Hi, I’m Leah Thomas — a celebrant, bodyworker, and guide.

For over 25 years, my work has centred around one simple question:

How do we live well, stay present, and meet life’s thresholds with honesty and care?

I support people through times of change and transition, offering calm presence, thoughtful guidance, and grounded support in a busy and often overwhelming world.

A life rooted in the body

My work began - and remains - in the body.

For over two decades, I’ve worked as a bodyworker and movement teacher, supporting people to feel more at ease in their bodies, calmer in their minds, and more present in their lives. I believe the body is one of the most powerful gateways to steadiness, clarity, and connection — especially in modern life.

This embodied understanding underpins everything I do.
Whether I’m guiding a ceremony, holding space in grief, or supporting someone one-to-one, my work is always rooted in presence, pacing, and nervous-system awareness.

Becoming a celebrant

Years later, I trained as a celebrant — a role that has become one of the greatest honours of my life.

To stand alongside people at moments of love, loss, commitment, and remembrance is sacred work. I create ceremonies that are personal, meaningful, and quietly held — shaped around the people at the centre, rather than a fixed script.

My ceremonies are:

  • calm, grounded, and sincere

  • story-led and deeply human

  • poetic without being performative

  • held with warmth, steadiness, and care

I’ve had the privilege of leading many funerals and memorials, supporting families through grief with gentleness and clarity. This work has profoundly shaped how I understand life — and how I choose to live it.

Live and Leave Lightly

Live and Leave Lightly grew from lived experience.

After moving through a significant period of grief, and accompanying many others through loss, I became acutely aware of something we all share: we are living lives that will one day end.

Rather than something to fear, I believe this awareness can become a guide.

Live and Leave Lightly is about:

  • living with intention

  • staying awake to the present moment

  • simplifying what doesn’t matter

  • tending to what does

  • leaving fewer emotional and practical burdens behind

This philosophy runs through all my work — from weddings that honour love consciously, to funerals that reflect a life truthfully, to bodywork and counselling that support people to come home to themselves.

How I Work

I bring together:

  • embodied presence from years of body-based practice

  • spiritual sensitivity (without dogma or pressure)

  • clear, thoughtful language shaped with care

  • calm leadership at emotionally significant moments

I work with people who value sincerity, depth, and simplicity — people who want to mark life’s moments with meaning rather than spectacle.

A little about me

I live by the sea in Dorset with my long-term partner James.
My life — like my work — is shaped by rhythm, simplicity, and living as lightly as possible on the earth.

If you’re here

If you’ve found your way here, you may be:

  • planning a wedding that feels true to you

  • navigating grief or loss

  • seeking grounding, guidance, or clarity

  • or sensing a desire to live more consciously

You’re very welcome.

I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.

Contact me

Interested in working together? Fill out some info and I will be in touch shortly. I can’t wait to hear from you!