Laure Marin de la Vallée
Ayurveda · Bodywork · Navigating Autoimmunity
I work 1-on-1 with people whose bodies have become unfamiliar territory.
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 chronic thrombocytopenia (ITP) for twenty-five years — an autoimmune bleeding disorder in which the body destroys its own platelets. I know the current you’re caught in. Not because I’ve studied it, though I have, but because I’ve been in the water.
The Work
My practice brings together ayurvedic consultation and massage therapy as two registers of the same inquiry. The Ayurvedic work is remote: we read your constitutional pattern, map your current imbalance, and build an approach rooted in how you eat, sleep, move, and rest. The bodywork is hands-on and takes place in Montréal. Both are grounded in the same premise: the body is not a problem to be solved. It is a living terrain, and it can be navigated.
I work with people navigating autoimmunity, chronic illness, burnout, and addiction recovery. 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.
A Note on Availability
Remote Ayurvedic consultations are open and accepting new clients. I work by video from wherever I am. You can be anywhere.
In-person bodywork in Montréal reopens May 2026. I am currently in India conducting field research. During this time, I’m sharing field notes and essays via the newsletter.
The Writing
I write about autoimmunity, ecology, and the body. Field notes from inside the terrain.
I write to rewrite the cultural narrative of inflammation. Autoimmune Theory & Practice is a collection of risky thoughts for sensitive bodies. It is applied heresy.
Read the lastest 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)
