you have a question for Laura?  Let her answer it in her blog or podcast!  While the purpose of her blog is not to provide medical diagnosis or advice, she seeks to help provide grounded evidence and information in response to your questions that will hopefully empower YOU to make the right decisions for the health and well being of you and your family.

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