Leela Robinson, LMT, E-RYT
www.breatheyall.com ❖ www.bodyworker.org
leela at bodyworker dot org ❖ 931.224.9539 ❖ Morrison, Tennessee
leela at bodyworker dot org ❖ 931.224.9539 ❖ Morrison, Tennessee
Yoga ❖ Bodywork ❖ Permaculture
Mindfulness is my method, while my mission is peace, joy, and liberation for all
Massage Instructor, Continuing Education Provider applicant
Georgia Career Institute, McMinnville TN, 2009 - present
Workshops in Bodyworker Yoga: Self Care to Share
Small group and private coaching
Licensed Massage Therapist
Maui School of Therapeutic Massage, 2000
Current TN License 6239, practicing at Schaller Chiropractic, Manchester TN
Table, mat and chair massage. Thai Yoga Massage training ongoing.
Professional experience in spa and clinical settings.
Creating mutually beneficial treatments through full participation and deep relaxation
Registered Yoga Instructor
Practicing since 1995. Teaching since 2000.
Over 1000 hours of training, including over 300 hours Anusara.
Yoga Alliance Certified E-RYT 200, ID: 62531
Over 1000 hours of training, including over 300 hours Anusara.
Yoga Alliance Certified E-RYT 200, ID: 62531
Independent Yoga Educators of America IYEA.org, member
Mindfulness yoga and meditation instruction
Mindfulness yoga and meditation instruction
Yoga bodywork on the mat and in the yoga swing
Certified Permaculture Designer
Permaculture Design Course 1, Hohenwald TN, 2009
Home based organic gardening projects
Certified Master Gardener
Warren County Master Gardener Training, 2008
Ongoing group projects: County Fairgrounds, McMinnville Public Library, Habitat for Humanity
University of Oregon, Eugene OR, BS Cum Laude fall 1993 Planning, Public Policy and Management with Environmental Studies minor. I worked in this field for 5 years before transitioning into bodywork and yoga.
I teach to learn. Other people’s perspectives expand my field of vision.
Short story
Leela Robinson is a compassionate advocate for creating balance and harmony in life through self care, care for each other, and care for the earth. Based in middle Tennessee, she is in private practice as a massage therapist, teaches massage and yoga, and consults for permaculture lifestyle design. Leela knows well the therapeutic value of yoga and bodywork in recovering from personal injuries and managing stress-related tension and seeks to help clients and students by meeting them where they are through a balance of knowledge, inquiry, and intuition. Students and clients learn breath oriented awareness practices and self care exercises for a strong and supple body, clear mind, and open heart through affordable bodywork sessions, group yoga classes, and private yoga sessions.
Long story
Leela is a compassionate advocate for creating balance and harmony in life through self care, care for each other, and care for the earth. Growing up in rural Oregon, Leela recognized nature as her greatest teacher. Motivated by a strong desire to practice care for the earth, she went on to study Environmental Planning at the University of Oregon. She worked in long range transportation planning in the public sector in Eugene OR and served on the State of Oregon's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. During this time in Eugene, OR, Leela became progressively more attentive to yoga and the healing arts, in particular for relief from job-related stress. A serious accident in her early 20's gave her personal experience with the therapeutic value of yoga and bodywork in recovering from injury.
Eventually, the yoga path and a desire to serve in a way that focused on individual transformation led her to the Ananda Ashram in Nevada City, California, where she lived for three months and took her first teacher training course in 1999. Leela began teaching yoga in 2000 while attending massage school on Maui. Hawaiian style lomilomi massage, with its emphasis on presence and pleasurable, deep tissue bodywork, was her focus. While living on Maui, Leela began practicing mindfulness meditation and today remains committed to this practice. It was upon returning to Oregon in 2002 that Anusara yoga, with its universal principles of alignment and heart oriented philosophy became her primary yoga influence and she now has over 300 hours of Anusara training, and over 1000 hours of yoga training total. Leela practiced massage in Oregon in chiropractic offices, an upscale day spa, and as an independent business owner, while also teaching yoga in a variety of settings ranging from health clubs to yoga studios. Now based in middle Tennessee, Leela continues to practice massage and to teach yoga classes and private sessions that are grounded in Anusara principles. She has taught yoga and breathing workshops for church groups and for massage therapists through the AMTA-TN chapter. In 2009, Leela began teaching massage to students enrolled in the massage therapy program at Georgia Career Institute in McMinnville TN. She continues her exploration of yoga, bodywork and massage through traveling for ongoing continuing education programs, such as Thai Yoga Massage.
Along with her husband Michael Robinson, owner of Green Village Plants nursery in Morrison TN and yoga practitioner, Leela studies and aspires to the sustainable living principles of permaculture design. She and Michael are Certified Master Gardeners and Certified Permaculture Designers, and offer consulting services and workshops. Their shared passion is to offer organic gardening and landscape design workshops that integrate yoga and meditation for sustaining self, community, and the earth.
