For the past two decades, I have spoken about the following topics at conferences and events sponsored by AT&T, Automattic/WordPress, Allied Media Projects/ZEAL Press, American University School of Communication, Association of Wedding Professional of Greater Washington, DC, Black Bloggers Connect, Blogalicious, BlogHer, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Executive Women International, Georgetown University Law Center, Holy Cross Hospital, Howard University, InsightLA, Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC, Institute for Medicaid Innovation, Keela, Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media, Liv by Advantia Health, Marisla Foundation, Metropolitan Baptist Church, National Association of Corporate Directors, National Collective for Health Equity, Nonprofit Technology Network, Serve DC, Sierra Club, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Sistas 4 Digital Equity, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Spelman College, The Conference Board, Unity of Washington, DC, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Washington Hospital Center, Washington National Cathedral’s Sacred Circles Conference, Web of Change, World Wildlife Fund, and YWCA USA:
- Career Reinvention
- Change
- Creativity
- Death, Loss & Grief
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Reiki
- Self-Care
- Tech Life Balance and Digital Wellness
- Wellness
- Writing
- Yoga
I am available to speak and train virtually and in-person at your next conference and event, and for digital, print, radio, and television interviews. Contact me {ananda@anandaleeke.com} to discuss how we can work together.
In-Person and Virtual Trainings and Workshops
Here’s a sample of my in-person and virtual trainings and workshops. I am happy to work with you and your team to design and deliver a training and/or workshop series that meets your needs.
Mindful Living
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Movement
- Wellness 101: Are you a newbie to meditation, mindfulness, and yoga? In this beginner’s workshop, I give you the fundamental skills to bring awareness, balance, and calm into your life. I teach a simple, effective sitting meditation practice and other mindfulness tools that will help you outsmart stress, improve concentration, and increase productivity. This workshop is interactive and incorporates hands-on practice, guided meditations, breathing and gentle (eye, hand, mouth, chair, and office) yoga exercises. It can be tailored to meet your physical needs and schedule.
Self-Care
- Create A Self-Care Toolkit: Is your stress level rising? Do you feel out of balance at home and work? Fret no more! I am just what the doctor ordered. I will lead a training session filled with deep breathing exercises, meditation, office yoga, journaling, and self-care practices to enhance your life and career.
Mindful Creativity
Self-Discovery
- Open Your Heart to Mindful Creativity: When’s the last time you allowed yourself the space to dream, imagine, and create something that inspired a deep feeling of peace, play, and fulfillment? Wait no more. During this training, I will give you an opportunity to explore your inner archetypes (or personalities) and the role they play in your creativity through writing exercises and discussion. The takeaways include ways to tap into your intuition, imagination, and nurturing energy as growth opportunities.
Life Vision
- Create A Vision for Your Life: Do you have a vision for your life? What does your best life look like? Join me for an interactive training that uses meditation, breathing and office yoga exercises, journaling, and vision boards to create your life vision and action steps to make it a reality.
Writing
- From Blog to Book: How Blogging Can Launch Your Writing Career: I will discuss how creating and sustaining a blog can help you develop a consistent writing practice, overcome writer’s block, and build and engage an audience for your work.
Mindfulness for Entrepreneurs
- Mindfulness Hacks for Entrepreneurs: Building a business is a courageous and creative act of self-determination. It can also be a stressful experience filled with a never-ending to-do list, limiting resources, and extreme pressure to succeed. Mindfulness is a human birthright that allows us to become aware of what’s happening inside and outside of ourselves. It becomes a practice when we choose to pay attention to what’s happening in the present moment and without judgment. Mindfulness is one way to transform the entrepreneurial journey into a growth opportunity that helps outsmart stress, reduce anxiety, and improve focus, communication skills, and productivity. Come learn how to slow down and reclaim mindfulness as your birthright and create mindful moments that will help you take better care of yourself and business.
Mindfulness for Lawyers and Law Students
- Building Resilience to Stress in Your Law Career and Law School Journey: As a lawyer or law student, do you feel overworked? Are you living in a state of heavy stress? Are you losing sleep, easily distracted, or unable to focus? Do you face an abundance of external pressures, multitask at lightening speed, or rarely pay attention to what is happening inside of yourself? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I invite you to explore mindfulness with me in a training that will help you transform stress into resiliency and improve concentration, communication skills, and productivity. In this workshop, I introduce the benefits of mindfulness and lead guided meditations and mindful exercises that can be easily incorporated into daily life. It can be tailored to meet your physical needs and schedule.
