Leslie
Zehr
Leslie
Zehr left western culture in 1986 to make her home in
Egypt. She is one of
the very few writers and teachers of esoteric wisdom that
actually resides in Egypt. Leslie
Zehr was born in 1960, in Lima, Perú. She lived there until
she was five. Her
mother reports that from the time she could stand she would
turn on the radio, stand in front of it and dance , and she
has been dancing ever since!
After
leaving Perú she moved to the United
States with her family. Her fascination with
Egypt and
Babylonia began at the age of
9 when she was first exposed to ancient civilizations in
history class. Seeing a
picture of the Ramses mummy awakened something in her. She began buying books
on Egypt and painting
pictures with Pharohnic themes.
As
a child she studied many forms of dance, tap, jazz and
ballet. She was
also a competitive Ice Skater. When she stopped
skating as a teenager she returned to dance. Limited by the fact
that she didn’t have a ‘dancer’s body’, but rather a round and
curvy goddess type body, she never pursued a career in
dance. Leslie’s
passion and life has always been
dance.
At
the age of 12 she began studying alternative therapies and the
occult sciences (such as tarot and astrology). Having
grown up in the theatre (being the daughter of an actress) she
began to work extensively in theatre in her teenage years,
first as a makeup artist then as a
performer.
After
High School she completed a certification as a Cosmetician and
Makeup- artist.
She worked in the Cosmetic field for several years
before studying nutrition and then attending
university.
At
the age of 21 Leslie attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute
where she majored in Biochemistry, completed the curriculum,
and then changed her major to Psychology. She holds a BS in
Psychology from VPI.
She resided in the US until
1986.
On
December 31, 1985 she made her first trip to
Egypt. The feeling was one of
returning home after a very long journey. She was married in
Egypt in April
1986. Both of her
children were born in Cairo. Although she is now
divorced she continues to make her home in Egypt with her two
children.
During
the years when she was a fulltime mother she ran La Leche
League Cairo, a support group for breastfeeding mothers. At that time she also
continued her studies in alternative therapies and esoteric
wisdom.
In
1995 Leslie opened one of the very first Centres for Health
and Well-being in Egypt. The Centre offers a
sacred Space for education and spiritual growth. As well as monthly
gatherings
The Centre sponsors lectures, workshops and courses with both
local and international facilitators.
The
Women’s Group for Health and Well-being-Cairo was established
by Leslie and her Reiki Master, Betty Brody in 1996.
The
group was started with
the idea of
connecting and educating women about the healing arts. With so many people
moving in and out of Cairo a huge international
web has been created through The Women’s Group.
From
a gathering of a few women it has expanded to a network with
over 300 members.
In
November of 2005 another group spurred off of the Women’s
Group called GrandmotherSpider. GrandmotherSpider
resides in cyberspace making it accessible to people anywhere
in the world. The
intention behind this group is to offer support for people
doing transformational work, during this dynamic period of
time, by sharing personal
experiences.
Leslie’s
Shamanic work with plants has led her to develop a line of
Egyptian Flower and Sacred Sites Remedies, called
the Al-chemia
Remedies. The remedies were
birthed between the years 2000-2004. The last one was
prepared on the 8th of June 2004, during the Venus
transit when the goddess began her journey to the
underground. The
Remedies hold the energy of Egypt herself and
can be used for transformational and alchemical healing.
During
her Uranus opposition in 2002 she received an initiation in
Dendara temple, north of Luxor. The initiation
opened a portal to the archetypal and vibrational plane. From that time on she
began to have experiences and receive information about The
Dance. After
receiving the information it was all confirmed by outside
sources. Based on
her experiences at Dendara and throughout Egypt, she has
developed this method of teaching dance and esoteric
wisdom.
She
has never studied Middle Eastern dance formally. All of what has
learned is channeled directly from the Earth Mother herself.
What she
teaches is the process, exactly as it unfolded, and continues
to unfold, for her.
Along
with the information on the Dance and the Remedies, the
initiation left her with the ability to access information and
read ‘signs’. From this
time on she was able to read Tarot and Astrology charts. She uses these tools
to access information for her students and clients doing
transformational work.
In
2003 she received a strong message that this information
needed to be taken out of Egypt. Since then she has
been giving talks, distributing the Remedies and teaching the
Dance internationally.
Personally she continues her path as the Universal
Dancer embracing her God given gifts including her goddess
type body, helping women to do the
same.
While
in Egypt Leslie teaches dance to foreign as well as Egyptian
women. 2006
brought the opportunity to work with young girls, teaching
them the dance as well, so that they might never lose their
connection to the Divine Feminine.
Leslie
works as a Holistic Therapist in Cairo. She is a
Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master with International
Certifications in Aromatherapy, Touch For Health and
Hypnotherapy. She
also holds Diplomas in Homeopathy and Sandplay therapy, and is
a Reiki Master.
Leslie is Cairo’s most prominent
Aromatherapist.
In February 2006 she presented a talk to the Doctors at
the National Research Center of Egypt as a way to introduce
Aromatherapy to Department of Complementary
Therapies.
As
an author Leslie has published articles on Sacred Dance, Spiritual Astrology,
Aromatherapy,
Alchemy
and the Al-chemia
Remedies. She is
presently completing a book on Sacred Dance and her sacred to
Egypt, as well as a
collection of poems and short
stories.
