Hi,

I’m Madeline Leigh. I live in Portland Oregon and I’m known to wear many hats; mother, daughter, aunt, sister, friend, ER nurse, sound healer, Kundalini yoga practitioner, massage therapist, actress……you live long enough, do do a few things.

I never meant to go into healing. I thought nursing was a gross job (it certainly can be). I moved to New York City when I was 21 to pursue a career in acting. My entire life was about being an artist. For years I worked in clubs to pay the bills while chasing my dream. At one point I realized working in the club scene maybe fun but I really needed to switch to a healthier way of paying the bills. So I when to massage therapy school. I had what I describe as a lightening bolt moment the first time I put my hands on a client. It was if a jolt of electricity shot through my body and woke up something I never knew existed in me before. By the time I was finished with my training, I could see myself continuing on becoming a nurse. Little did I know that in just a few years I would take that leap. When people say ignorance is bliss that is ver4y true when it comes to becoming a nurse. I had no clue just how incredibly difficult it would be to get that degree.

Fast forward into my career as an emergency room nurse. I was divorced, a single mom with a daughter in middle school and just about to go into high school and I came to the very scary, painful truth that I had a huge problem with alcohol. I was depressed, felt like shit and had no clue had to dig myself out of this hole. On the outside I had it all together. On the inside I was dying. I put cutting alcohol out of my life as priority #1.

Six months into my sobriety I was looking for healthy ways to help regulate my emotions and just improve my life. That’s when I stumbled into my first Kundalini yoga class. To say it wasn’t what I was expecting would be an understatement. It was different than any other yoga class I had taken. At the end of class, like every other yoga class was savasana which is the time you just lay there and relax. It’s my favorite part of class ☺️ During this savasana the teacher played the gong. This was the next lightening bolt moment in my life. It was if the sound of that gong opened a part of me I never knew existed. This is where my journey into Kundalini yoga and sound healing began. My life completely changed in that moment.

My scientific nursing brain began searching for research data on Kundalini yoga and meditation research, data and research on sound healing. Which led me down many rabbit holes on frequency and vibration. I’ve been continually walking this path of surrender, faith, unfolding, healing….ever since. Sometimes the path is beautiful and utterly carefree. Other times it’s uncomfortable and scary, like you’re traversing the ledge of a cliff in a torrential down pour and gale force winds.

At the end of the day though, Kundalini yoga, continually coming back to my breath and immersing myself in healing frequencies and vibrations always helps. I feel such deep gratitude to have these beautiful instruments in my home and the opportunity to experience their healing power on a daily basis. There is truly nothing that I love more than to share the healing power of frequency and vibration with others. To provide a safe space where one can deeply relax and attune with these frequencies; to come into coherence with healing vibrations is a honor. Sound healing is an extension of how I am being called to help care for others.

Thanks for taking the time to read my little bio. I hope to see you at one of my sound bath events.

Love & Light,

Madeline