About Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke discovered mindfulness when her career as a young lawyer and investment banker did not produce the level of success she expected. During her healing journey, Ananda studied and practiced meditation, reiki, yoga, art, and creative writing. As a result, she became a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, reiki master practitioner, and artist-in-residence for the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts.

Today, she listens to her heart and follows her intuition to help people, businesses, organizations, and communities become resilient and thrive with mindfulness, self-care, and creativity as the Chief Mindfulness Officer of Ananda Leeke Consulting, a personal and professional development firm. . In addition, she hosts and produces the Thriving Mindfully Show on Eaton Radio and teaches meditation classes and mindfulness workshops at Qi Kratom CBD Tea in DC.

Ananda received Acquisition International's Influential Businesswoman Award for the Most Caring Woman in Mindfulness Training and WeUpWomen's Adelaide Smith Award for her work in self-care and wellness in 2018. In 2019, she was selected by lululemon to serve as a lululemon luminary, received Acquisition International's Influential Businesswoman in Professional Development - USA Award, and was named a Well-Being Warrior by the Well-Being and Equity Bridging Network.

Her books, Love's Troubadours, a yoga-inspired novel; That Which Awakens Me, a mindful creativity memoir; and Digital Sisterhood, a mindful technology memoir, are available on Amazon. She is currently writing Thriving Mindfully, a memoir about her mindfulness and wellness journey. She speaks at conferences and events sponsored by AT&T, Automattic, BlogHer, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Eaton DC, Executive Women International, Howard University, Institute for Medicaid Innovation, Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media, lululemon, Marisla Foundation, Meetup/WeWork, Nonprofit Technology Network, Sisterhued, Spelman College, Unity of Washington, DC, Washington National Cathedral, Web of Change, and Wonder Women Tech Summit. In addition, she regularly shares her meditation, mindfulness, and social media expertise as a commentator on WHUR 96.3 FM.

She is a proud alumna of Georgetown University Law Center, Howard University School of Law, Morgan State University, and Elizabeth Seton High School. She is a member of Unity of Washington, DC (meditation and reiki ministries), Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC's People of Color Sangha, and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. She lives in Washington, DC. Learn more at AnandaLeeke.com.

Be inspired to practice mindfulness, meditation and self-care with her Thriving Mindfully Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dFtWGb.

Attend her weekly #ThrivingMindfully Meetup Group's Mindful Monday Meditation class in DC: meetup.com/thriving-mindfully-meetup.

Join her growing community of #ThrivingMindfully podcast listeners: soundcloud.com/ananda-leeke.

Watch her #ThrivingMindfully video series:
youtube.com/user/anandaleeke.

Explore mindfulness with her support as a member of A Mindful Cup of Tea Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/mindfulcupoftea.