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Leigh is a certified Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher. He completed his 500 hour advanced training in 2008 and completed his 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in a month-long immersion program at Kripalu with senior Kripalu instructors. Kripalu Center is the largest center for yoga and holistic living in North America. Leigh is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance (RYT-500), the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, and the International Association of Yoga Therapists. In 2007 Leigh was given the honorary title Acharya which denotes significant spiritual and/or academic achievement in the Kripalu lineage.

Yoga is among the oldest systems of health practiced today and has been scientifically proven to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, increase energy, strength and endurance, peace of mind and so much more. Yoga is about the balance and harmony of our whole being.Yoga is simply a relationship.

The term Hatha is comprised of two words ha and tha. Translated, ha represents the sun, prana, or the vital life force energy and tha represents the moon, mind, or mental energy. So, Hatha Yoga means the union of the pranic and mental forces, which combined open doorways to higher awareness. Most styles of Yoga - including Kripalu, Power Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Kundalini Yoga – stem from Hatha Yoga which is traced to 15th century texts. Kripalu means being compassionate in Sanskrit (the ancient language of yoga); it is also the name of Swami Kripalvanandaji or Kripalu; both Kripalu Yoga and the Kripalu Center were named in honor of Swami Kripalu.

Leigh's work integrates yoga as a technology and resource for creating awareness of and compassion toward our own self as a step in the process of bringing greater awareness and compassion to the world – even in the serious, hard-charging, and results-oriented world of global business. We're not talking about being a push-over, this is about being grounded, clear and focused, able to draw on the energy needed to deliver results and maintain a balanced way of living.

Leigh brings focus to breathwork (pranayama), meditation (dhyana), physical practice (asana), relaxation (savasana) both on the yoga mat and in the busy moments of work/personal life. Leigh provides yoga classes and integrates yoga into his work (i.e., coaching, training, and keynotes) - what he calls Yoga Moments™ that range from 1 to 5 minutes in the flow of one's day. Examples include:

90 minute private yoga sessions
Yoga Moments™ - 1 to 5 minute breaks to energize or relax or focus
strategies to improve communication and balance in life
self-care tips (e.g., avoiding carpel tunnel, proper alignment, breathing techniques to increase oxygen and overall health)
coaching sessions to work on specific challenges

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Positional Release Therapy: Leigh holds both level 1 and level 2 certifications in Positional Therapy. The body is a magnificent network of moving parts, completely interconnected, and when it comes to pain, 70 percent is muscular in nature. Positional Release positions the pained muscle fibers in such a way that they can "rest and reset" the muscle network, effectively bringing the body back to wellness. Sessions are 60 or 90 minutes; many of the techniques are integrated into coaching and/or seminar self-care programs that Leigh does. Most techniques can be done in 2 minutes and many can be learned for ongoing self-care.

Reiki: Leigh has been certified in the Usui system of Reiki healing. Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.

Reflexology: Leigh has been trained in Reflexology, a modality that uses the application of pressure, stretch and movement to the feet and hands to effect corresponding parts of the body. Reflexologists view the feet and hands as a mirror image of the body. By applying technique a reflexologist can break up patterns of stress in other parts of the body.

Hypnosis: Leigh was trained in hypnosis over 25 years ago. Hypnosis is a scientifically verified and effective technique that can promote accelerated human change. With Hypnosis we can create desired changes in behavior and encourage mental and physical well-being.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP): Leigh has trained in NLP, a powerful technology for creating healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships. NLP, as most people use the term today, is a set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience.

Holotropic Breathwork: Leigh trained over a 10 year period in Holotropic Breathwork, a process that uses a prescribed set and setting to access non-ordinary states of conscious through a format of intense breathing that includes evocative music, art, focused energy release work, and integration.

Psychology/Psychotherapist: Leigh has extensive training and/or certification in Gestalt Therapy, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Berglarian Analysis (a process of educating clients about the ways they repeat self-defeating proclivities), Crisis Intervention (National Crisis Prevention Institute), critical incident stress (CISD/CISM), substance abuse, grief, inner child, object relation (re-framing), micro-counseling techniques, force-field analysis, and behavioral assessment and intervention.