Melissa Krikorian, PT

Melissa Krikorian is a physical therapist with over 25 years of experience and a Cortical Field Re-Education® (CFR)Trainer. She uses the most current neuroscience research to inform how she works with groups and private clients to restore physical function and emotional ease. Her work invites the ability to embrace and navigate uncomfortable or unknown spaces that cause suffering. Being able to notice and nurture these places moves us toward becoming our True Self versus an Adaptive Self rooted in injury and injurious cultural experiences. 

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.” —Carl Jung

Monica lesllie, dpt

Dr. Monica Lesslie, PT, DPT, CFRp, AWC, ELDOAc, RYT-500, is an integrative physical therapist 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 more than 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, ELDOA fascial sequencing, Ayurvedic lifestyle design, and hands-on bodywork to help clients reclaim ease, clarity, and flow.

Monica co-founded two wellness centers — Vitality Village in California and Synergy Social Wellness in New York — and mentors practitioners worldwide through retreats, trainings, 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 honored to return to Esalen to share the transformative power of CFR — a practice that completes her unique circle between Eastern insight and Western precision. https://www.liveyourbliss.com/