Larissa Nusser

Larissa Nusser is a Certified Yoga Instructor with Integral Yoga and Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Life Coach with Coach Training Alliance. She is also an MS Advocate with Shared Solutions. She works with people with MS on creating balance in their lives by incorporating yoga and coaching.

After being diagnosed with MS in 2000, Larissa attended Integral Yoga of Princeton and earned her 200-hour certification to teach yoga. She is qualified to teach all levels ranging from Chair Yoga to Advanced Yoga, as well as Prenatal Yoga. Larissa was recently the MS Advocate on the Shared Solutions' Teleconference on Exercise and MS and discussed the benefits of yoga for people with MS. Larissa is the co-creator of You Can Do It Yoga for MS™ a yoga training class for people with MS. She has also just finished filming two You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ videos which are at home instructional videos. Larissa and her co-creator Denise Nizzare have also designed an associated yoga teacher training to go along with the You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ Class so that other teachers may be able to teach patients with MS.

In addition, Larissa attended Coach Training Alliance and uses her life coaching certification to work with clients on managing their MS/life balance.

Currently, Larissa is busy traveling and conducting lectures on Yoga and MS. She is currently recruiting MS'ers for the next group coaching session, where she will be coaching clients on finding balance in their lives with MS. Additionally, Larissa is currently working on a book designed to be read along with the video to describe specific benefits of yoga for MS.

Larissa is a former "foodie" who owned Today's Gourmet, a specialty food business that was featured on Food TV's Food Finds. She still enjoys "scaled down" cooking for her family.

Denise Nizzare

Denise Nizzare is a graduate of Integral Yoga Institute in Manhattan and is a Certified Yoga Instructor and member of Yoga Alliance. She is the owner of Your Body Yoga, Ltd. Denise teaches at yoga studios in Staten Island and provides private yoga instruction. Each year she attends workshops with such teachers as Baron Baptiste, Rodney Yee, Cindi Lee, and Judith Lasater.

Denise is the co-creator of You Can Do It Yoga for MS™ a yoga training class for people with MS. She has also just released two You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ DVDs, which are at home instructional videos. Denise and her co-creator Larissa Nusser-Meany have also designed an associated yoga teacher training to go along with the You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ class so that other instructors may be able to teach students with MS. Denise and Larissa are preparing to shoot the next set of DVDs, to include a partner class for care-partners and MS'ers.

Denise is on the Board of Directors of Amethyst House which is a halfway house for women suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. She volunteers her time to instruct the residents of the house in the philosophy and practice of yoga to empower them in their battle against addiction. In addition, Denise is also an avid fundraiser for the House as their journal chairperson for the annual Spring Luncheon.

In her spare time, Denise, coaches her childrens' soccer and basketball teams, and is on the field each weekend cheering them on!

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