About  Lisa & Photo Gallery

Lisa Gleeson
Registered Yoga Teacher

Hi!

​My journey with yoga began when I decided, out of curiosity, to take a yoga class offered at a strength-training gym I managed back in 2004. I was hooked. I continued taking classes while I bounced around life and locations, varying my practice through power, pilates, yin, partner, laughing, vinyasa, pre-natal, post natal, mommy-and-me...

Throughout any of these phases in my life, yoga was my thread that kept me grounded. It connected my mind, body and spirit in a way that left me feeling centered and whole, like everything was okay even when the world was swirling around me.

I finally decided that it was time that I share my years of experience and grow my personal practice by taking a Yoga Alliance certified 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2019 through healixyoga under the skilled guidance of integrative yoga therapist and teacher Emily Wiadro. My training is Vinyasa flow based with roots from therapeutic yoga. I have since had training in chair yoga, embodied mindfulness, polyvagal theory for yoga, pain, and trauma, and yoga for athletes. I'm currently enrolled in a Felt Sense Polyvagal Model course developed by Jan Winhall at the Polyvagal Institute.

Yoga is about more than bodywork... for me, it's about physically reaching while in poses, but, on a deeper level, it's about reaching within to that sparkling inner glow that's inside of all of us. Restoring the harmony that connects you with the abundance of love you have in your heart when you feel safe and confident. And because the poses and practices can be modified to suit anyone's personal edge, it is fully accessible... within reach; waiting for you. I like to wrap a little of everything into my classes (strengthening and lengthening muscles, powerful visualizations, mindfulness energy, nervous system support, and breathwork).

It is within your reach.

I hope to practice with you soon!

Love & Light,
​Lisa

PS - When I'm not doing yoga, you can find me doing graphic design work for local and nationally recognized brands via my design business New Leaf Creative. Or, filling my heart with love by spending time with my two kids, husband and dog.

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Training At A Glance

TRAINING:
​•Embodied Mindfulness For Children, 8 Limbs Yoga
•YA certified 200 hour YTT, Healixyoga
•Chair Yoga Teacher Training, Putney Moves
•Anatomy and Yoga For Athletes, Melissa Leach
•Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga Therapy, Dr. Arielle Schwartz
•Myofascial Release Training, Yoga Medicine with Tiffany Cruikshank
•Felt Sense Polyvagal Model, Polyvagal Institute and Jan Winhall (This course integrates polyvagal theory, focusing-oriented therapy, and embodied practices, with an emphasis on Focusing partnerships as a method of deepening interoceptive awareness, co-regulation, and trauma-informed care)

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LECTURES ATTENDED:
•Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga for Trauma Recovery, Dr. Arielle Schwartz
•Changing the World One Nervous System at a Time, Deb Dana, LCSW
•Embedding Polyvagal Theory in Healthcare Practice,  Marilyn Sanders, MD, and Molly McClain, MD, MPH
•Feeling Safe Enough to Heal: Chronic Pain
Les Aria, PhD
•Embodied Boundaries, Erika Chalkley
•The Embodiment Conference, Embodiment Unlimited
•How to Build a Better Fascial Body, Tom Myers

Every time you take care of yourself, you're taking care of all of us."
-Elana Brower

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