Léonie has a background in music having studied the piano in Glasgow.
She began having lessons in the Alexander Technique during student days in 1974 due to recurrent severe back problems. The focus gradually shifted from music to the Alexander Technique via disparate activities such as teaching the piano in the Outer Hebrides and working at the UN in Geneva. Léonie has also taught in Denmark, Switzerland, Argentina and Uruguay and the UK. She is particularly good at helping individuals with “intractable” problems.