About Laura

Laura is an artist, compassionate teacher, and dedicated facilitator of healing work. In addition to being a certified Reiki Master, Breathwork facilitator, NGH Hypnotist and Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Laura holds a BFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

She teaches Breathwork, Reiki and Nutrition at Maggie Flanigan Studio. She has created experiences for Goop, Google, and has brought meditation to law firms and corporations across NYC with Marino Corporate Wellness. She is the owner and founder of Reiki for Actors and Pensiero Healing Arts. Her practice specializes in working with people in high stress environments to help them overcome the compulsive patterns that often occur as a result of their profession. Laura uses a combination of Reiki, guided visualization and the breath to coax the body into a deeply relaxed state allowing it to heal. The mind becomes quiet and the body relaxes which heightens focus and endurance.

As a high performer who has struggled with stress management, anxiety, and addictive behaviors, she understands how important it is to transform this energy in order for passion and authentic expression to thrive. Laura’s professional mission is to give her clients the tools needed to lead a fuller, more empowered, and creative life.

For the last fifteen years, Laura has been pursuing a career in acting. As she drudged through the aspiring actor grind of auditions, agent meetings, headshots and competition, she was introduced to Reiki and Breathwork. Through receiving Reiki and Breathwork and then getting initiated as a Reiki Master and Breathwork Facilitator, she had a spiritual awakening.

This awakening made clear to her the pain artists, especially actors, endure on a daily basis. Actors are under constant scrutiny auditioning, meeting with casting directors and forced to market themselves as a product. If they are lucky enough to book the role, they will endure rigorous work hours and emotionally draining scenes. Her dream is to help heal the body, mind and spirit of actors and artists clearing their energy fields and giving them the clarity to create. It is in this place of physical, emotional and mental freedom that creativity thrives.

Laura remains passionate about working with actors but as her business grows, so does her clientele and in order to reflect the expansion, Reiki for Actors has become Pensiero Healing Arts.

A beautiful client of Laura’s told her that her last name means a little gift, a forget me not, in Italian. She hopes her expanded practice can be that gift you give yourself, a place to reconnect, to love, and to thrive. 

Training & Education

2022 NGH Hypnosis Training, Carol Denicker

2021 Past Life Regression Training, Karen E Wells

2019 Breathwork Healer Training Level 4, David Elliott

2018 Breathwork Healer Training Level 3, David Elliott

2018 Breathwork Healer Training Level 1, Erin Telford

2017 Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

2017 Reiki Master, Lisa Levine with Maha Rose

2006 BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with Honors

2006 NYU’s Founders Day Award for Academic Excellence