A More Open Way of Meeting Life
WELCOME
Hello, I'm Leslie.
For more than twenty years I've been exploring what it means to live with greater presence.
I've come to believe that healing isn't about escaping life's challenges. It's about becoming more willing to meet them—with presence, compassion, and an open heart.
Whether we're practicing yoga, sitting quietly in meditation, or simply learning to pause before reacting, these moments become invitations to soften our grip, release the impulse to brace against life, and discover that we can meet even difficult seasons with greater steadiness and compassion.
My hope is that our time together helps you feel more open to life, more at ease with uncertainty, and more deeply connected to yourself.
Through yoga, contemplative practice, nervous system awareness I help people as they cultivate steadiness, clarity, and the capacity to meet whatever life brings with greater compassion and presence.
Ways We can Work Together
One-on-One Sessions
Private Yoga
Meditation Guidance
Energy Healing
Retreat
A Lifetime of Study, A Lifetime of Practice
For more than two decades I've studied across healthcare, psychology, yoga, meditation, and holistic healing. Each path has deepened my understanding of what it means to meet life with steadiness, openness, and compassion.
Registered Nurse
Marriage & Family Therapist
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT)
Meditation Teacher
Reiki Practitioner
Ayurveda Nutrition Counselor
Certified Aromatherapist
Marma Point Therapist
While each of these traditions offers its own wisdom, I don't see them as separate paths. Together they continue to shape the way I listen, teach, and care for myself and others.
What to Expect
Our time together is an opportunity to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with what matters most. Through conversation, body-based practices, and guided awareness, we'll begin exactly where you are.
Life will ask us to love, lose, grieve, begin again, and live with uncertainty. We cannot avoid these experiences, but we can learn to meet them with an open heart instead of a guarded one.
I believe much of our suffering comes not only from what life asks of us, but from the ways we learn to brace against it. My work is an invitation to gently soften, so we can meet life with greater openness, presence, and trust.
REFLECTIONS
Heartfelt writings on the inner life, contemplative practices, and the quiet work of living with greater awareness.
PRESENCE
LISTENING
BELONGING
“Strength doesn’t have to come from force.
It can be built through steady practice, awareness, and learning how to support your body in a more grounded way.”
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Practice with Me
Yoga That Builds Strength Without Force
My teaching focuses on helping you build strength, improve balance, and move with more awareness—without pushing or forcing your body.
Through breath, steady practice, and clear guidance, you’ll learn how to approach challenge in a way that supports your nervous system and helps you feel more grounded and in control.
A glimpse into how I guide the body toward strength, steadiness, and calm.
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Offerings
FREE RESOURCES
Gentle practices and wisdom to help you ground, trust yourself more deeply , and reconnect with the deeper parts of yourself.
REFLECTIONS
Soul-nourishing and heart-centered offerings.
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Steadiness
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Compassion
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Trust
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Connection
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Openness • Steadiness • Compassion • Trust • Connection •
3 simple invitations
with Lasting Shifts
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MORNING BREATH PAUSE
Begin the day with 3 slow breaths, hands on your heart, to awaken presence before the noises rush in.
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NATURE CONNECTION
Step outside, softly rest your hand upon a tree, or touch the earth…remembering you are deeply rooted and supported.
EVENING GRATITUDE FLAME
Light a candle in the evening and whisper at least one thing you’re grateful for, letting it settle into your being.
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