More About DYT...

Here you will learn more about the foundations of my work, the conditions the work benefits, and client experiences.

Experience and Education

Samantha Leonard is the founder of Davidson Yoga Therapy and serves as a Yoga Therapist at The Blanchard Center in Charlotte. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Noom Certified Health Coach.

Her work has been integrated into a range of healthcare and academic settings, including The Blanchard Institute, Atrium Health, Levine Cancer Institute, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, and Davidson College. She has also presented for Fortune 500 companies and major universities, translating yoga therapy into practical, trauma-informed tools that can be tailored to the real needs and abilities of each individual.

She draws on three decades of experience in yoga therapy and health coaching, alongside a range of evidence-informed therapeutic models, including:

Jungian Psychology
Interfaith Perspectives
Spiritual Technologies
Trauma Healing
Polyvagal Somatics
Safe & Sound Protocol
Rest & Restore Protocol
Compassionate Inquiry
Pain Reprocessing Therapy
The Neurosequential Model
Internal Family Systems

All this is to say, there are many doorways to use on the path to healing and self-discovery, and Samantha’s breadth of experience allows for vast creativity on which approach is right for you!

Specialty Services

In our work together, you’ll be invited to see yourself not as a problem to fix, but as a whole person worth understanding. We’ll explore your physical symptoms, emotional patterns, and deeper questions from multiple angles—with curiosity, care, and respect for your pace. Whether you’re navigating pain, anxiety, sleep struggles, or stress-related symptoms, this is a space to slow down, listen inward, and begin making sense of what your body and mind have been carrying. You can explore my specialty services below to learn more about how we might work together.

Yoga Therapy

It's about more than healing—it’s an invitation to rediscover the whole, unbroken person you’ve always been. This is a compassionate, curious, and ancient art-science that seeks out the roots of the most complex dis-eases.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy

Living with chronic pain can feel confusing and exhausting—but it doesn't have to stay that way. Discover how shifting your brain’s response to pain can open the door to real, lasting relief for problems that seem to have no solutions.

Polyvagal Technologies

Curious how your nervous system shapes your health? Explore my services designed to gently support and regulate the vagus nerve—your body’s built-in pathway to sleep, calm, connection, and lasting wellbeing.

Testimonials

Conditions Benefitted

Yoga therapy is effective at managing and even eliminating health conditions because it is a multidimensional practice working on a multi-dimensional being.

A well-designed practice can alleviate low back pain, manage anxiety, give you focus, energize you for your day, and put you in touch with your higher Self - all at the same time.

Click the links below to read testimonials from satisfied clients!