About Laurie
I’m Laurie Kelly, an RYT-500 yoga teacher and the founder of Dragonfly Drishti Yoga. I offer accessible, thoughtful yoga practices and sound baths designed to support greater awareness, connection, rest, and well-being.
Yoga has been part of my life for nearly 40 years, but becoming a teacher was the latest step in a much longer journey.
The Dragonfly ~ A Symbol of Transformation
The dragonfly is a symbol of transformation, reflecting the changes and evolutions that occur throughout our lives. That idea has particular meaning for me.
My own path has taken me from corporate executive, to fitness and nutrition coach, to full-time yoga teacher. I spent 35 years in the corporate world, including 20 years overseeing the anti-money-laundering and fraud divisions of a multi-billion-dollar bank.
When I retired from “financial crime fighting,” I knew I wanted the next chapter of my life to focus on helping others live stronger, healthier lives. I became certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and founded Dragonfly Fitness and Nutrition Coaching.
But another transformation was already underway.
Finding My Way to Teaching Yoga
I had practiced yoga for decades before finally fulfilling a longtime dream of becoming a teacher. I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training in January 2023, and the experience changed my understanding of what yoga could be.
Teacher training introduced me to the depth and breadth of yoga beyond the physical poses. And when I began teaching, I discovered something I hadn’t expected: I loved it. Teaching yoga brought together many of the things that mattered most to me—movement, learning, connection, and helping people feel more at home in their own bodies.
Yoga gradually became the full focus of my work, and Dragonfly Fitness evolved into Dragonfly Drishti Yoga. [Read about the meaning of the dragonfly and drishti]. In December 2025, I completed a year-long 300-hour advanced teacher training and earned my RYT-500 designation.
That training deepened not only what I know, but how I teach.
How I Teach
My approach honors yoga’s long traditions while recognizing the bodies, lives, and challenges of the people practicing it today. I see yoga as a holistic practice—one that can support physical strength and mobility while also cultivating awareness, steadiness, and a deeper connection between mind and body.
My teaching is grounded in empathy and compassion. I favor slower, intentional movement that gives students time to notice what they’re feeling, explore alignment, and make choices that work for their own bodies. I don’t believe yoga is about performing the “right” version of a pose or continually progressing toward something more difficult.
Instead, I encourage students to pay attention: to sensation, breath, effort, ease, and what they need on a particular day.
My yoga classes draw from slow-flow vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Restorative, Chair, and other approaches, but the intention behind them is consistent. I want yoga to feel accessible without being simplistic, challenging without being competitive, and grounded in the understanding that a meaningful practice can look different from one person—or one day—to the next.
My work has also expanded to include sound baths, offering another way to slow down and experience deep rest. Using crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, chimes, drum, and other instruments, I create sound-based experiences that invite participants to become still, listen, and simply receive.
After decades of practicing yoga myself, I continue to find that its value isn’t in shutting out everything happening around us. It’s in learning to listen more closely to ourselves within it.
Whether through movement, stillness, or sound, my hope is to create space for you to slow down, pay attention, and reconnect with yourself.
Ways to Practice With Me
There are several ways to explore yoga and sound with me: