Laura is the founder of Essential Elements, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and one of the biggest proponents of lifestyle-based health, fitness and wellness you will ever meet! 

She combines extensive training in physical health sciences and human behavior with years of experience in the health, fitness and wellness industry to lead energetic and engaging training and education sessions.  Her approach as a scholar and practitioner blends tried and true teachings from the world’s contemplative traditions with evidence-based practices in health sciences to create meaning-filled modern and accessible ways to take ownership of your health. 

Laura is known for her skillful exercise sequencing, course programming and ability to translate “heady” technical content and ideas into accessible and relevant bites of information.  Articulately combining knowledge, wit and vivid imagination, she creates verbal pictures and instructions that are clear and easy to follow.