Leeza VillaGomez
Article about Owner and Teacher Leeza Villagomez
YOGA DEN IS A FITTING NAME for the family-style hub Leeza Villagomez has created in the Inland Empire, as it has the comfortable vibe of a family room where everyone looks forward to lounging, eating and playing. And, lounge, eat and play they do. Leeza is known for bringing in pitchers of her famous energy tonic for students to sip after a session of Kick Your Asana and, with a ready smile she demonstrates the art of creating a green vegetable drink or pot of Ayurvedic kitcheree to her teacher trainees.
While Leeza seems like a natural as the owner of a Yoga studio and den mother for a vibrant community, she didn’t necessarily plan on having this be part of her path. Even though she’s a native of Corona who grew up on a three-acre farm with everything from fruit trees, peacocks, horses and chickens, she traveled the world, working as a model in sixteen different countries before returning home to Southern California. Her extended family still lives in the Inland Empire, including her parents and four siblings. When she was still pursuing her wanderlust, Leeza’s mother said in a prescient moment, “You can gallivant all you want, but the love of your life will be here.” And sure enough, Leeza met her husband Humberto in a Yoga class in Corona. Together since 1998 and married since 2000, Leeza describes him both as her soulmate and a stalwart support for the studio. The two share an open-minded Christian faith; an active, joyful and adventurous lifestyle; and two daughters: Ava, four and Xenia, seven. Ava and Xenia are frequent visitors to Yoga Den, even joining in on classes when Leeza is teaching. Ava is known for her shoulder massages and aromatherapy assistance during savasana....Read more>>
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