Meghan Leighton

Meghan Leighton, M.A.T., is founder of Awake Minds: Yoga + Conscious Living and is a Live Love Teach 800-hour EYT yoga instructor, certified mindfulness educator, 200-hour yoga teacher trainer, retreat leader, and student of Ayurveda. She spent fifteen years working in school systems throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island implementing groundbreaking mindfulness & yoga programs for young people, teens, and staff before starting Awake Minds Yoga. Meg’s journey began twenty years ago when she started practicing meditation with absolutely no idea of the impact it would have on her life. As the benefits and shifts showed up, Meg’s enthusiasm for the practice grew immensely leading her to her purpose to share the teachings of yoga and meditation with others now through yoga teacher trainings, classes in studios, hospitals, and for corporations, private meditation offerings (for all levels and abilities), Inward Bound teen retreats, and facilitating Awake Minds yoga & meditation retreats in Costa Rica, Hawaii, RI & MA with Valerie Griffiths and Jess Gumkowski. Meghan’s additional trainings include: HeartMath resilient educator, Kripalu Ayurveda & Yoga, Reiki I & II, Yoga Therapy for Depression & Anxiety, E-Cornell Plant-Based Nutrition certificate and more. Meg lives in Newburyport, MA with her husband Asa and their dog Bella. She loves to hike, explore vegan recipes in the kitchen, dance, write, and eat dark chocolate.

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