About Kristin Leal
I’m endlessly inspired by the connections between body, breath, mind, emotions, physical and energetic anatomies, you and me.
I’d love to share with you some serious scientific study (with a sense of humor), evidence based potent practices and time tested Yoga technologies to explore the depths of who you are and who you can become.
I believe from the bottom of my anatomical heart that by understanding what makes us different leads us back to what connects us all.
Hi! I’m Kristin!
Soon after moving to New York City in 1993 to pursue my dance career, my friend dragged me to my first yoga class at the old Jivamukti Yoga School. While I had absolutely no idea what anyone was talking about I immediately fell in love with the poetry of meditation in movement. I studied voraciously for many years and hungrily went to every workshop and studied with every teacher that passed through town.
After taking many different Yoga teacher training programs and becoming a licensed massage therapist I began to see connections between the physical and energetic anatomies and started to realize that the closer you look at anything whether it’s the thymus gland, a Sanskrit word or a Yoga Asana you can’t help but be in awe!
Studying with many different lineages helped me to dive really deep into various systems of Yoga but also allowed me to see that a dogmatic unyeilding approach would not be my path as a teacher. No two bodies are alike and cookie-cutter postures, theories, practices, alignment or verbal cues would just not work for the majority of students that I was seeing.
My own practice and my teaching continues to evolve but currently leans towards the subtle exploration of breath, movement, energy, mind, questioning, listening, patterns, purpose and potential.
These days you can find me in my new home in London, England writing books, studying in a nearby park full of swans and teaching virtually and producing offerings in my faux fur lined-plant and bone filled home yoga studio
Ready to work together?
Come discover the different ways we can dive deep into the body and the Yoga practice to reveal your wholeness and holiness.
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In 1995, I graduated from the Swedish Institute for Massage Therapy and became a licensed massage therapist and Reiki practitioner. I have additional certifications in Shiatsu, Thai massage, neuromuscular and myofascial release.
Credentials
I have been a 500-hr E-RYT+ since 2001
It is my great joy to teach Yoga teachers and I’ve been lucky enough to have shared these studies and graduate thousands of teachers through my own 200 and 300-hr teacher trainings along with working for in person and virtual Yoga training programs around the world.
So obsessed with the power and potential of these practices I co-authored the book “The Yoga Fan” (2003) and authored MetaAnatomy: A Modern Yogi’s Practical Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Your Amazing Body (Sounds True Publishing 2021) which was generously called a “luscious resource” by Rod Stryker and “smart and sassy” by Elena Brower.
In 2021 I was invited to join the anatomy advisory team at Yoga Journal Magazine.