About Laura

After more than 20 years of teaching, the one thing I know for sure is that there isn’t a “right” way to move.

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I’ve watched fitness trends come and go, while the list of things women are told we “should” be doing seems to get longer — especially at midlife. More strength training. More cardio. More mobility. More steps. As if your to-do list wasn’t long enough already!

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I’ve had to figure so much of this out for myself too. I know what it’s like when the exercise that used to work for you just doesn’t anymore, and I know what it’s like to struggle to get moving at all. My own practice has changed a lot over the years, and I’ve learned that doing things differently isn’t the same as doing less.

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That’s a big part of how I teach now. Some days we might pick up a weight and ask a little more of ourselves. We might try something new, use a chair or a wall, or slow things right down. We can get curious, mix things up, and see what happens. Sometimes it works beautifully. Sometimes it all goes a bit wonky. No gold stars here!

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Brain health has also become a really important part of my work. I’ve struggled with brain fog throughout menopause, and I recently lost my beautiful mum to Alzheimer’s. Watching someone I love live with dementia changed the way I think about my own brain health, and made me even more curious about the role movement can play in looking after our brains as well as our bodies.

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So you’ll often find balance, coordination, attention, and unfamiliar movement in my classes — anything that gives our grey matter something to do as well as our muscles.

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The older I get, the less interested I am in movement as another way to measure ourselves or find things that need fixing. I care much more about feeling good in the bodies we have now, while doing what we can to stay strong, mobile, and involved in the things we love.

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There will be days for picking up the heavier weight, days for wobbling our way through something new, and days when rest is exactly what’s called for. All of it counts.

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Because ageing isn’t something we need to fight. And movement doesn’t need to be another standard we have to live up to. It can be one of the most powerful ways we care for ourselves — now, and for whatever comes next.