There is a beautiful opening prayer of the Yoga Tradition that is often recited by the teacher at the start of a class. Within the 6-line affirmation, two lines always move my heart the most: “May we create strength in one another. May our study be enlightening and fruitful.” As your teacher, I promise to be a living embodiment of this prayer because I know that the student alone holds the power to heal, that I can help facilitate the awakening of that power, and that our collaboration will bring us both home to peace and ease of well-being. My students enrich my life as much as I help them enrich their own.
My professional focus is simple: I help individuals reclaim their sense of ease of well-being.
What does “ease of well-being” mean? It means that your body and mind feel safe, connected, balanced, and present. A mind and body in this state will move without pain, digest with ease, sleep deeper, breathe fully, repair faster, concentrate longer, perform better, and have happier thoughts. From a state of well-being a person will easily make choices that move them toward their desires and emit the kind of energy that attracts love, peace, and opportunity. If you desire to move without pain, improve your health, lose some weight, attract love, work a dream job, buy that house, or have peace of mind, for example, it can all be real once you elevate your health and reclaim your power.
The state of ease of well-being has, for many of us, been obscured by suboptimal movement, compromised posture, physical and emotional pain, deficient diet, self-destructive beliefs, unresolved trauma, ongoing stress, and/or persistent background anxiety. Sometimes, in the presence of any or all of these obstacles, we don’t even recognize that we’re uneasy because we have lost contact with the felt sense of vibrant health.
My teachings are designed to educate you so you can gain the power to clear the path back to your ease. To do this, you and I will collaborate to customize a program just for you, based on your individual needs and goals. I draw from numerous resources include: strength training; body weight movement practices; mobility and flexibility; myofascial release; nutrition education; stress releasing exercises; neurogenic tremoring; breathing practices; guided meditation; guided deep relaxation; and much more. I will be your health coach, your cheerleader, your empathic friend, and teacher.
Together, we will elevate your ability to experience deep safety, bodily health, clarity of mind, resilience, and increased joy in your life.
You came into this world with the birthright of ease, which means that ease is hardwired into your body and mind. This ease is vast, limitless, and permanent. It cannot be diminished or destroyed; it can only be obscured. Nothing you do, nothing you did, nothing they did to you, no historical events, and no future happenings can affect this inherent ease within you. Ease is the true home of your soul. It is the defining characteristic of freedom. This ease is yours to reclaim and you can access it again!
"Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the wonders of yoga. Before you, I used yoga as a stretching and flexibility class. Yoga is no longer part of my workout, it is part of my life. Sunday mornings will never be the same without your energy, focus, encouragement and dedication beyond what would normally be expected. Your individual
"Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the wonders of yoga. Before you, I used yoga as a stretching and flexibility class. Yoga is no longer part of my workout, it is part of my life. Sunday mornings will never be the same without your energy, focus, encouragement and dedication beyond what would normally be expected. Your individual attention to everyone in the class was remarkable. You have the ability to make others feel special through yoga." -Doug W.
"I am pleased to provide this recommendation for Lissette. I thoroughly enjoy her classes. I have learned so much. She has had profound impact on my personal yoga practice; inspiring me to make it part of my daily routine. While I personally have always enjoyed the “calisthenic” part of yoga she deepened my understanding and appreciation
"I am pleased to provide this recommendation for Lissette. I thoroughly enjoy her classes. I have learned so much. She has had profound impact on my personal yoga practice; inspiring me to make it part of my daily routine. While I personally have always enjoyed the “calisthenic” part of yoga she deepened my understanding and appreciation of the mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of yoga as well. And truth be told, it has helped my golf game immensely!!" - Jay T.
"...she introduced me to an entirely new aspect of my practice that inspired me to quiet myself in ways I wasn’t even aware I could! It has motivated me to add a meditative layer to my flow yoga and invited me to raise my level of self-awareness and self-care. She imparted this gift to me through her instructions on and facilitation of me
"...she introduced me to an entirely new aspect of my practice that inspired me to quiet myself in ways I wasn’t even aware I could! It has motivated me to add a meditative layer to my flow yoga and invited me to raise my level of self-awareness and self-care. She imparted this gift to me through her instructions on and facilitation of meditations during shavasana. Before attending her class, I’d never been guided through a meditation before-- it has opened the connective pathway between my mind and body wide!" -Arielle E
"Lissette was recommended to me to help rehabilitation following a fall resulting in a fractured shoulder She has a deep, sophisticated knowledge of musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology which she imparts with ease to the class members. I am an Orthopedic Surgeon experienced in rehabilitation medicine. It was a welcome surprise to disco
"Lissette was recommended to me to help rehabilitation following a fall resulting in a fractured shoulder She has a deep, sophisticated knowledge of musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology which she imparts with ease to the class members. I am an Orthopedic Surgeon experienced in rehabilitation medicine. It was a welcome surprise to discover how much she knows and is able to work into the practice to explain moves, postures, and safety. It is reassuring to feel that the teacher knows what she is talking about." - Dr. Tom G.
"I felt like you absorbed and manifested the true meaning of yoga with your entire being. It wasn't just that you were reading guidance to us, you were living and breathing it. Your calm, soothing voice took me deeper into relaxation during shavasana than I have experienced before. I wasn't asleep, but aware and calm - almost in another world - somewhere in between." - Kinza S.
"Lissette understands the philosophy of yoga, and I think she communicated this to us through a focus on our breathing, self-awareness of our body, and developing a way for our mind to communicate with our body. In this regard I began to see the mental benefits of yoga, in particular the innate ability we have to calm ourselves in the midst of being challenged and strong." - Yolanda T