Marissa is an RYT-500, having earned her certification in 2011 at the Integral Yoga Center of Highland Park, N.J. and YogaLife Institute's 500-hr Teacher Training Program. Marissa is a Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Her areas of yoga practice and teaching include Power Yoga, Vinyasa, Gentle Yoga, Chair Yoga, and Yoga Nidra/Meditation. She has specialized training in Yoga and Cancer through Yoga in Action, and is certified in Yoga and Mindfulness for Diverse Abilities through Childlight Yoga. She is a Reiki II practitioner.
Marissa is the owner/manager of Empowered Movement, a personal training and private yoga business, empoweredmovementllc.com. She and her husband live in Bedford and have four rescue dogs.
Yoga Philosophy 101
Bring Your Yoga to Life!
This program is for anyone interested in learning more about Yoga philosophy and how to incorporate it into their lives through Self awareness, positive thinking, healthy living, stress management, personal growth and empowerment.
Blog
A treasure trove of yoga philosophy!
Our teachers, as well as our daily practice, serve to provide a "reminder" of what we already know in our hearts and souls to be true. The following writings reflect these reminders that we need practice and more practice, and a community that supports us in our path towards enlightenment.
Graduates
Graduate Biographies
The training programs through the YogaLife Institute emphasize the "living of Yoga" and thereby bring personal transformation to those who are ready and willing. We believe that those individuals who live their Yoga make the best Yoga instructors.
