Laurie Brockhaus | Co-Founder and Secretary

Laurie Brockhaus co-founded The Oxygen Project based on her firsthand experience in classrooms, yoga spaces, and social work settings, where she saw that trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness can significantly support youth mental health and well-being. She now serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors and trains teachers in the organization’s trauma-informed youth yoga curriculum, which she designed during her term as Executive Director. Laurie is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Saint Louis University School of Social Work and a mental health therapist integrating somatic and mindfulness-based approaches with teens and adults.