Meet Laura Yates
Laura Yates is the founder of The Hummingbird Life. Describing herself as an ambassador of joy and mental health activist, with 20 years experience as a Nia Technique (somatic dance) facilitator, Cacao Ceremonialist and Sacred Space holder, yoga teacher, meditation practitioner, to name a few, her diverse range of skills, knowledge and gifts cross-pollinate the world to help others to bloom and grow - just like a hummingbird, her spirit animal.
Working with her clients, Laura helps people gain perspective, feel supported, empowered, inspired, connected and have the courage to overcome what’s holding them back.
By igniting and empowering you to step into your own power and finding you own inner joy spark, Laura supports and uplifts you into unleashing your freedom and magic onto the world, from a place of love.
Beyond The Hummingbird Life, Laura is also the founder of Secret Sunrise Singapore, a series of events that celebrate life at Sunrise or Sunset by taking you on a journey through music, movement and connection using wireless headphones.
Laura offers meditations on Insight Timer and she has also been voted on to KeyNote Women Speakers, offering a range of Keynote talks on topics including Finding your feminine flow, Connection and self acceptance and Balanced leadership.
Laura Yates
Founder of The Hummingbird Life and Secret Sunrise Singapore, Mindfulness Practitioner and Keynote Speaker
Movement is Medicine
Movement, particularly free Dance and Yoga, is always the medicine I return to.
It has been in my bones and my blood for as long as I can remember.
(Even as a little one on stage doing Ballet, Acro and Modern)
I have always danced and flowed to heal ❤️
Layers and layers of Foundations have lead me to the way I facilitate today…
But two stand out the most.
❤️almost 15 years of being a Facilitator/Instructor in @niatechnique taught me the foundations of somatic and sensory dance. Nia, my various teachers and the amazing worldwide Nia community taught me Joy of movement and accessing this from the inside out.
From floor play to really listening to music that creates magic 🪄, I would never be the facilitator that I am today without this experience.
❤️ 10 years of being a yoga and meditation teacher has taught me the foundations of how medicinal these practices are.
Finding my own joyful movement journey on my Mat, from my students and through the @livingyogajhb community was a primary support through my mental health struggles over the years.
❤️Even when working in corporate, I continued to teach, to dance, to move and hold retreats.
I have so much gratitude to these communities for proving me with the essentials that keep me and my current offerings authentic
In the news
Mindfulness: It’s Not A Bunch Of Woo-Woo by Ayodya Indeevari Rathnayaka on We Are Crane, Wellness, March 2022
How Nature Heals | Show Me The City | Full Episode, CNA Insider, February 2022
CAREERevolution- Laura Yates, Live LinkedIn Event by Licia Dewing Career Strategist, September 2021
How mental burnout led to becoming a Secret Agent with Laura Yates, A Cup Of Tea Podcast with Mary Barrett, June 2021
Pollinating joy Through Nature’s Medicines, Heart Space Podcast 2024
Why music is the latest wellness and mental health trend, by Rachel Genevieve Chia , The Peak Magazine, MAY 27, 2023
Entrepreneurs we love: Get to know Laura Yates, the founder of Secret Sunrise, by Samantha Yeo, Honeycombers, January 2023
What’s the best way to care for your mental health and well-being? Entrepreneurs tell us their fave self-care routines, Honeycombers, February 2023
Wake Up At These Thrilling Secret Sunrise Sessions In Singapore, Megan Zara Walsh, Secret Singapore, July 2022
I Attended A Silent Dance Session, And I Think I’m A Convert Now, Natalie Tan, Her World, June 2022
Accreditations
Apprentice and initiation from The Lineage of The Seven Rays (Maestro Puma and Maestra Jemmita)
Munayki Rites initiator (Hearts Lights)
Master Reiki Practitioner (Reiki Association of South Africa)
Crystal healing practitioner (Soul Healing academy)
SITA Certified Mindfulness Coach (Mindful Revolution)
Cacao Ceremonialist (Lisa Lifetrain)
Brown Belt Nia Teacher (Nia Technique Somatic Dance)
Secret Sunrise Fully Unleashed Level 3 facilitator (Secret Sunrise Global)
Secret Sunrise Unleash Yourself (Level 1 ) Trainer (Secret Sunrise Global)
Shamanic Breathwork Meditation Facilitator (100 hour Yoga Alliance, Sage Shamanic Yoga - Johnson Chong)
200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Trainer (RYS, Living Yoga)
200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Trainer (RYS, Tegan B Yoga)
Certificate in The Neuroscience for Business (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Keynote Speaker for Keynote Women Speaks Asia
Diploma in Marketing (Damelin)
Bachelor of Commerce (University of Cape Town)
Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting (University of Cape Town)
Chartered Accountant (South Africa) (SAICA)