Mindful at Work
- Be Mindful at Work: Do you experience high levels of stress in your workplace? With my support, you will learn how you to practice mini mindful meditations that will help you outsmart stress. You will also learn how to go from reaction to response with mindfulness in your conversations, e-mails, and meetings with colleagues and clients. Tips on how to use mindfulness to manage your time, lead a meeting, creatively solve problems, and overcome digital distraction will be provided.
- Mindful Communication and Compassion in the Workplace: How do you communicate what you need from your team? How do you navigate conflict in the workplace? In this training, I will help you and your team explore a pathway to understanding different communication styles to reduce conflict and stress. You will also learn tips and receive resources on how to promote compassionate dialogue and navigate conflict.
Mindful Leadership
- Become A Mindful Leader in Your Life: Do you consider yourself a leader in your family, community, or workplace? What about in your own life? Allow me to help you open your heart and go within to explore your identity as a mindful leader. You will participate in meditation, intention setting, journaling exercises, and group discussion.
Photo Credits: Damany Campbell, Lucia Effros and Leigh Mosley
What People Are Saying About Me
As part of the 2023 Georgetown Law Women’s Forum, Ananda facilitated a “Morning Mindfulness Workshop” for a group of attendees to begin the day. We received overwhelmingly positive and meaningful feedback about this workshop. Our attendees remarked that she made wellness feel achievable and appreciated that she shared concise action items that they could use after they left. She engaged interactively with attendees throughout the session and brought a tremendous warmth, energy, and authenticity to the workshop. Her passion and expertise on the subject were palpable! In addition to her talent and skill facilitating the workshop, she was a pleasure to work with in the lead up to the event. She was incredibly responsive, flexible, and understanding of our needs and helped us deliver a terrific experience for our alumni. We will certainly work with Ananda again and thank her tremendously for helping us make this important topic accessible.
Stephanie Rydell, Associate Director, Law Alumni Relations. Georgetown University Law Center
Ananda is a pure gem! She provided a safe space for women and allies to come together and invest in their personal well-being. She is incredible at what she does, N an excellent partner, and someone whose positive energy, you instantly want to work with!
President of Women at Amazon Seattle and Senior Program Manager, Global Talent Management, Amazon Mentoring
Ananda led an intuitive movement workshop as part of our International Women’s Day celebration, and it was a huge success. She was such a pleasure to work with, was exceptionally prepared and knowledgeable, and was such an engaging presenter. We received great feedback from the event attendees, with many pointing out her great approach to the material and her contagious enthusiasm. Attendees loved “the connection with the instructor,” with one noting “the warmth of the entire event, I felt very welcome and relaxed.” Another attendee provided the following feedback: “This event was exactly what I needed and hoped it would be. I really enjoyed meeting Ananda and felt so relaxed and connected after the event. I actually went right to her website and signed up for her retreat this weekend. I am looking forward to incorporating healthy ways to manage stress in my life.” I’d encourage anyone to Thrive Mindfully with Ananda!
Christy Leonard, Senior Program Manager, Research – Device, Digital & Alexa Support, Amazon
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Ananda in multiple ways over the years and each engagement has been wonderful. We recently contracted her to develop a self-paced webinar series focused on self-care and mindfulness. In looking to go beyond a standard 60 min talking-head video we had a number of requests around breaking up the content and creating opportunities for participants to go to the next step within the topic if they so desired. Not only was she up for working with our unique requests, but she also nailed it on the deliverables in a timely fashion. I recommend others work with her and will be looking for further opportunities myself.
Ash Shepherd, Chief Program Officer, Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
Working with Ananda is a breath of fresh air. This talented leader ran morning mindfulness sessions at Keela’s Plugged In: Nonprofit Tech and Transformation digital conference in March 2020, bringing us back to the basics and imparting us with the alignment we needed to face the rest of the busy days. Ananda is very calming, and her step-by-step session left us with practical, actionable information that I still use to this day. Thank you Ananda, I’ve made my breath my BFF.
Samantha Lego, Marketing Director, Keela
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