Andrea Crisp

Andrea is a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader & Teacher through Dr. Kataria’s School of Laughter Yoga.  She is also a certified Health Coach and graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia University’s Integrative Nutrition Professional Training Program in New York City.  She is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and is certified in Level II Reiki.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Minor in Women’s Studies from Oregon State University.  Andrea worked in Portland, Oregon for an electric utility for 8 years in customer service, employee training and development, and the health and safety department.

Andrea became a widow at the age of 29 and this experience has greatly shaped the person she has become.  Her college sweetheart had Lupus, an auto-immune disease and died of a heart attack at a young age. His experience with western allopathic medicine and her personal experience with anxiety, fatigue, reoccurring infections and trying to cope with the stress associated with having a chronically ill spouse lead her down the road to health coaching, Laughter Yoga and healing. To learn more about her journey and her Health Coaching business, dedicated to her late husband Jeffrey Anderson, visit Andrea’s other web site www.andreacrisp.com.