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
Cultivating Kindness: A Women's Retreat of Mindful Self-Compassion through Practice, Writing, and MovementSeptember 25 - 28, 2025
A retreat for women and women-identified folks. Open to both beginning and experienced practitioners. Registration for this retreat closes on September 10, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. If looking to join after this date, please inquire at guestservices@bigbearretreatcenter.org. Through mindful self-compassion, reflective 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. Our framework builds upon…