Hi Reader, This Sunday at 2:00 PM, I’m teaching a special: POP-UP Yoga & Meditation Class! We’ll practice yoga poses (including inversions) to slow down the nervous system, and practice mantra meditation together — a simple but powerful way to return to balance. If you’ve been feeling overstimulated, emotionally stretched, or just needing a reset… this class is for you. Sunday, May 172:00 PMFolk Yoga San Francisco Sign Up Here Would love to see you there. Much love, Marisa P.S.P.S. Your Folk...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, A small note before we begin—I haven’t shared something new in a couple of weeks. Not because there isn’t more to say, but because I’ve been sitting with something that feels more essential. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much of modern life is just… deciding. What to eat, when to eat, whether you should be fasting or not.Which supplements. Which routine. Coffee or matcha. It’s endless. And what I see—again and again—is not a lack of discipline.It’s exhaustion. There’s a name...
28 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Two ways to practice (or share) this month: 1) Pop-Up Class — Sunday, May 17 at 2:00pmA 60-minute reset to unwind tension, regulate your system, and come back to center. Gentle, accessible and grounding, with a simple mantra practice you can take home. Leave feeling clearer, steadier, and more at ease.→ Reserve your spot here. Filter by my name + May 17 if needed) (Quick preview of the booking page below) 2) Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training (May 22–June 20)If it’s not for you, you...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, It’s not Eat, Pray, Love. That version of things sounds better. It sells books. It makes for a good story. But it’s not how the body actually works. In Ayurveda, the “three pillars” of health are much less romantic: Food.Sleep.Sex. Preferably in that order. Nothing exotic. Nothing to chase. Just the things most people overlook while trying to do everything else right. What I keep seeing—working with people, and in my own life—is how easy it is to focus on the extras while the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I've been traveling recently—this time to France. I’ve included a few photos below. What I notice most when I travel is how much it challenges two things: digestion and sleep. Jet lag is one part of it, but digestion is often the bigger disruptor. So this week, I want to focus on that. Travel & Digestion On my flight (about 10 hours), I chose not to eat. It was a nighttime flight, and I simply wasn’t hungry. If you’re flying—especially on discount airlines where food isn’t...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I wanted to share my current teaching schedule and an opportunity to connect through complimentary Ayurveda consultations. PUBLIC YOGA CLASSES Prenatal Yoga San FranciscoMondays, 6:00–7:00 PM RegisterThursdays, 6:15–7:15 PM Register Marin CountyComing soon Yoga & Meditation starting April 16thSan FranciscoThursdays, 7:30–8:30 PM Register WORKSHOPS (Coming soon in Marin County & San Francisco) Ayurveda in Practice Prenatal & Postnatal YogaShare your interest here 85-HOUR PRENATAL...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I hope this note finds you well.I wanted to share a few reflections from this week, and if you’re curious for more, you can read the full blog, California Ayurveda: Seasonal Rest and a Famous Yogi’s Legacy, here. This past weekend I was at the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine conference in Milpitas, and I kept thinking about California. We were right in the middle of Silicon Valley, surrounded by so much Indian culture—the food, the language, the women in saris—and it...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Weekly Musings: Oil, Light and the Turning of the Seasons The light has been changing this week. Here in Northern California, the mornings are warmer and brighter, the evenings stretch a little longer, and the air carries that unmistakable feeling that something is shifting. My orange tree has only a few oranges left hanging, and my apple and fig trees are beginning to push out their first green shoots. You can read the full post here. Nature is starting to bloom again as the days...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, I said something in a recent Ayurveda talk that made the room go very quiet:In Ayurveda, we consider someone constipated if they aren’t having a bowel movement every morning — without strain, at roughly the same time, and without a coffee or other stimulant. Ouch, right? Most of us were never taught what healthy elimination really looks like. I certainly wasn’t—until I dove deep into Ayurveda toward the end of the pandemic. In this week’s Weekly Musings, I share approachable...
3 months ago • 1 min read