Annelise

Class Types
Strength

Certificates & Education
BA in Drama, cum laude, SFSU, ACT Conservatory Certificate; Institute for Integrative Hypnosis, Certified Hypnotherapist. RYT Level One Yoga teacher

Biography
Annelise comes from a movement and performance background. As a classically trained actor and dancer, with a special interest in dancetheater, she trained in the Suzuki Method with Yukihiro Goto, Grotwoski gestural work and Commedia dell’ Arte styles.She grew up steeped in Eastern philosophy, and began attending the Siddha Yoga Ashram at the age of 11. Annelise started professionally teaching yoga in 2000. She created the world’s first facial yoga program, the Yoga Face, then wrote the bestselling book, which has been translated into 5 languages. Annelise continues to investigate connections between the mind and the body, having become a certified hypnotherapist in 2017. She is particularly interested in neuroscience, movement, and consciousness for healing trauma and anxiety, and movement’s capacity to sustain and foster wellness and rejuvenation at any age.