Melissa Krikorian, PT, MPT, CFRT*
Melissa is a physical therapist with over 25 years of experience and a Cortical Field Re-Education® (CFR)Trainer. She co-led a Professional training in Cortical Field Re-education with the founder who studied directly with Moshe Feldenkrias. She leads multiple 4-day events across the country using the most current neuroscience research to inform how she works with groups and private clients to restore physical function and emotional ease.
Using a bio-psycho-physiological approach, her work invites the ability to embrace and navigate uncomfortable or unknown spaces that cause suffering. Her material teaches students how to access habitual movement patterns through curiosity and developmental exploration; self-regulate the nervous system and move into new ways of interacting with others from a “True Self” versus an “Adaptive Self” rooted in injury and injurious cultural experiences.
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“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.” Carl Jung
*CFRT - Cortical Field ReEducation® Practitioner/Trainer
Leah Dwin, Senior pilates instructor, CFRp*
With over 20 years of teaching experience, Leah is a highly skilled Pilates Instructor and Teacher Trainer who has worked across professional, educational, health and wellness, fitness, and rehabilitation settings. She specializes in safe, effective movement, functional strength, and body awareness, supporting clients with a wide range of physical needs and goals.
As a Pilates Teacher Trainer, she educates Pilates Instructors , bringing a strong foundation in anatomy, movement principles, and mindful teaching practices. Her approach emphasizes clarity, precision, and adaptability, preparing instructors to work confidently and responsibly with diverse populations.
In addition to her movement based work, she has experience supporting individuals in a life coaching capacity, utilizing Byron Katie’s The Work to help clients identify and address unhelpful thought patterns and beliefs that contribute to stress and suffering. This integrated perspective allows her to address both physical and cognitive aspects of well being.
Her work is grounded in a respect for the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for meaningful change.
*CFRP - Cortical Field ReEducation® Practitioner
MONICA LESSLIE, PT, DPT, CFRP*, AWC, ELDOAc, FRCms
Dr. Monica Lesslie, PT, DPT, CFRp, AWC, ELDOAc, MDFc, CYT-500, is an integrative doctor of physical therapy - blending neuroplasticity, fascial science, and ancient mind-body practices. She restores human capacity by honoring body intelligence across physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes. With over 15 years of clinical and teaching experience, Monica remains the only Doctor of Physical Therapy in the U.S. to hold master-level credentials in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Cortical Field Reeducation (CFR).
She draws from orthopedic rehabilitation, neuroplasticity techniques, movement science, ELDOA fascial sequencing, Ayurvedic lifestyle design, and hands-on bodywork to help clients reclaim a life of ease, clarity, and flow. The mission: creating recipes to solve the human riddles of life, allowing each individual to heal from the inside out.
In 2024, Monica fulfilled a lifelong dream of co-founding two wellness centers: Vitality Village in California and Synergy Social Wellness in New York. She continues to guide and treat practitioners and students worldwide through retreats, trainings, 1:1 work, and individualized mentorship. Her teaching is rooted in science, elevated by presence, and delivered with deep reverence for the body’s innate capacity to heal.
From leading PT service projects in Tanzania and testing her own limits throughout Nepal’s Himalayas and on Mt. Kilimanjaro, to studying Yoga in Bali and Ayurveda in India, Monica’s global path continually shapes her whole-person approach. She is deeply energized to teach, treat, and guide around the world, helping people heal, align with their inner knowing, and create a life they truly love while providing them Tools for Life.
www.LiveYourBliss.com
*CFRP - Cortical Field ReEducation® Practitioner