• Leslieann Hobayan
  • Leslieann Hobayan
  • Instructor
  • Bio:

    Leslieann Hobayan is a poet, essayist, healer, transformational coach, and host of the podcast, Vinyasa In Verse. As an American-born daughter of immigrants, identity has always been at the forefront of her work. As a result, her work’s focus has been on documenting these lived experiences while helping others facilitate their own healing in order to uncover and express their truest identities, their most authentic selves. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a 2018 Best of the Net, her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Aster(ix) Journal, The Grief Diaries, The Lantern Review, The Mom Egg Review, The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit, and elsewhere. She also teaches yoga and meditation, including trauma-informed yoga, at local studios and with private clients where she guides them through sessions that strive to connect mind, body, and spirit. With an open heart, kind words, and a little silliness, she works to create safe spaces that nurture and heal. She believes in magic –that it exists in all of us—and uses it in everything she does.  Classes taught: Introduction to Creative Writing , Introduction to Multimedia Composition, Performance Poetry, Advanced Poetry Workshop