About

Leah holds an M.F.A. in Dance and Performance from the University of Colorado, Boulder where she received her secondary emphasis in Somatics for her studies in the Alexander Technique, the Feldenkrais method, BodyMind Centering, and much more. After growing up studying West African Guinean dance, Flamenco, and Middle Eastern dance, she attended Mills College in Oakland where she studied dance as an undergrad. Leah enjoyed an extensive performance career for over 11 years in the SF Bay Area where she taught fitness and barre professionally. She is an enthusiastic student of Tom Weksler who combines Contemporary dance, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, and Contact Improvisation, as well as a member of Ido Portal's movement culture movement. She is passionate about health, wellness, and longevity and draws from her extensive movement background in Pilates, GYROTONIC®, Yoga, strength training, and dance in her classes. She is a certified GYROKINESIS® Pre-trainer & GYROTONIC® trainer, with a certificate in the Jump Stretch Board, Gyrotoner, and Archway Specialized equipment, as well as an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer, and a Functional Range Conditioning Mobility coach.