Leila Karimi

Leila Karimi is an Iranian yoga teacher with formal certification in Trauma-Informed Yoga (TCTSY) — the evidence-based therapeutic application of yoga developed specifically for people managing PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, and the deep stress responses that traumatic experiences create in the nervous system.

Her therapeutic yoga sessions are gentle, slow, and designed to restore a sense of safety in the body — the fundamental prerequisite for healing that regular yoga classes can inadvertently undermine for those carrying trauma. She works with clients on a 1-to-1 basis, creating a highly confidential and deeply supportive therapeutic relationship.

Leila also teaches group therapeutic yoga classes for smaller groups of 4-6, creating a community of healing among participants with shared experiences. She is trilingual in Farsi, English, and French, and serves Dubai's Iranian, French-speaking North African, and broader Middle Eastern communities with a therapeutic approach that is very difficult to find in the UAE.