Leah Gooch

Leah Gooch teaches yoga, meditation, writing, and art in order to help individuals approach a deeper awareness of their existence. She offers youth and adults the tools to mitigate frustrations and transmute anger and sadness into positive and creative outcomes.

After teaching art in New York City for eight years she facilitated the creation of a mural inside of Crossroads Detention Center in Brooklyn, completed by fifteen justice-involved youth. She was deeply moved by the intelligence, humor, and innate desire the young men had to improve their conditions through introspective work and affected by the layered complexity of the prison system.

Upon returning from South America to study and teach yoga, meditation, and writing she developed a comprehensive curriculum for incarcerated youth and adults to help them access their inner wisdom and healing powers. Leah currently offers Agitated to Elevated classes at Hudson Correctional Facility, Ulster Correctional Facility (DOCCS) and Brookwood and Goshen Secure Center (OCFS).

She facilitates public and private workshops and yoga lessons and is a reiki master practitioner. Her website (fourminutesaday.org) a reference to her initial commitment to meditate for (at least!) four minutes a day.