Lei Lei de Kirby is a movement educator and yoga teacher with a lifelong foundation in the movement arts and over two decades of experience teaching yoga for vertical athletes.

She holds a BA in Dance and brings an extensive professional background in aerial arts as a former performer, teacher, and studio owner. Lei Lei has taught in climbing gyms, yoga studios, and athletic training spaces throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Portland, and has led workshops and teacher trainings both nationally and internationally. She spent many years as a touring instructor, teaching at festivals, retreat centers, conventions, and private events, and taught annually at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center for nearly a decade.

As a vertical athlete herself, she understands firsthand the unique and repetitive demands vertical movement places on the body. Her work focuses on building strength, improving mobility, and supporting recovery in a way that helps prevent injury, enhance performance, and sustain the body over time.

Her teaching is further informed by studies in somatic psychotherapy at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. This work informs how she develops focus, resilience, and mental steadiness for athletes operating in high-demand, high-consequence environments.

Lei Lei is also a certified Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, bringing a broader understanding of balance, recovery, and lifestyle into her work.

She previously owned and operated a yoga and aerial arts studio in California before relocating to the Pacific Northwest to continue her studies of the human body and complete her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Her classes blend functional strength, mobility work, breath work, and awareness to support performance, recovery, injury prevention, and long-term resilience.