About Laurie
A lifelong visionary, researcher, and student of the deeper meaning of life and living, Laurie has spent almost 30 years learning about the complexities of the human body, mind, spirit, and world we live in.
She began this path in 1997 when she enrolled at the Utah College of Massage Therapy in downtown Salt Lake City and enrolled in their 1000+ hr Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy program that included not only medical massage and natural health but also various types of bodywork and an in-depth learning of Traditional Chinese Medicine plus an additional 100 hours in Spa Modalities.
After graduating from UCMT, she opened her 1st private practice in a small town outside of Salt Lake City where she had a news column in a local newspaper writing on the benefits of massage and holistic health. From there she began her quest to learn more about the body which led her to acquire (additional) diplomas in Shiatsu, Acupressure, and advanced massage therapy. From there though her attention remained on the body she began studying other holistic practices such as aromatherapy, chakra therapy, color therapy, and more while also studying health, diet, herbalism, and holistic medicine and in the early 2000 she graduated from a 2-year program with a diploma as a Natural Health Consultant. From there her attention went a little deeper into the body, within the spirit, the mind, and meditation and relaxation techniques where she received a diploma from a 2 year course as a Relaxation Therapist and then as a Reiki Master.
Being ever more intrigued with the deeper meaning of our physical and spiritual existence, Laurie also studied things like astrology, Chinese astrology, and psychic abilities. And after taking a short break from massage therapy, in the early 2000s she took a full-time job in a busy mall in Salt Lake City as a psychic and tarot card reader which lasted 3 years, and during this time spent every free moment learning more about the crafts of intuition, parapsychology, hypnosis, and many others and their roles in our lives.
In 2003, after returning to Virginia Laurie opened up another private practice in Clinical Massage Therapy and began teaching in massage therapy schools throughout the Tidewater area and writing for local magazines. In 2006, she was employed by Tidewater Tech, a technical college in Newport News, VA as the director of their new Massage Therapy program - which was a springboard to opening her own school of Massage Therapy in Williamsburg, VA, The Mid-Atlantic School of Health.
After a few years, her attention returned to the ways of the Universe and Universal energy, and in 2008 attended a 2 year course, receiving a diploma and certification in Astrology and Parapsychology which included the art and Sciences of Astrology and Numerology (among others) which became her immediate favorite - as she found it to always be 100% accurate, fully encompassing one's life, and exact in its accurateness. From there, in 2010 she published a book based on her research on card readings paired with numerology, which she titled "Divining Your Future Using Playing Cards and Numerology".
Continuing her interest in numerology, and performing chart readings for clients while working at a local radio station outside of Richmond, VA, Laurie acquired a weekly talk radio program called New Age Living Radio with a focus on natural living and numerology and in 2010 began a podcast under the same name. In 2011, wanting to get back into the field of massage therapy and teaching, she opened an online business where she created and wrote over 30 continuing education courses for massage therapists for their national certification. And in 2016 opened multiple massage therapy practices along the mid-Atlantic peninsula region of Virginia.
In 2018 Laurie became heavily interested in the mind and most specifically how the mind and the Universe work together to form one's life. And began studying deeply into the laws of the Universe, the subconscious mind, and the brain. And in 2018, she became a life coach with a certification as a Certified Life Strategies Coach.
In 2019, Laurie opened another private practice this time in Hayes, VA - in massage therapy and life coaching - and began another podcast on Universal laws and the law of attraction. Then, in 2020, the pandemic happened and it closed her business. So during that year when much of everything was closed and we all were staying more indoors, Laurie delved deeper into her background in herbalism which she had continued through the years, as she began searching for natural ways to stay healthy and to combat the prevailing COVID virus. And during this time, though she had many years of practice in folk herbalism she received a diploma in clinical herbalism.
After the pandemic, while still working in massage therapy, Laurie's thoughts now turned once again to the physical body, in 2022 she enrolled in and became a Certified Group Fitness Instructor through AFAA (a top national organization in fitness). From there she received certifications as a Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) through the Yoga Alliance and as an Aqua Fitness and Pilates instructor through Fitour and AFAA.
So here it is in the summer of 2024 and Laurie has now been working in massage therapy, bodywork therapies, life coaching, and as an instructor, teacher, and herbalist for nearly 30 years. And it has now become clear to Laurie that it is time once again to open another business - this time in ALL that she has learned from all her years of study and research, in a desire and effort to now leave behind the mystical and scientific traditions of mind, body, spirit health and healing through the teaching of others and primarily women who hold the world's mysticism in their DNA - and Earth Moon Sage has been born - out of all of Laurie's work and love concerning the human body, mind and spirit, and the human condition on Earth.
Thank you for joining her as she embarks on this last journey into sharing with others all she has learned as she brings it now into full circle at the Earth Moon Sage studio.
We hope to see you soon,
In peace, Love & Light 💖