Thank you to all my teachers, named and unnamed, for sharing your gifts
Amara Wahaba Karuna, Healer, www.karunapublishing.com
Shari Sunshine, Syntropy Bodywork, www.syntropy.net
Michele Gaddis, www.keepkidssafepublishing.com
Brian Pack, Yogic Bodywork
Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong, Insight Meditation, www.vipassanametta.org
Sri Patthabi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga, www.kpjayi.org
Nikki Doane and Eddie Modestini, Ashtanga Yoga, www.yogaonmaui.com
Benjy and Heather Wertheimer, Kirtan, www.shantala.com
The Anusara Yoga Kula: John Friend www.anusara.com, Sianna Sherman www.opentograce.com, Sarahjoy Marsh www.yogajoy.net, Amy Ippoliti www.wildspirityoga.com, Desiree Rumbaugh www.desireerumbaugh.com
Richard Freeman, Ashtanga Yoga, www.yogaworkshop.com
Giovanni Dellino, Master Bodyworker, Seattle WA
Gil Fronsdal, Mindfulness Meditation, www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Michael "Mukti" Buck, Vedic Thai Massage, www.vedicconservatory.com
Rabbi Rami Shapiro, www.web.mac.com/rabbirami/Rabbi_Rami/Home.html
Leela Robinson is a compassionate advocate for creating balance and harmony in life through self care, care for each other, and care for the earth. Based in middle Tennessee, she is in private practice as a massage therapist, teaches massage and yoga, and consults for permaculture lifestyle design. Leela knows well the therapeutic value of yoga and bodywork in recovering from personal injuries and managing stress-related tension and seeks to help clients and students by meeting them where they are through a balance of knowledge, inquiry, and intuition. Students and clients learn breath oriented awareness practices and self care exercises for a strong and supple body, clear mind, and open heart through affordable bodywork sessions, group yoga classes, and private yoga sessions.
Long story
Leela is a compassionate advocate for creating balance and harmony in life through self care, care for each other, and care for the earth. Growing up in rural Oregon, Leela recognized nature as her greatest teacher. Motivated by a strong desire to practice care for the earth, she went on to study Environmental Planning at the University of Oregon. She worked in long range transportation planning in the public sector in Eugene OR and served on the State of Oregon's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. During this time in Eugene, OR, Leela became progressively more attentive to yoga and the healing arts, in particular for relief from job-related stress. A serious accident in her early 20's gave her personal experience with the therapeutic value of yoga and bodywork in recovering from injury.
Eventually, the yoga path and a desire to serve in a way that focused on individual transformation led her to the Ananda Ashram in Nevada City, California, where she lived for three months and took her first teacher training course in 1999. Leela began teaching yoga in 2000 while attending massage school on Maui. Hawaiian style lomilomi massage, with its emphasis on presence and pleasurable, deep tissue bodywork, was her focus. While living on Maui, Leela began practicing mindfulness meditation and today remains committed to this practice. It was upon returning to Oregon in 2002 that Anusara yoga, with its universal principles of alignment and heart oriented philosophy became her primary yoga influence and she now has over 300 hours of Anusara training, and over 1000 hours of yoga training total. Leela practiced massage in Oregon in chiropractic offices, an upscale day spa, and as an independent business owner, while also teaching yoga in a variety of settings ranging from health clubs to yoga studios. Now based in middle Tennessee, Leela continues to practice massage and to teach yoga classes and private sessions that are grounded in Anusara principles. She has taught yoga and breathing workshops for church groups and for massage therapists through the AMTA-TN chapter. In 2009, Leela began teaching massage to students enrolled in the massage therapy program at Georgia Career Institute in McMinnville TN. She continues her exploration of yoga, bodywork and massage through traveling for ongoing continuing education programs, such as Thai Yoga Massage.
Along with her husband Michael Robinson, owner of Green Village Plants nursery in Morrison TN and yoga practitioner, Leela studies and aspires to the sustainable living principles of permaculture design. She and Michael are Certified Master Gardeners and Certified Permaculture Designers, and offer consulting services and workshops. Their shared passion is to offer organic gardening and landscape design workshops that integrate yoga and meditation for sustaining self, community, and the earth.
Thank you to all my teachers, named and unnamed, for sharing your gifts
Amara Wahaba Karuna, Healer, www.karunapublishing.com
Shari Sunshine, Syntropy Bodywork, www.syntropy.net
Michele Gaddis, www.keepkidssafepublishing.com
Brian Pack, Yogic Bodywork
Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong, Insight Meditation, www.vipassanametta.org
Sri Patthabi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga, www.kpjayi.org
Nikki Doane and Eddie Modestini, Ashtanga Yoga, www.yogaonmaui.com
Benjy and Heather Wertheimer, Kirtan, www.shantala.com
The Anusara Yoga Kula: John Friend www.anusara.com, Sianna Sherman www.opentograce.com, Sarahjoy Marsh www.yogajoy.net, Amy Ippoliti www.wildspirityoga.com, Desiree Rumbaugh www.desireerumbaugh.com
Richard Freeman, Ashtanga Yoga, www.yogaworkshop.com
Giovanni Dellino, Master Bodyworker, Seattle WA
Gil Fronsdal, Mindfulness Meditation, www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Michael "Mukti" Buck, Vedic Thai Massage, www.vedicconservatory.com
Rabbi Rami Shapiro, www.web.mac.com/rabbirami/Rabbi_Rami/Home.html
~ Namaste ~
I bow to to the light within you, myself, and all
