Lesley Seto

MSc.A, RD

Registered Dietitian

Certified Katonah Yoga Instructor

Energy worker

Lesley believes that everybody has the ability to heal and thrive. It is her mission to give you the tools to engage in your personal self-healing. She acts as your detective and educator along the way to support you in uncovering the root causes of your health concerns. Functional nutrition understands the whole person, addresses the terrain from which your signs, symptoms or diagnosis manifested, and teaches you how to take control of your health.

Lesley’s interest in functional nutrition comes from her own struggle to heal her digestive system to improve hormonal health. She began to truly understand that there is more to nutritional health than generic recommendations or protocols and quick fixes. Every body is different and effective preventative health care needs to address you as a unique individual in its approach to healing.

Lesley is experienced in weight management, healthy eating, liver disease, IBS, colitis, and food intolerances/sensitivities. She has a special interest in women’s hormone and mental health concerns.

Discovery Call

Lesley practicing Katonah Yoga with one of her students

The Katonah Yoga practice found Lesley in Edmonton, AB in 2016. She practiced and trained under Kat Villain with additional training from the founder of Katonah Yoga, Nevine Michaan. What drew her initially to this style of yoga was the formality of the practice that helped her to tune in and realign her body to relieve 7 years of sciatic nerve pain due to scoliosis.

It was through her Katonah Yoga journey that she understood that it is up to each of us to participate in our own physical and mental well-being. The communal aspect of the practice and its ability to align mind and body to bring new insights and perspectives on life that has kept her practicing every day. Katonah's use of metaphors, myths and magic led Lesley to realize her potential and resulted in the creation of Embodhi Nutrition and Yoga so she could share what joy Katonah Yoga has to offer and fuse it with her love for food and nutrition.

Katonah Yoga

Nutrition

Core Values

Alignment

Whether it is physical, mental, or emotional, alignment is difficult to achieve and hard to maintain. Know that Embodhi is here to aid you on this everlasting pursuit that we all live and strive for.

Repetition

Growth takes sacrifice, change takes time, and both need repetition to make them happen. Embodhi is here when you need a little encouragement and to reinforce the message that you can do it.

Joy

With each repetition and every adjustment, the student grows, sacrificing the known for the potential of the not yet known, achieving new mental and physical heights that result in increased personal joy. It’s the reason for everything Embodhi does.

SO WE CAN ALL

OWN THE POWER WITHIN

What People are Saying about Lesley

Testimonials

...my knees have regained movement, they’re stronger and more flexible.

"I lost the ability to walk pain free beyond 40 minutes and had weakness in the knees and hips due to osteoarthritis. I was already practicing yoga at the gym, but found Katonah yoga positions were held longer, which improved my mobility. I really liked that Lesley gives each student personal attention and offers hands on adjustments so that each posture is positioned correctly.

After a year of taking her group classes and now doing online classes, my knees have regained movement, they’re stronger and more flexible. I am now able to practice more advanced postures and have a better understanding of my body’s alignment and how to catch and correct myself. In another yoga class, the instructor commented that my flexibility and strength had really improved and asked what I was doing different. I explained that I was practicing Katonah yoga with Lesley!"

— Anonymous

I would highly recommend...

Lesley’s 1:1 yoga sessions because they allow you to learn about your body at your pace and give you the ability to build independence to take care of your body on your own. I always have the option to return to 1:1 sessions to learn more or ensure that I haven't returned to old habits and patterns of body movement. I was living with years of chronic back pain and had developed a well thought out pain management plan. However, after working with Lesley, I have experienced so much more relief that I can control with a customized daily routine instead of needing chiropractic or regular massage treatments.

— Happy Human