The Work Behind Inscape
Hi, I’m Missy-LeAna, the founder of Inscape Yoga.
I began practicing yoga in 2009 during a time when I needed something steady and grounding in my life. What started as a personal practice eventually became a path I couldn’t ignore.
I completed my initial yoga teacher training in 2018 through Asheville Yoga Center and continued my education through advanced training and certification. Over time, my work naturally moved toward yoga therapy, and I completed my yoga therapy certification through My Vinyasa Practice in 2025. I am a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500).
More than anything, I believe yoga should be practical and accessible. My approach focuses on helping people feel more comfortable in their bodies, move with less strain, and learn how breath and movement can support everyday life. I don’t teach yoga as a performance or a belief system — I teach it as a tool for living with more ease, awareness, and stability.
Before teaching yoga full-time, I worked in a variety of roles, including the service industry and later as a paralegal. While that work provided stability, it also led to burnout. Yoga became a way to slow down, reconnect with myself, and eventually choose a different direction. With encouragement from my husband, family, and friends, I made the decision to leave my state job and build Inscape Yoga from the ground up.
That choice wasn’t easy — and it still requires patience, flexibility, and trust. But it has allowed me to create a practice and community rooted in honesty, care, and sustainability.
Inscape Yoga exists to offer the kind of support I once needed myself — a place where people can move gently, breathe deeply, and feel supported without pressure or expectation. Whether you’re new to yoga, returning after time away, or looking for a more therapeutic approach, you are welcome here.
Thank you for being here and for taking the time to learn about the work behind Inscape.
Our Mission
At Inscape Yoga, our mission is to offer supportive, practical yoga that meets people where they are. We focus on gentle movement, mindful breathing, and thoughtful pacing to help students feel more comfortable in their bodies and more at ease in daily life.
We welcome people of all experience levels and backgrounds and strive to create a calm, inclusive environment where everyone feels supported — without pressure, performance, or expectation.
Yoga at Inscape is not about pushing limits or achieving poses. It’s about learning how to move, breathe, and live with greater steadiness and care.
The Inscape Studio
This work is deeply personal—but it’s not done alone. Inscape Yoga is part of a larger creative life rooted in presence, craft, and care. My husband, Bart, is a metal artist whose work explores form, patience, and intention through handmade sculpture.
Though what we create looks very different, it comes from the same place: attention, integrity, and a deep love for the process itself. You can view Bart’s art at https://inscape.art.
Community Partnerships
I’m also grateful to collaborate with Angie and Steve Taylor of Natural Balance Practice. Their work focuses on thoughtful, supportive care, and our shared approach is rooted in respect for the body, nervous system, and individual experience.
You can learn more about their work at Natural Balance Practice.
Inscape [in-skeyp] - noun
The unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event. At Inscape Yoga, we celebrate the distinctive spark that makes you, your practice, and our community beautifully unique.