Andrea Leppert found yoga in 2014 soon after leaving her orthopedic surgeon’s office with a brochure on knee replacement. Having been a fitness enthusiast most of her life, she now found that pain limited daily physical activities and felt defeated.
After a week of trying yoga, “I found it met me at my level, it embraced me, and I felt empowered, strong and graceful”. Vinyasa yoga felt familiar, energetic, and inspiring as a former gymnast and restorative Yoga revealed a spiritual connection she had been longing for. Five years later, yoga became not only a space to build physical strength but evolved to be a solace for grief as her mom passed away in 2018 from breast cancer.
In 2019, Andrea completed the 200-hour teacher training program and during the training, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Yoga again shifted to meet her needs and offered therapeutic benefits during treatment.
Andrea holds heartfelt gratitude for good health and hopes to inspire others to discover how yoga can meet them at their level and reveal its ever-evolving beautiful benefits and gifts.
5 Years Cancer Survivor
500 RYT Yoga Instructor