Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit

Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit

Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit, MA, E-RYT 200/RYT 500, CD/CDT (BAI), is the program director of Liberation Prison Yoga (LPY) and also presents trainings and workshops for LPY. She is proficient in the application of the Unconditional Model in her role  providing support for the LPY prenatal and postpartum yoga programs, as well as breastfeeding and new parent support, at Rikers Island in New York City.

Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit is a certified prenatal yoga teacher, La Leche League leader, birth doula, birth doula trainer, and mother. She was recently part of the Yoga Service Council’s interdisciplinary writing team for the books Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System and Best Practices for Yoga with Sexual Trauma Survivors.  

Kimberleigh Weiss-Lewit at Omega

Workshops & Events

Scholarship
Workshop

Liberation Prison Yoga

  • Sep 22 - Sep 27 2019
  • Rhinebeck, NY
Various traumatized populations can be found in prisons and jails, and incarceration is itself a traumatic experience. How do we offer a safe space within an inherently unsafe environment? How do we set boundaries and reach people who’ve been shut down by trauma and mental illness? Learn effective yogic tools to work with t ... Learn More