ABOUT US
"We are super excited to be traveling the globe, while continuing to live our purpose of sharing our passions for authentic living into the greatest versions of ourselves."
Quantum Leap Retreats
Quantum Leap Retreats warmly acknowledges, respects, and invites you to journey and celebrate life with us! Delve into yourself to awaken your personal truths, whether on or off the yoga mat, we inspire your inner beauty and love to expand and become far-reaching. Tap into growth in unexpected areas, develop a greater sense of compassion, and become inwardly strengthened as you travel the path of the light. Wherever you may be in your journey of life, this path is an ever unfolding and evolving inner journey full of desire, passion, and breakthroughs.
With a truly epic decade of leading wellness and yoga retreats, certifying yoga students in 200-hour and 500-hour teacher trainings in East Boca Raton, Florida ~ Val and Ira are very proud to have graduated over 500 yoga teachers and 10,000 guests who have experienced their programs and retreats from all over the world. Now they are inviting you to join them in traveling the globe to take part in the next phase of their journey.
Val and Ira continue to expand their reach leading individuals, couples or small groups of friends on what they call Concierge Tailor-made Retreats Worldwide. Whether you wish to indulge in soothing spa treatments; engage in meditation, yoga, and tai chi sessions at your leisure; dive into personal and spiritual development to receive coaching on something deeply personal, our tailor-made retreats provide the freedom to curate your wellness experience to your liking. These retreats are the perfect blend of relaxation and health focused activities, dining on nutritious gourmet meals, set amidst breathtaking locations. Unwind by the beach, hike in the mountains, or immerse yourself in local culture, all while staying committed to your wellbeing.
Concierge international retreats are tailor-made to the individual for the purpose of furthering personal growth and discovery of your choosing.
The Classic Four Retreat Programs
You may also choose to relax and find your inner zen on a journey to the beautiful tropical destination of East Boca Raton, Florida where selecting from the classic four: Disconnect to Reconnect; Intensive Juice and Water Fasting Detox; Yin and Restorative; and SUP Retreat Programs will continue to be available with rolling admission in South Florida during select times of year. Season December - April / and Summer June - August.
Ira
Ira’s background was education while in college, and he started his first brick and mortar business at the age of 23. Since then he has consistently been using his entrepreneurial skills both consulting businesses, opening his own businesses, all the while making a difference in people’s lives personally and professionally.
“After going through a painful divorce I was attempting to find my way. Being a father, I knew there were some major life shifts needed to be there for my daughter and become the man and father I knew I could be.”
Ira started to practice yoga consciously in 2007. When Ira found yoga at the age of 35, he realized more of his dharma (purpose). Within three months Ira set out to become a 200-hour certified yoga teacher. Upon completion of his 200-hr certification, Ira immediately started to teach both private and large group classes in Boca Raton and the larger southeast Florida community. He soon created Zen Den Yoga Studio. He was enjoying the classes with his students; however, Ira wanted to get yoga out to more people. After becoming an ERYT500-hr yoga teacher in 2008, he made a goal to reach 3 million people. In 2009 he started Zen Den Yoga School, and in 2013 Ira opened the Zen Den Yoga Retreat Center to share a journey of disconnect to reconnect with everybody, students of the yoga teacher training program and those just looking for a tropical getaway. In 2015 Ira became one of the first breathwork facilitators in the country, supporting individuals and groups in creating break-throughs and personal transformation in their lives. Around this time, Ira met Valerie and their love story is beautiful, and made all the more sweet because of their shared passions and purpose in facilitating others to embrace self discovery and realize their potential.
After 15 years supporting and certifying over 500 students and supporting over 10,000 retreat guests, he now continues to support individuals, couples, and small groups with coaching, consulting, mentoring, and retreat facilitation.
Valerie
Valerie first experienced an awakening in Stuyvesant H.S. sophomore year in her Metaphysics class. She not only learned, but felt, we are truly energy beings in physical form. From this young awareness stemmed four more decades of learning how to embody, harness, and flow with this energy to create the life of her dreams! Valerie Leeds is a dynamic wellness entrepreneur teaching people to access their best selves in mind, body and spirit. With more than 30 years in the professional field of health and wellness, Valerie has cultivated a set of teaching tools based on the premise that our human potential is only limited by our belief systems. She brings a fresh look at how your mind and energies can be adapted on a moment to moment basis to live life in greater mastery. Her simple teachings give guests new levels of wellbeing and performance in health and mindset, so they can cultivate greater ease, joy and grace in all areas of life!
Valerie’s unique experience spans decades as a Bodywork & Energy Therapist, starting with a unique mentoring program at the age of 22 in the natural healing academy (1994),where she felt she’d found her tribe. She continued supporting clients in releasing blocks and stuckness and improving their health and wellbeing. Realizing she and her clients wanted more, she deepened her practice in Access Consciousness (2005), followed by training at human potential training center, Summit Education Training (2008), and helped launch and staff the Gratitude Training Center (2009). Subsequently Val launched her own coaching program for personal development called A.R.C. Angel Program giving clients a way to handle mindset management improving both physical, emotional and mental wellbeing (awareness - response-ability - choice). In the nutrition field, she is an Affiliate of an international whole food nutrition company, JuicePlus+ (2013), and got Certified as a Health Coach from Dr. Sears Wellness Institute (2014). Inspired to get her 200-hr YTT, over the years that followed, she is an experienced registered yoga teacher (ERYT) 500-hr, and Co-owner and Facilitator of Zen Den Yoga School & Wellness Retreat Center with Ira. When Val met Ira in 2015, not only did she find love she found a soul mate and partner.
Now having supported 100’s of grads and 1000’s of retreat guests, she is enjoying curating this next level of making a difference around the globe traveling with Ira and creating their own quantum leap!
Greece / Guatemala / Boca Raton / Delray Beach / St. Petersburg / Mexico / & beyond!