p h o t o g r a p h y ~ As a professional photographer since 1990, Larissa has refined her commercial skills in the fashion, portraiture, architectural, editorial and product-marketing genres. In early 2006, she decided to bring true union to her two life-long loves: photography & yoga. She now focuses the body of her photographic work in the realm of yoga. She is a contributing photographer for Yoga Journal magazine. She goes nationally on assignment for lifestyle brand - Prana. She tours regularly as a photographer for John Friend, and travels all over the US, photographing national yoga conferences and doing in-depth photo studies of Master Yoga Teachers & Practitioners.
y o g a ~ Larissa is also a Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor. She began the study of yoga in 1998. After 6 years of intense practice as a student, she made the decision to teach, and received her first Hatha teaching certification in 2004.
She was later introduced to Purna Yoga in 2006 by Aadil Palkhivala. In May 2007, she attended his Advanced Yoga Therapeutics teacher training, learning powerful healing & regeneration techniques utilizing a yoga wall system. She considers Aadil one of her two main teachers and continues to learn from him.
At the beginning of 2008, she toured full-time for 3 months with John Friend, her other main teacher, as his tour photographer, capturing images and being immersed in the world and teachings of Anusara Yoga.
