Laure Marin de la Vallée
How can I help you?
I work with people whose bodies have become unfamiliar territory.
My practice helps individuals come into greater self-access. We do this remotely and/or in-person, through a combination of conversation and manual therapy.
You may have a diagnosis. You may not. What you have is the lived experience of a body that does something you did not choose: that flares, that fatigues, that bruises without cause, that keeps you awake cataloguing symptoms.
I’ve lived with a chronic bleeding disorder for over 25 years. I self-blinded one of my eyes when I was 5 years old. I know the current you’re caught in, I’ve been in the river.
The people who come see me are navigating chronic illness, burnout, autoimmunity, addiction recovery, and a whole range of unexplained embodiment situations.
People whose bodies have been weathering difficult conditions for a long time and who need more than symptom management, who need someone to read the terrain alongside them. The session are grounded in this premise: your body is not a problem to be solved. It is a living terrain, and it can be navigated.
I have trained in modalities specific to Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and Somatic Education. All of my training has served to attune my perceptual faculties and give me a wide range of tools available at a given moment depending on what is needed. You can read about my training and lineages here.
A Note On Availability
Remote consultations are open and accepting new clients. I work by video from wherever I am. You can be anywhere.
I also write about autoimmunity, ecology, and the body.
We’re here to rewrite the cultural narrative of inflammation. Autoimmune Theory & Practice is a collection of risky thoughts for sensitive bodies.
Latest posts:
- Autoimmunity is a heart that is breaking.
- We Desire “Health”
- Auto-Anti-Bodies
- How do I know if it's helping?
- What if you stopped trying to get better?
I am a practitioner and a patient, not a physician. I offer field notes on survival, philosophy, and the mechanics of the “No.” None of what I write constitutes medical advice.
I’m based on the unceded land known as Tiohtià:ke to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Mooniyang to the Anishinaabeg, now commonly referred to as Montréal. I travel regularly.
(In english, you pronounce Laure “lôr”, like folklore)
