Laura Malloy, LICSW
Director of Yoga Programs, Co-Director, Education Initiative Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
Ms. Malloy is Director of Yoga Programs and a Co-Director for the Benson-Henry Institute’s Education Initiative program. She is a licensed independent clinical social worker, specializing in working with children and their families.
She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her MSW from Salem State College. Ms. Malloy is also a Kripalu yoga teacher, certified at the 500 hour level, with additional certifications in Yoga of the Heart, for individuals with cancer and cardiac disease, Laughter Yoga and Yoga Ed for children. She has a certification in yoga therapy from the Rocky Mountain Institute for Yoga and Ayurveda. Ms. Malloy has been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching since 2001. Her specialty areas include yoga for stress reduction and health promotion, and bringing mind/body stress reduction strategies into school settings.