A former corporate finance professional, Althea Lawton-Thompson is the President of Aerobics, Yoga & More®, an Atlanta-based corporate wellness company, and founder of the training academy, Living Life Limitlessly® University, which has certified hundreds of meditation instructors, yoga teachers, and Reiki practitioners.
With certifications in personal training, group exercise, Yoga, Pilates, pre- and post-natal wellness, youth and senior exercise, crystal healing, aquatic fitness, essential oil therapy, Reiki, and medicinal plant therapy from organizations like Cornell University and Trinity School of Natural Health, Althea is a specialist in holistic wellness and has dedicated her career and life to natural healing since 1996 when she left corporate America to start her fitness company. Through AYM Fitness, she created and led wellness programs for companies and hospital university systems including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, Verizon, and PNC, to name a few. As a fitness media personality, she hosted the Altheatized® cable fitness show for several years, was the weekend fitness reporter for WBAL Channel 11 News in Maryland and has made hundreds of guest appearances on radio shows including The Tom Joyner Morning Show and various NPR shows. She is now a popular wellness personality on TikTok and Instagram.
She is the author of bestselling fiction novel, Losing Control, and entrepreneur how-to book, Twenty, producer of the Altheatized fitness video series, and her music album, Guided Meditations with Althea, topped multiple Amazon Bestsellers lists. As an international holistic healing specialist, Althea has been highlighted in magazines and on sites including Mantra Yoga + Health, YogaPose.com, BlackBoysOM, Thrive Global, Essence Magazine, and Elephant Journal.
An avid traveler and eco-adventure enthusiast, Althea travels the world exploring oceans, mountains and jungles with various indigenous cultures, learning their traditional customs and healing practices. She’s combined these ancient healing practices with her education and training to create a unique wellness private practice for clients needing physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing at her offices in Atlanta and Chicago. Althea works with Shamans and indigenous medicine people to lead Ayahuasca and Psilocybin mushroom plant medicine retreats in locations like Peru and Jamaica where the plants have been used for centuries for spiritual connection and healing. Having hosted more than 30 retreats in 10 different countries in Southeast Asia, Africa, Central & South America, the Caribbean, and the US, Althea’s retreats have been ranked by various organizations as a Top Wellness Retreat.
Althea has been married for almost 30 years, and she and her husband are the parents of two grown sons. Althea splits her time between Atlanta & Chicago and spends a portion of the year studying and practicing indigenous healing modalities in South America and Southeast Asia.
Follow Althea at @AltheaLawtonThompson on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. Visit AltheaLawtonThompson.com or LLLUniversity.com for upcoming events and online learning content.
