Leah Adams

She is ever grateful to her Yin Yoga teachers Bernie Clark and Sarah Powers. Leah’s intention is to support others in discovering their own unique blend of effective, resonant modalities, as they walk the path toward sustainable nourishment, holistic vitality and balance. She offers retreats and training on Yin Yoga, functional breathwork, pranayama, meditation, and Ayurveda.As part of her dedication to supporting wellness in the healthcare environment, she has mentored nurse leadership to bring centering exercises to meetings – a practice that has not only been well-received but requested by the team. Leah is the co-founder of “Being-Well in Healthcare,” an organization that develops movement, meditation and breathwork content tailored to the specific needs of healthcare providers.Leah, is a cancer survivor with a former career in advertising and fashion, she believes wholeheartedly that opportunities to practice yoga are everywhere, not only on the yoga mat. She has been invited to teach in the workplace and is delighted to have worked with UW Mindfulness, Virginia Mason, Rosen Harbottle, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutch and Northwest School of Massage. In addition to the certificates below, Leah has spent hundreds of hours in continuing education courses with an emphasis on studying the nervous system, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian theory. She has spent 7 years learning directly from her mentors including, Stephen Brown, Dr. Claudia Welch, Celeste Young, and Brian Utting. Leah is a lifelong student who now lives and teaches in the Seattle area. Happiness for Leah is playing in warm ocean waves, sharing late nights and long talks, clumsily playing her guitar and cooking for friends and family. When not on the cushion, you might find Leah blending herbs, making decoctions, serving tea or cuddling her fur babes. She spends every moment she can surrounded by trees.