"To be truly free, we must choose beyond simply surviving adversity; we must dare to create lives of sustained optimal wellbeing and joy." ~ Bell Hooks
Leslie Howard C-IAYT, E-RYT500, LMT is an Oakland-based yoga teacher, specializing in all things pelvic. She leads workshops and trainings worldwide and has written a book about caring for the female pelvis, Pelvic Liberation. She has designed two very successful studies for UCSF on how to use yoga to alleviate incontinence and pelvic pain. In 2022, after losing a long-time student, she took a deep dive into the subject of yoga and death. She has 60 hours of Death Doula training, runs a regular Death Café (a place to come and talk about death) and is volunteering in hospice care for Kaiser Oakland. She is currently writing a book about Savasana and accepting death. Her teaching is informed by over 3500 hours of yoga study with senior Iyengar yoga teachers. She considers Ramanand Patel her most important influence and mentor. To learn more about Leslie or for some online education opportunities visit:www.lesliehowardyoga.com
