Bio

Empathy and self-awareness are the pillars behind the teaching methods of Liza Pitsirilos. For Liza, these topics have found full expression through her teaching of yoga. Her dynamic classes inspire her students to honor and connect to the body and spirit through breath, detailed alignment and quality hands-on adjustments. She is a down-to–earth teacher whose passion in life is to provide others with tools to learn more about their True Authentic Self. Her charismatic style is the perfect platform for classes that are creative and comfortable yet challenging.

Liza has had the pleasure of studying various forms of yoga including: Forrest™, Vinyasa, Ashtanga,Sivananda, Anusara, Bikram™, Iyengar and Integral. A proud graduate of the Forrest Yoga™ Teacher Training program, she found herself transformed by the intuitive spiritual healing approach of world-renowned yogini Ana Forrest. Liza has studied and trained directly under Ana Forrest and several of her master teachers.

In addition to yoga, Liza is also avidly involved in health education and consultation. Born and raised in New York City, Liza devoted 2006-2009 to being a public school teacher. This included collaborating with Dr. Oz’s HealthCorps; a high school health education program that seeks to educate American youth about the workings and wonders of their bodies. Through standards-driven instruction, she helped create a curriculum consisting of workshops and school fairs that developed student’s critical awareness of health and its constructs.

Currently, Liza is the Founder of Ambrosia Lifestyle, an innovative wellness program that offers wellness consultations that assist clients in yoga, body movement, respiratory relaxation, hands-on-healing (Reiki and Cranio-Sacral Therapy) and in making healthy eating choices in partnership with their health care provider. Ambrosia Lifestyle also offers a variety of natural wellness products such as an Ayurvedic cosmetic line Jovees, high quality sweatshop free yoga clothing and mind body literature for clients.

Liza is also a partner of Business Spa Partners (BSP), a spa consulting firm that works with notable clients from around the world to elevate spa services to new heights of sophistication. BSP specializes in spa mystery shopping and auditing in resort, hotel, destination and day spas. Liza is currently focusing on providing professional workshops and seminars to target audiences, corporate wellness programs and consumer groups to facilitate their awareness of health choices, wellness promotion and disease prevention.

Liza holds her M.S. in Education, completed her Registered Yoga Alliance (RYA) teaching certification and is CPR certified by the American Red Cross. She studies nutrition and teaches clients yoga and respiratory therapy at the internationally acclaimed Pritikin Longevity Center in Doral, FL.

Liza is an attuned Reiki practitioner and trained in Cranio-Sacral Therapy.