About Lisa
Lisa Petersen is a Yoga Teacher, Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator and Body Mind Centering specialist based in Ireland. With over a decade’s teaching experience and a BSc. (Hons) in Communications, Lisa is known for her clarity, presence, and passion. Lisa offers workshops and Advanced Teacher Training in Yoga, Somatics and Embodied Anatomy internationally. She is a Senior Faculty Member on Donna Farhi’s Teacher Training and originally trained at Vivekenanda Kendra, India's most reputable Yoga Therapy Hospital.
Her style is personable and enriched by a deep understanding of anatomy, alignment and universal movement patterns. With a wealth of knowledge, her classes and workshops are innovative and authentic as she guides her students towards personal transformation on and off the mat. She is passionate about finding the balance between being and doing, movement and stillness, strength and fluidity, discipline and freedom.
Lisa co-founded and runs Align Somatics and Living Yoga.
“When we practice yoga from an interior perspective, the body becomes mindful, the mind becomes embodied.” Donna Farhi
Testimonials
“There are two things people say after attending a Lisa Petersen class. One, is that there is no-one like her. And secondly, that she's the best yoga teacher they ever had. Lisa honors the body and helps you get in touch with it. But it’s never just about the body; about how far you can bend, how much you can stretch. It’s about the spirit. It’s about emotions. It’s about healing and integrating the body, spirit, mind and heart. All done in a gentle and unobtrusive way, with a lot of laughs. This is one class you won’t want to quit after the second session.”
Nollaig, Dublin
“Practicing Yoga with Lisa has been truly relaxing and deeply physical each time. Lisa demonstrates her knowledge in anatomy while talking clearly on how to step into each position and deepen further into each move. She helps everyone individually and you feel at ease with her instantly.”
George, Dublin
“Lisa’s teaching embodies yoga’s true potential: light, free, non-judgmental, sacred, strong and loving. Her magical voice seems engineered for relaxation in savasanna. I found her classes invaluable throughout my pregnancy. I’ve no doubt she is one of the best teachers in Ireland or the UK.”
Belinda
“Lisa’s approach is unique, organic, and powerful. It ensures that the body gets a full work-out, whilst the mind enjoys a well deserved rest.”
Karl, Dublin
"I have been doing yoga with Lisa for nearly two years now and enjoy both the atmosphere in the class and her method of teaching. While Lisa has geared the level of yoga down to suit our ability we are 'secretly' being stretched a little bit further each time until we are doing things we never thought we could, such as standing on our heads! My flexibility, which is the reason I started yoga in the first place, has improved and at the end of a hard days work I find I have more energy at the end of class than I have going into it...namaste...."
Maura, Dublin
"Just when you start questioning your self-worth, someone comes along who gets you back on the path of loving yourself and believing in your talents. That person has been you. You have a wonderful inner strength, vitality, and wisdom that allows others shine through in their own special way."
Kira, Austria
"You bring peace, or maybe you unlock the peace in me. Peace in turn brings stillness which leads to great seismic shifts in my being. Whatever it is, I am eternally grateful for it."
Garrett, Dublin
