hi I'm ariel nice to meet you

hi i'm ariel nice to meet you

Ariel Kiley

sometimes it feels like i have lived several lives already

if you'd like to learn more about me, scroll on...

I was born and raised in a farmhouse in Northern Vermont

I spent my twenties chasing the dream in New York City—guest spots on The Sopranos and Law & Order, working in high-end hospitality.

And finishing my undergraduate degree (with many delays) at New York University.

I also co-authored a book about self-development and dating with a friend. It’s called Smitten: The Way of the Brilliant Flirt (Chronicle: 2013).

Ariel Kiley - Lady Quest podcast host
Ariel Kiley - Lady Quest podcast host

Somewhere along the way, I discovered yoga

Not the Instagram kind

The kind that actually transforms you from the inside out. I got certified, then kept going: E-RYT 500, IAYT yoga therapist, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner. I started teaching at places like Equinox, and local Brooklyn studios. I designed programming. Led trainings. Flew around the world. Loved it. I led stress relief techniques and mindfulness at at Harvard, and Yale. Plus I did a cadaver dissection lab. Whoa, your insides are amazing.

Then, after about a decade of all that, I burned out from the runaround. I fantasized about living in a camper trailer in the desert...

So I did.

In 2019 I purchased a Toyota 4Runner and Scamp Camper and drove to the desert of Joshua Tree. It was profound, freeing, gorgeous and cathartic. 

Then the pandemic hit. I met my now-husband on a dating site online, and moved to live with him in Los Angeles for five years.

During that time I built my online conscious fitness program called FitBodLife.com.

Please pop over there if you’d like to experience my teaching.

And see the beautiful desert landscape I had to return to…

i just couldn't let the desert go

When the fires hit LA in early 2025, we decided it was time get wild

So now I’m back in the high desert near Joshua Tree—this time in a proper house with my husband instead of a camper.

I’m running my online conscious fitness program. I’m sometimes sharing through my podcast (The Lady Quest Podcast). I’m reading wonderful books, seeing live music, meeting with friends to watch sunsets, and sometimes teaching at the local yoga studio for community and fun.

Life is good. And yet there’s so much more I still want to do…

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