About Leela
Leela is a somatic healing practitioner, bodyworker, grief tender, and contemplative movement facilitator with over 15 years experience working within the embodied healing arts.
She currently offers in person session in Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts, as well as online work worldwide, but is seasonly nomadic.
Leela weaves together a diverse background as a bodyworker, therapist, energy worker, dancer, meditator, and yoga teacher to create spaces where people feel held and supported on their embodied healing journeys.
As a facilitator, Leela holds transformational and embodied groups and retreats, with a focus on contemplative practices, ecosomatics, and embodied aliveness.
Her work is rooted in an intersectional ecofeminist anti-oppressive framework of collective and personal liberation. Her practice is queer & trans friendly, anti-racist, and supportive of poly/ENM, kink, sex work, and body positivity.
In addition to being a somatic practitioner, Leela dabbles in performance arts, clown, and creative writing.
Education
MA Dance/ Movement Therapy and Marriage & Family Therapy
Antioch University, 2023
IFS-Informed Somatic Trauma Healing Certificate
Dr. Frank Anderson & the EmbodyLab 2026 (currently enrolled)
Somatic Parts Work Certificate
Fran Booth, 2024
BA Creative Writing & Gender Studies
University of Maine at Farmington, 2010
500hr Yoga Training in Therapeutic Yoga
Integrative Yoga Therapy, 2015
Somatic Healing Process
SomaSoul, 2015
Introduction to SoulMaking Dharma
Catherine McGee & Yahel Avigur 2024
SoulMaking Dharma The Poetry of Perception
Catherine McGee at BCBS, 2025
Hellenistic Astrology with Nightlight Astrology, Year One & Two, 2020 & 2022
Intro to Biodynamic Craniosacral
Dr. Kate Klemer, 2021
Womblifting & Abdominal Massage
Baan Hom Samunphrai, 2019
Integrative Positional Therapy
Lee Albert, 2017
Thai Yoga Massage & Ayurveda
Bodhi Sangha School of Thai Massage, 2017
Certified Massage Therapist
Florida School of Massage, 2017
Reiki Level I & II
Heart Whispers Healing Journeys 2004
Plant Spirit Medicine Year One & Year Two
Gaia School of Health and Healing 2018 & 2019
Plus a smattering of trainings and workshops in Somatics, Astrology, Human Design, Conscious Sexuality, Clowning, Axis Syllabus, Contact Improv, Body-Mind Centering, & Yoga.
Vermont Roster of Non-licensed Psychotherapists # 097.0135792
Contact
leelakelley9@gmail.com