Leanne Whiting

Leanne Whiting is an author, elementary school teacher, yoga instructor, and teacher trainer. She is the author of children's yoga book, Be Like A Tree. Leanne is renowned for her creative and playful teachings of yoga through story, while skillfully integrating subtle alignment cues in the body, inquiry and discovery of the mind, and a playful enthusiasm of the heart.

Leanne founded Grow A Lotus Yoga with the intentions to bring yoga practices to children of all ages. She continues to pursue this vision as PhD student at St. F.X.University. Her research interests include children’s yoga and teacher pedagogy connected to infusing yoga and mindfulness-based practices and how they can be used in the classroom to support teachers’ and students’ well-being. Leanne's research, Integrating Well-being in the Classroom: Understanding Upper Elementary Teachers’ and Students’ Experiences of a School-based Yoga Program, combines over 22 years of experience, practice, and study as an educator and entrepreneur.
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Leanne lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She maximizes playing outside on trails and near the ocean with her partner, daughter, two step-daughters, and dog.