Testimonials
(Master of Arts in Teaching, E-RYT 500, YACEP)
Hi! I’m Leigh.
Deep understanding and inner access is what I offer.
Thanks for being here.
I’ve been exploring, practicing, and moving from the inner body for 30 years and my love for the human body is infectious. I’ve found that the inner expression of a yoga pose and embodied meditation are the most playful, powerful, and effective paths towards personal growth and a body that moves well and feels good.
I get my kicks helping you tap into your subtle body and your own inner teacher.
Yoga, including embodiment and meditation, are the most dynamic and intuitive practices I’ve ever encountered. Yoga can give me what I need when I want nurturing, excitement, depth, play, challenge, release, curiosity, energy, strength, or deep personal intimacy.
This type of relationship with yourself and your movement and meditation practices are what I hope to pass on to you…the ability to know what you need and how to get there.
I am a natural teacher and a seasoned guide. My gift is creating an environment that fosters curiosity, humor, and growth through tangible and accessible steps that guide you easily into deep inner access and your body’s own wisdom.
I lead insightful teacher trainings, workshops, and group classes in Valdez, Alaska, online, and abroad. Expect anything from form, to flow, to energy, to deep peace in dynamic, enlightening, playful, and alignment-based classes.
Your optimal alignment isn’t rote or from a set of rules. Each time we practice together, you’ll learn inner cues that help you find the alignment or meditation that is just right for you each time you practice.
I am dedicated to offering yoga and meditation class that create space, ease, stability, and appropriate challenges while making yoga and meditation accessible and exciting for all bodies.
I thrive sharing aha moments.
I have studied and practiced Iyengar, Anusara, Flow, Hatha and Forrest yoga in addition to many mediation forms including Vipassana and Realization Process. Lynne Minton is my primary yoga teacher who taught both my 200 and 300 hour yoga trainings. I am a fully certified Realization Process Teacher and Empathic Ground Certified.
I taught 6th-12th grade Science, Spanish, and Math in the United States and taught English as a Second Language in China and Ecuador. I’ve also trained adventure guides and guided sea kayaking, ice travel, backpacking, team development, and naturalist adventures for all ages over the last 30 years.
Teaching and guiding are my gig.
I bring this diverse education background to all my instruction. You’ll benefit from the multitude of ways I use to connect you to your body, environment, or theory. I create a space for self development, community, and empowerment. The results are deep understanding, integration, confidence, and inspiration.
My passion for wilderness, the outdoors, and adventure landed me in Valdez, Alaska. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, I grew up in Los Angeles, California and traveled, studied, and worked all over the world before building my home in the Chugach Mountains. I continue to explore and play in the mountains and on the ocean with my husband and Alaskan wonder dog.
I look forward to practicing, learning, and playing together.
