Movement as Art.

Meet Lei Lei

Lei Lei de Kirby is a movement educator and yoga teacher specializing in strength, mobility, and supporting recovery for vertical athletes for two decades. With a background in yoga, dance, and professional aerial arts, she brings over twenty years of experience working with climbers and other high-demand movement disciplines.

Her work centers on injury prevention, performance, and long-term sustainability. Drawing from her experience as a professional athlete, teacher, and studio owner, she helps students build strength, restore mobility, and move with greater efficiency.

Informed by her studies in somatic psychotherapy and Ayurveda, her approach supports focus, resilience, and recovery for athletes operating in high-demand environments.

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Current Class Offerings

Each class is intentionally crafted to build strength, improve mobility, and support nervous system regulation, helping you move with greater awareness, efficiency, and ease.

Yoga for Climbers
In Yoga for Climbers, we focus on the areas that tend to get overworked in climbing. Expect intentional joint prep, hip and shoulder mobility, chest opening, balance work, and mindful movement designed to support both performance and recovery. This class is built to help you move more efficiently while also giving your body the care and maintenance it needs to stay strong and resilient.

Flow & Restore
Cultivate strength and flexibility while building deeper body awareness. We begin with gentle opening shapes and gradually build into a steady, warming vinyasa flow that supports mobility, stability, and breath connection. The practice then downshifts into supported restorative postures, giving your nervous system space to settle. You will leave feeling warm, spacious, and more grounded in your body.

Vinyasa Flow
Move through a steady, breath-led sequence that builds strength, mobility, and fluidity. This class links postures together in a continuous flow, helping you develop heat, focus, and full-body awareness. Expect a balanced practice that challenges you while still leaving space to move with intention and ease.

Restorative Yin
Settle into a slow, deeply supportive practice designed to release tension and calm the nervous system. This class blends longer yin-style holds with fully supported restorative shapes to encourage deep tissue release and quiet stillness. Expect a grounding, spacious experience that helps your body unwind and your mind soften.

Weekly Practice:

Flow and Restore

Fridays 4:30-5:30 Portland Rock Gym Northeast

Sundays 10:00-11:00 Circuit Southeast

Yoga for Climbers

Saturdays 9:00- 10:00 Circuit Tigard

Saturdays 11:30-12:30 Portland Rock Gym Beaverton

Vinyasa

Guest teaching Vinyasa Flow - check the website for upcoming classes at both Portland Rock Gym and The Circuit.

Private Teaching

Private sessions offer fully personalized yoga tailored to your body, goals, and current season of life. Together we can focus on mobility, strength, nervous system regulation, recovery, or climbing-specific support based on what you need most. Ideal for anyone seeking thoughtful, one-on-one guidance in a supportive and intentional setting.

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Retreats & Ayurveda

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  • “I have attended many of Lei Lei’s yoga classes. Lei Lei is extremely knowledgeable, and her classes provide a balance of restorative and strengthening poses that leave me feeling both empowered and at peace. She creates an atmosphere that feels serene and sacred, as well as warm, inviting and relaxed. I feel so fortunate to practice with Lei Lei.”

    — Heather

  • “Lei Lei is such a thoughtful teacher. Everything about her classes feels intentional. I always leave the studio feeling more open, steady and deeply reset. You can really feel the care woven throughout the practice.”

    — Emma

  • “Lei Lei is so incredible! Her knowledge alone is mind blowing but the way she moves, shows you how to move and the way you feel after is exactly what every woman needs!”

    — Sarah

  • “I took a yoga workshop with Lei Lei. I can tell you Lei Lei is incredibly passionate about the work she does and is very knowledgeable about the body. So grateful to be able to work with her!”

    — Kelsey

  • “Lei Lei’s lifelong pursuit of movement, and breath work is evident in her teachings. Not only is she extremely educated when it comes to moving the body, she is also a wonderful healer, listener and friend who takes a holistic approach to her student’s mind, body and spirit.”

    – Dora