Colleen Leonardi loves to move and meditate and help others find their love of moving and meditating. From an early age, her passion for all things active and thoughtful has been an integral part of her work in the world. Her background includes over 20 years of dance training and study, and in 2010 she completed the 200-hour Hatha teacher training program at Yoga on High. She is tremendously grateful for the rich experience Marcia Miller, Linda Oshins and Martha Marcom have given her as she continues to weave yoga throughout all aspects of her life and learning.

As an artist and a teacher, Colleen imbues into her classes a balance of philosophy, asana and somatic movement practices based on her work in dance. She deeply values the space yoga creates for her to explore the territory of sensation as it’s tied to thought. Her teaching focuses on the relationship between the imagination, movement practices and Hatha yoga to give each and every body the tools needed to be playful yet mindful and grounded yet free in their yoga practice. She is passionate about how best to bring yoga to children, adults and artists who cannot afford to study yoga via their own means, and has been teaching yoga to children in the public schools for the last year. She also recently launched her own class series, Yoga for the Creative Class. Designed to support all levels of creativity for artists, entrepreneurs, leaders and thinkers, YFCC is based on the idea that embodiment leads to greater creativity and creativity thrives in an embodied body.

Colleen holds a B.A. in Dance and Creative Writing from Bennington College and an M.F.A. in Dance from the Ohio State University. She is also editor of Edible Columbus, a local foods magazine devoted to celebrating our local and sustainable food culture, season by season. When she’s not moving and meditating, she loves to eat and share her commitment to providing good food for all.