Carisa is the owner and founder of The Living Seed, which opened its doors to the community in the summer of 2000. She is a certified Sivananda Yoga Teacher, a certified Yoga Tune-Up Teacher and has completed the Forrest Yoga Foundation Course & two Advanced Teacher Training Courses in Forrest Yoga and Anusara Yoga Therapeutics.

At The Living Seed, Carisa creates a sanctuary, a sacred place for people to deepen their relationship to their spirits. She believes strongly that all people should have access to Yoga and experience its many healing benefits.

Carisa volunteers her time teaching throughout the Hudson Valley, leading Yoga Programs for Incarcerated Youth, At-Risk Youth Groups, Battered Women's Shelters, AIDS patients and the Girl Scouts. Additionally, she has been a volunteer at Hospice, a palliative care organization for the dying.

When she is not at The Living Seed you can find her tending to her gardens/mini farm at home, hiking, drumming flying on the trapeze or doing what brightens her spirit. Carisa is honored to practice the art of Yoga - it is a gift - bringing us back to ourselves so we can share with our community.