• Nia, Yoga, Vividance, Trance Dance & Vividly Woman Facilitator
• Registered Massage & Integrative Body Therapist
• Keynote Speaker & Trainer

Leela is the founder of VividExistence and Vividly Woman. A facilitator of groups and individuals for over 20 years, she is an expert in the field of body, self and soul. With charm, fun, sincerity and sensitivity, Leela gets people into their bodies, more deeply connected to themselves, and more open to connecting with others. Her many studies, trainings, work with individuals and families, shamanic initiations and rich life experience add depth and dimension to her skills. Celebration, compassion and authenticity are the heart of her teaching, inspiring and nourishing the dance that is her aliveness and her delight in sharing it with others. She is passionately devoted to living and sharing this dance with all individuals who dream an ever more vivid existence!

Leela has a vast background in the movement, therapeutic and healing arts. Her extensive dance studies gradually evolved from physical training to become spiritual and transformational practice. Leela practices, performs and facilitates events in Canada and internationally. She collaborates regularly with musicians and other complementary practitioners in the celebration of creative personal development and transformation.

VividExistence and Vividly Woman are featured partners and major donors to Women For Women International, bringing aid to women survivors of war. Leela is the creator of the the Vividly Woman on-line 10 month course that engages women in re-connection with their own sacred sensuality in service of our sister survivors.

Leela has facilitated personal and professional wellness for the following organizations:

• Bentall Corporation
• Royal Bank
• Intra Corporation
• Surrey Project Parent
• WCB
• Jewish Women’s Psychotherapy Association
• Peak Potentials
• YWCA of Vancouver
• City Of Vancouver
• ANAD (Awareness & Networking Around Disordered Eating)
• Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
• Women in Trades
• Yorkhouse & Bodwell Schools
• Movement Matters

What people say:

• Many depths of my inner self were discovered by being with Leela. She brings life, enthusiasm and dynamic awakening to any event! - Sandy Altman
• I feel SO much more connected to my body.... and my heart. - Linda Wela
• She knows how to speak to our body and soul with her voice movement and presence. It is a vivid experience and welcome celebration. - Linda J Allen
• Leela has created a safe and sacred place for me to move and be moved! She is awesome. Her teaches have impacted my life by providing me with the confidence to be authentic, uninhibited, and to laugh with the sheer joy of self-expression. - Miri G
• Thank you for leading me in this journey of self-discovery Leela - you are an inspired and gifted guide. - Joan Melvin
• Spending time with Leela is like having the breath of love and soul pumped into my body. She takes a bunch of women who feel they have little in common and turns them into sisters.....Sisters who in turn go into the world and touch other sisters and the ripple effect is born....and the world will be touched...woman by woman by woman. - Michele Solinger
• The most physically, mentally, emotionally opening experience I've ever had in a yoga class. - Phyllis Jackson PhD.
• Leela is such beautiful, powerful and gentle presence all at the same time. - Trudy
• Leela is an amazing journey. - Sandy Kay