Virna Lisa, Neighbor

Virna Lisa is a certified yoga teacher (HITA) and received her personal trainer credentials through A.C.E. & N.A.S.M. and A.F.A.A.  She began her Yoga practice in 1995 and has taught group classes for more than 20 decades. She has integrated her eleven years in the health and fitness field with her experience as yoga teacher/therapist at the Himalayan Institute's Center for Health and Healing to help clients find their inner strength and self-confidence. While at the Himalayan Institute, she also trained staff in Ayurvedic Body Treatments. Her innovative approach combines her knowledge of Yoga, Ayurveda, Reiki and western training techniques.  

Gifted at working with diverse backgrounds. Students’ fitness levels range from patients managing cancer to elite Yale University athletes. She has taught<i> </i>nutrition, fitness and Yoga to the youth population in public schools of the lower east side in Manhattan, Central Harlem, Hancock New York, Honesdale, Pennsylvania and New Haven, Connecticut.

 Her personal practice is the foundation from which she finds her inspiration and continues to go back to her source of wisdom through the study of Raja Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedanta and Tantra at the Himalayan Institute under the direct tutelage of its Spiritual head, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D. Her studies also branch out to studying with some the leading educators in the industry of health sciences, philosophy and personal development.