Leslie is a 500 RYT. She began her yoga teaching in 1985. Her graduate studies include training at the Process Work Institute where she studied with Arnold Mindell and other leaders of Process Work (A Jungian centered, somatic based therapy) earning a Certification as a Process Worker. In addition to her experience as a yoga teacher at studios and retreat centers, she has taught yoga to returning combat vets, to domestic violence survivors and in shelters for more than 10 years. She was the Executive Director of Street Yoga, a trauma informed yoga that serves homeless and at-risk youth, where she helped develop programming. She completed comprehensive specialized training offered by the Trauma Center of Brookline Mass. Certified in Enneagram, a Reiki Master Teacher, Pastoral Counseling training, years of study as a Seminarian at Temple of Kriya Yoga, co-founder of Pathways Center where she developed programming and taught yoga.