Lesley Hyatt has been teaching students of all ages and backgrounds for over thirty years. She leads creative workshops and mindfulness groups at UCLA Ext Writers Program, Skirball Cultural Center, and privately throughout the L.A. area and on Zoom. A writer of fiction and creative nonfiction, Lesley holds an MFA from UMass, Amherst and was a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico. She became a mindfulness meditation student in the late 1990’s. Lesley began leading mindfulness groups in 2017 and is a certified mindfulness instructor, trained to teach Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Awakening Joy, and Mindful Self-Compassion. Lesley lives in Studio City, CA, mother to two young dudes and primary food source/dog walker to an 80-lb mutt.
Events with Lesley Hyatt
September 24 - 28, 2025
This in-person retreat is open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Through mindful self-compassion, creative writing, and movement, we will connect with each other and ourselves, cultivating and deepening our capacity to move through our lives with loving awareness. Come together with other women and woman-identified folks to explore practices that help us find compassion and kindness when we face stressful situations, painful emotions, and challenging relationships. Through mindful self-compassion, creative writing, and movement, we will connect with each other and ourselves, cultivating and deepening our capacity to move through our lives with loving awareness. Our framework builds upon teachings…