June 2017 Featured Yogi: Marialuisa Horrell

Born and raised in Brescia, a city near Milano, Italy, Marialuisa Horrell’s love for worldwide travels landed her in Los Angeles, California.  Here, she enjoys family time, making jewelry and cooking and eating good healthy food.  She works at the business office of an LA-based private school and thanks her yoga practice for the physical relief she receives after hours sitting at work.  
 
She has been practicing yoga on and off for a long time but has sustained a regular practice for the past five years.  She loves the intensity of some poses and the calming meditative aspect of others.  Drawn to Michelle Chua's “calm yet fun energy,” Marialuisa enjoys being a part of the Root 2 Rise Yoga community because of how it integrates yoga with other wellness-enriching activities, such as painting meditation, movement meditation, practicing yoga in nature and hiking.  In 2014 she attended Root 2 Rise Yoga’s Costa Rica Yoga Retreat and loved practicing yoga by the ocean.  “Being a part of this community lets me try new things that I (otherwise) wouldn’t do just by myself. And it helps me to be more physically active.”   
 
Her favorite yoga pose is Sukhasana, or Easy Pose, because it feels peaceful and promotes meditation.   

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Marialuisa sitting in Sukhasana at our Summer Solstice 2015 Malibu Yoga Retreat