About Lex
Lex’s Certifications & Trainings Include:
E-RYT 500 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher
100 Hour Meditation Teacher
100 Hour EMBER Trauma Sensitive Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training
Reiki Level 1 & 2 Training & Certification
75 Hour Sound Healing Certification
Self Guided Intuitive Aura Reader
Self Guided Intuitive Oracle Card Channeling
Self Guided Astrology Enthusiast & Birth Chart Reader
Lex’s Story
My journey began after moving to Columbus, Ohio when I was 20 year’s old. I was running away from the trauma and stagnancy of being raised in a small town, an extraordinarily abusive relationship, and a community that never aligned with my identity. Expectations had been placed on me from a very young age. “Be perfect, be pretty, smile and never let them see you make a mistake,” was the constant reel running in my head.
My body was keeping the score, and by the time I was 22, I found a safe haven in yoga and finally found the community I had been so desperate for. While becoming trained in yoga, I also acquired my college degree in International Development at The Ohio State University where I studied international diplomacy, environmental and political sciences, globalization and economics.
Along the way, I fell into Marketing and Branding as both an employee and freelancer for tech startups, corporate fashion and retail, and small businesses. And by 2020, found my passion in teaching meditation and working with energy as a healing mechanism. My greatest journey thus far as been that of a spiritual entrepreneur.
My teachings focus on deep healing and connection with the mind-body and the divine. My four-pillar method helps my students reach healing. It helps them find their authenticity and cultivate a better life. And while I believe that “love and light” has its place in spirituality, I also believe that healing and awareness do not truly come about without deep shadow work and looking at the uncomfortable parts of ourselves.
I know firsthand how difficult it can be to manage the stress and trauma of the modern world. I want you to achieve a state of freedom in your authentic and highest self and help you stand in your divine power.
Outside of my professional career and business adventures, you will find me hanging out with my partner, Jeremy. We have been together for 13 years and have two crazy dogs named Stevie Nicks and Jack White. I love catching a good concert or music festival, gardening, painting, buying flowers, shopping on ETSY, hitting up farmer’s markets, lying in the sun, and finding time to travel to at least one new place every year.
Self Made?
Spiritual U is Lex’s brainchild but she and it wouldn’t be what they are today without some help. Check out who Lex has worked under, developed through, & gained inspiration from….
Lauren Littlewood
Spiritual U’s copywriter and Lex’s accountability partnerBritt Gustafson
Lex’s Mentor, Reiki Practitioner & Intuitive Business CoachStella Giometti & Angela Gann
Founders of Paloma in Columbus, OhioMichele Vinbury, Marcia Miller, Linda Oshins, & Anne Weidinger
Yoga legends in the Columbus, OH community who Lex trained & certified under
Lex’s Philosophical Studies
Materials, Ideologies and Philosophies that have shaped Spiritual U’s foundation…
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
When God Was A Woman by Merlin Stone
Autobiobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
The Seven Planes Of Existance by Vianna Stibal
Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Athena Doctrine by John Gerzema & Michael D’Antonio
Carl Jung, 20th century Swiss psychotherapist who developed concepts of the Shadow and archetypal personality traits
Chani Nicholas, Owner & Creator of the Astrology app Chani
Natija Cave, Intuitive Channeler & social media influencer
Daniel G. Amen, M.D., doctor & brain disorder specialist