Lesley Hyatt

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.