about me
Hi, I’m Emily Laskelle-Conroy (she/her) — a yoga teacher, movement guide, sound healing practitioner, and embodied relational coach currently training to become a somatic psychotherapist.
My work is rooted in the belief that healing happens through relationship — with the body, with emotion, with others, with the living world, and with the Self. I support people in reconnecting with what’s already within them: their breath, their rhythm, their wisdom, and their capacity to feel.
I’ve always been a sensitive person — moved deeply by the world around me, attuned to subtle energy, and impacted by the emotions of others. For a long time, I didn’t have the tools or access to a stable internal & external environment to hold all of that. I lived in a state of near-constant activation — achieving, over-functioning, and overriding. I was a Division I athlete, praised for my strength and drive, yet I felt deeply disconnected from myself. My body was something to control. My emotions felt like too much.
It wasn’t until I began relating to myself differently — through yoga, dance, and breath — that I found another way. These practices became doorways into presence. The more I slowed down, the more I could feel. And the more I could feel, the more I could live.
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In 2019, my father died unexpectedly. His death — layered and complex — became a profound teacher. Grief stripped things down to the essentials. It invited me into a deeper intimacy with life. I began to ask: What matters? How do I want to live? That turning point led me further into the body, into relationship, into nervous system healing, and into the sacred messiness of being human. That’s when everything began to shift.
My approach is informed by my background in dance, yoga, nervous system education, and graduate studies in Somatic Psychology and Integral Counseling Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies. It’s also shaped by the rituals of my everyday life — moving my body with reverence, being in nature, community connection, feeling, and listening for all the pockets of joy and delight that I believe are always available.
To me, being alive is sacred. And this work — whether through relational coaching, movement, or sound healing — is a practice to keep returning back to the heart, to presence, to all that’s here in our aliveness.
approach
My work is shaped by study, lived experience, and the wisdom of those who’ve guided me — formally and informally, directly and through lineage. I carry deep gratitude for the teachings that continue to root and inform this path.
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As a student of yoga for over 10 years, my personal practice led me to study Vinyasa and Restorative yoga through various San Francisco–based training programs. After completing my 200-hour teacher training, I entered into ongoing mentorship with Leia Layus — a relationship that continues to nourish my path as both a teacher and a student. These studies, rooted in embodiment, mindfulness, and philosophy, ultimately guided me to pursue graduate studies in counseling at the California Institute of Integral Studies. While I am somatically oriented in both practice and perspective, I’m currently earning my M.A. in Integral Counseling Psychology — a program grounded in relational depth, mindfulness, and integrative approaches to healing.
I’m continually lit up by the intersections of movement, inner inquiry, and the transformative power of attuned relationship — where the body becomes both teacher and guide. I’m equally passionate about collective care, systems thinking, and community healing. I believe rest is a necessary and transformative practice — one that invites restoration, self-trust, and reconnection. My work is also deeply influenced by the subtle body — the language of energy, sensation, and vibration — and I offer sound baths as part of my ongoing study and facilitation of sound healing.
This path is always unfolding. I remain a student — of the body, of relationship, of spirit — and am committed to ongoing learning, unlearning, and growing in how I hold space and offer care.
200-hr Vinyasa Yoga w/ Rosemary Garrison
Mastering the Art of Yoga Sequencing w/ Jason Crandell
Restorative Yoga w/ Judith Hanson Lasater
Subtle Body Anatomy w/ Tias Little
Crystal Bowl Sound Healing w/ Shalom Mayberg
MA in Integral Counseling Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies (in progress)