Davidson Yoga Therapy and Professional Health Coaching

Empowering groups and individuals to live optimally and make peace with this human condition.

Private / Group Yoga Therapy and Yoga Classes
Private / Group Professional Health Coaching
An Inclusive and Certified Trauma-Informed Facility
Safe and Sound Protocol Certified
Teens, Adults, and Seniors
Neurodivergent populations

Events

Online and in person. If you're not sure where to start, take a class!

Yoga Therapy

Making sense of the "issues in the tissues" from anxiety to autoimmune disease, depression to diabetes, back pain to insomnia and more.

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Health Coaching

Creating sustainable changes that support physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness.

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Testimonial

"I was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease (AS) 4 years ago. The past 3 and a half years have been terrible. I hurt all the time, gained 30 pounds and just did not feel like myself. My rheumatologist mentioned yoga and I immediately thought, Heck No, I am too stiff and would embarrass myself.

I tried PT, found that to be boring. I met Sam and she introduced me to her practice and after 1 session, I knew I found what I needed. She taught me not only how to stretch, but more importantly, taught me how to breathe and relax again. I have dropped 20 lbs and am back on the golf course! I not only found a way to deal with my condition, I found a friend who really cares. Samantha, I can't thank you enough!!"

~ A. Page, Davidson

Meet Samantha

Samantha Leonard, ERYT500, Certified Health Coach, CIAYT, and founder of Davidson Yoga Therapy and Health Coaching.

Samantha is a yoga therapist trained under Gary Kraftsow of the American Viniyoga Institute, Duke Integrative Health, a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, a Noom, Inc. Certified Professional Health Coach and certified in delivering the Safe and Sound Protocol of Dr. Stephen Porges.

She has amassed over 35 years of practice, 24K hours of education and experience in curriculum design, public speaking in and social media writing, 10+ years training yoga, behavioral and allied health professionals in therapeutic yoga, breath, movement, lifestyle, and meditation techniques for conditions from back pain to anxiety, from diabetes to autoimmune disease, from neurological disorders to long-covid recovery.

She has a driving passion to break through the current perception of yoga as merely a structural fitness approach and empower people of all ages, genders, abilities, nationalities, and spiritual traditions with the adaptive techniques of yoga therapy so that YOU can be the ‘active ingredient’ in your own healthcare and well-being.

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Meet Dani

Danielle Angell, M.Ed, CPT, RYT 200

Dani is a Duke Health trained Integrative Health and Wellness Coach. With over two decades as a certified educator and ten years as a fitness professional, she holds a strong understanding of the learning process and partnering with others to reach their greatest potential.

Dani is a National Geographic certified educator, certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor, certified trauma-informed care practitioner, award-winning photographer, published poet, public speaker and visual storyteller, and recipient of the Charlotte Hometown Hero Award.

Dani is deeply passionate about connection and compassion, cultivating and capturing happiness, seeking out miracles of the moment, and supporting others to break free from comfort zones and live in their highest power.

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