About

Lawrence Lefcort is a certified Tao Shiatsu practitioner and massage therapist. He studied Shiatsu at the Dragon and Phoenix school of Shiatsu (Montreal), and was certified to practice Tao Shiatsu by Master Ryokyu Endo of Japan. Lawrence received his certification in Cayce-Reilly therapeutic massage from the Natural Health Consultants Institute (NHC) in Montreal. He has also taken advanced trainings in Therapeutic Touch, Active Isolated Stretching and Soft Tissue Release. He is a member of the Association des Massothérapeutes Professionels du Québec (A.M.P.Q.).

Lawrence has practiced yoga and meditation since 1996 with masters in India, Burma, Sri Lanka and Canada. He has lived and traveled extensively in South and Southeast Asia. He has completed Teacher Training programs with Richard Freeman and Hart Lazer. In 2002 he went to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharat Rangaswamy. He has also studied yoga with Darby, Allison Ulan and Ramanand Patel. A long-time Vipassana meditator, Lawrence incorpates a strong meditative foundation into his bodywork.

Lawrence currently teaches yoga and meditation at Centre Equilibriumn in the Plateau Mt. Royal.

He is available for both private and small group classes in yoga and/or meditation.