About me

Hello there, sensitive introvert. I too am an introvert who spent three-quarters of her life trying to be an extrovert. I identified as a seeker looking for meaning from the outside world and from others who claimed to have the answers.

I made lists and checked off milestones one by one. Good grades. A master's degree. Job. Family. Sacrificing and doing everything I thought I was supposed to. Each checkmark getting further away from myself, until I finally didn't recognize myself anymore.

One day, I took a restorative yoga class and for the first time in my life, I rested on purpose without trying to go to sleep.

Instead, I woke up!

I didn't understand how getting quiet made me feel so energized! Over the next five years, I started making more and more time for active rest through means of silence, yoga nidra and getting attuned to my inner nature. Returning home to myself with each rest.

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Prioritizing restful living has given me the confidence to be me. It has given me more energy and more clarity, on purpose. I didn't expect it, but the answers were within me all along.

In over 20 years as an educator and the last five plus as a coach and yoga facilitator, the number one piece of feedback I receive is that I am calm and help others feel calm. I'm here to bring that gift of calm to other introverts who are exhausted by the extroverted world. To those who have dreams and passions that they want to have enough energy for.

Rest is an intimate, personal experience. What replenishes one person may not for another. That's why I offer a thoughtful, bespoke approach for every client who chooses to work with me.

I'd love to have a conversation with you about what kind of rest you need to be the creative being you want to be.

~ Leslie Marie