Larissa is the Executive Director of The Funky Buddha Yoga Hothouse, which includes multiple studios and a training school of yoga. We offer free, daily meditation and have many free resources (full yoga classes, educational blogs, and so much more) on our website. Larissa has been in a teaching and training role for over 25 years, has trained hundreds of yoga teachers, thousands of students, and offered thousands of free guided meditations. She's an E-RYT 500 certified yoga instructor, and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider with over 18,000 hours of teaching experience. With over 1,000 of training in meditation and mindfulness, a certified Awake in The Wild meditation teacher, and thousands of hours of personal retreat experiences, she has a heart for sharing and supporting purposeful stillness to support your daily life. She also mentors and coaches yoga teachers, meditation teachers, and offers corporate communication, wellness, and stress-reduction programs. She is a lover of the earth and all her creatures, and reveres the land where she currently resides in Michigan, the unceded land of the Anishinaabe peoples. Larissa's meditation practice keeps her curious, grounded, and connected to her Safe Refuge - which is the foundation for many of her meditation offerings. She deeply believes and trusts that we heal each other in these individual practices, and warmly invites you to sit with yourself in gentle guidance toward your naturally radiant heart.

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Reviews

Jody

Mar 9, 2026

Fantastic, Larissa! So skillful and kind! I’m definitely going to recommend this one to my clients (I’m a Pain Reprocessing Therapy coach), it’s a wonderful resourceβ€”as are all your meditations here 🀩πŸ₯° Thank you so much as always πŸͺ·

Jody

Mar 7, 2026

I needed this right now. I was doing unconscious multitasking and my body was starting to let me know that I needed to stop doing that and give myself some quiet and ease. And behold here was this brand shiny new meditation from Larissa! Good medicine, my friend. Thank you so much.

Jody

Feb 24, 2026

This shorter version is excellent also. Labeling Past/future is really helpful! And really, I need to hang that poem on my wall πŸ˜†

Jody

Feb 23, 2026

You do keep knocking them out of the park, you know 🀩This is another superb one. Pacing was outstanding, techniques exquisitely right on. And hey, Mary Oliver 😍 I will share this one with my clients for sure. Thank you so much, Larissa. Looking forward to anything and everything you offer here.

Jody

Feb 21, 2026

Another keeper 😍 I love the somatic orienting of stretching out fingers and toes to come back into the present moment and into the body 🀩What an excellent tool! Delighted to be part of this sangha in some mysterious way out here on the Internet. I hope you have a really sweet day, Larissa. πŸ™πŸŒ»

Jody

Feb 15, 2026

Another beautiful and supremely skillful, kind practice 😍 I love the technique of rubbing hands together to come back into the body! Keeper! Just a wonderfully restorative 15 minutes here. Thank you as always, Larissa πŸ₯° i’m already looking forward to your next posts!

Jody

Feb 7, 2026

Good morning Larissa! Another wonderful meditation. Your closing words were just so spot on, I want to write them down and refer back to them. And I’m also loving our little back-and-forth. I feel like I have a kind, wise, gentle meditation teacher out there in just the loveliest most human way. Thank you as always πŸ₯°

Jody

Feb 1, 2026

Oh the great blessing of the ordinary moments! Thank you for this gently powerful session. I just want to say that I have a special appreciation for the way you shape the closings of your Guided meditations, the way the invitation is to find your own closing gesture, and the way you give language to merit rippling out. Beautiful.

Jody

Jan 29, 2026

Oh Larissa, this one is a treasure 😍 I’m going to share it with all my friends ☺️

Jody

Jan 27, 2026

Another outstanding meditation, just right from start to finish! I love these half hour ones 🀩So very many thanks πŸ™πŸŒ³

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