TeriLeigh Schmidt

Yoga has saved TeriLeigh's life more than once. After years of battling clinical depression, TeriLeigh found that developing a consistent yoga practice proved to be more effective than psychotherapy, medication, and holistic healing combined. Then, after surviving a devastating pedestrian vs. auto (she was the pedestrian) accident in 2001, TeriLeigh was back on her yoga mat in three days. Doctors and healers wondered why TeriLeigh wasn't more injured from the accident, and they credited TeriLeigh's yoga practice for her rapid recovery and excellent state of health and well-being.

TeriLeigh tried her first yoga poses as just a little girl, and rediscovered the practice in 2000. TeriLeigh has studied yoga with the likes of Baron Baptiste, Gregor Singleton, Seane Corn, Bikram & Rajashree Choudhury, and Rod Stryker. After attending teacher training with Baron Baptiste, TeriLeigh dedicated her practice to Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, which has transformed her mind, body, and spirit in ways she never imagined possible. In 2005, TeriLeigh left her high school teaching career and opened a studio with her husband, Ted.

"I find myself and new corners of myself everyday when I step on my mat. I remember the truth that resides inside my soul. My hope is that my students get a taste of the energy and light I feel inside myself through the power of yoga practice."

Having been raised in a very spiritual and holistic family, TeriLeigh has a keen sense of energy and awareness of spirit. As an energetic healer she has helped many people find peace with their pain. As a yoga instructor, she has a tender quality of channeling the way of spirit while challenging her students to reach the edge of potentiality. As a writer, she has motivated many with her insights and words of wisdom inspired by lessons learned on her yoga mat.

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