About Ashleigh
welcome to bend with boyce
Hi! My name is Ashleigh and I am the owner of Bend with Boyce, a wellness company that brings yoga, fitness, mindfulness, breathwork, and meditation services to studios, fitness facilities, schools, workplaces, and athletic teams. While I offer these programs part-time, I am currently a full-time high school health and physical education teacher and coach. My passion resides in helping people to explore their own perspectives, values, fitness styles, and mindfulness tools that help them achieve and maintain their best quality of life.
Why is it called Bend with Boyce? Other than my first name being hard to spell, it is important for us to find the right balance between rooting down to be too rigid and not rooting down enough to where we are constantly swayed. The ability to bend, but not break, and flow on the mat and throughout life is important in building our resilience all the while staying true to ourselves.
In my classes you can expect to work hard, to laugh and smile, to ground and grow deeply present within yourself. My classes often incorporate breathwork, mobility, strengthening and toning movements, and mindfulness to help my students align with their goals, explore their edge, and meet their most authentic self exactly where they are. My classes are open to all levels, all experiences, all ages, and all bodies.
certifications
B.A. K-12 Health and Physical Education, Rowan University
M.Ed. Health and Wellness Education, American College of Education
200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance
Certified Group Exercise Instructor, ISSA
Certified Pilates Instructor, ISSA
Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery, Veterans Yoga Project
First Aid/CPR/AED Certification Instructor, American Red Cross
CPR/AED Certification, American Heart Association
Pranayama Teacher 50hr, Yoga & Ayurveda Center
Sport Yoga Instruction, NESTA
Women's Basic Physical Defense Instruction, RAD Systems
Green Dot Bystander Training Instructor, Alteristic
Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Nat'l Council for Mental Wellbeing
Chair Yoga, Yoga & Ayurveda Center
Restorative Yoga, Yoga & Ayurveda Center
Yin Yoga, Yoga & Ayurveda Center
TRX Suspension Training, TRX
experiences
Health & Physical Education Teacher, Yoga Elective Teacher, Hightstown
2023 - Present
Health & Physical Education Teacher, Scotch Plains
2015 - 2023
Health & Physical Education Teacher, ALC New Brunswick
2014 - 2016
JV Girls Lacrosse Coach
2015 - Present
Assistant / JV Girls Field Hockey Coach
2023 - Present
Yoga & Fitness Instructor at Life Time, Red Bank NJ
Jan 2024 - Present
Yoga Instructor at Revive, Eatontown, NJ
July 2024 - Present
Yoga Instructor for Team Yoga NJ
Jan 2024 - Present
Yoga & Fitness Instructor at The Fort Athletic Club, Oceanport NJ
Dec 2021 - Present
Fitness Pop Up Classes at The Saint Laurent Social Club, Asbury Park NJ
Summer 2023
Yoga Instructor at Be Yoga, Rumson NJ
Feb 2023 - Aug 2023 (closed)
Yoga Instructor at Metta Yoga, Tinton Falls NJ
June 2021 - Dec 2022
Yoga Instructor at Safe Way Out Foundation, Bradley Beach NJ
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Fitness Instructor at The Max Challenge, Hazlet & Shrewsbury, NJ
Jan 2019 - March 2022
Summer Day Camp Director, Marlboro
2015 - 2020