Leslie Zehr was born in 1960, in Lima, Perú.  She lived there until she was five.  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.  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 graduating from University.

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 1996, with her Reiki Master, Betty Brody, Leslie started The Women’s Group for Health and Well-being Cairo.  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.

As well as monthly gatherings the group sponsors lectures, workshops and courses with both local and international facilitators.   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.  The remedies were birthed between the years 2000-2004.  The last one was prepared on the 8^th of June 2004, during the Venus transit when the goddess began her journey underground.  The Remedies hold the energy of Egypt herself and can be used for transformational and alchemical healing. 

During her Uranus opposition in 2002she 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 Universal 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.   What she teaches is the process, exactly as it unfolded, and continues to unfold, for her.

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.

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.  She also works as a Holistic Therapist with International Certificates in Aromatherapy and Hypnotherapy, Diplomas in Homeopathy and Sandplay therapy, and as a Reiki Master.

As an author she has published articles on Sacred Dance, Aromatherapy and the Egyptian Flower and Sacred Sites Remedies.  She is presently completing a book on her sacred journey to Egypt to be published in 2006, as well as a collection of poems and short stories.