I’ve been a principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company for 21 yrs, as well as an actor and performer in other companies worldwide. Being a dancer is a very intense career. There is an extremely high level of competition, criticism, and physical and mental stress that one enters into at a very young age. Dr. Lagos gave me me the key back to that place within myself where I could find faith and trust that I could swim strong and as it turns out, actually enjoy the ride, and come to crave more of it. In working with Dr. Lagos, the process of “taming my dragon” began with the body, and the full rainbow of feeling and sensations.  I was given specific breathing techniques to practice daily, to strengthen my connection to my heart and produce a physical state to conducive to peak performance. Using biofeedback she monitored my progress and I could see how my heart rate and breathing started to shift and become something I could control, ironically when I stopped trying to be in control. I was learning to let go and the nervous anxiety I had before, started to change into a tingling excitement and connectedness to my pulsing open strong center. I could start to shift my emotional state at will, through using the tools Dr. Lagos taught me. Onstage, I felt my vulnerability, but it was as if I were a flower opening to the audience petal by petal, offering my most tender heart and I felt powerful in this place. I’ve noticed the work I’ve done with Dr. Lagos has changed my life off stage as well. I find myself expanding and pushing myself out into new territories. I feel an eagerness to explore new challenges and take risks.

Working with Dr. Lagos strengthened my ability to control my muscle tension, thoughts, and unproductive anxieties and helped me to achieve my personal record in rowing.

From the moment I sit down in Dr. Lagos’ office, I can immediately feel my body relax and move towards what she calls ‘resonance.’ Sometimes it feels like she is literally hugging me with her persona.  And it feels really good.  She is able to do this, in part, because she is an empath of the highest order.  A true emotional genius.  But the other thing that is happening is that her personal resonance is so powerful that it actually ‘entrains’ someone else’s system to do the same.  That’s the amazing thing about resonance training.  It’s not just about getting your system in synch with itself. It’s also about getting yourself in synch with others.  At an advanced level, it’s about getting in synch with the universe.  It’s such a powerful experience when you see it action.  And I consider myself blessed to have taken up the HRV training.

Dr. Leah Lagos is an extraordinary being. I’ve never known a greater empath. She feels the ripples of the human psyche with a subtlety and sensitivity that is unique in my world experience. I’ve also had the good fortune of experiencing and observing up close her Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback training with over 30 elite mental performers. The vast majority have described the experience as some version of life changing, and I’ve been blown away by the immense performance benefits. Without a doubt, Leah is a multi-dimensional star in the realm of peak performance training.