Denise Danton-Nizzare
"If you want to change your life, begin by changing your mind, one breath at a time."
Denise Danton-Nizzare is a certified Yoga Instructor with Integral Yoga and Yoga Alliance for the past eight years. She is also a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader with the American School of Laughter Yoga and an Ericksonian Hypnosis Practitioner with the NLP Center of New York. She is the co-owner of the You Can Do It Yoga Center in Staten Island NY and is qualified to teach all levels of yoga ranging from chair yoga to advanced yoga including hot vinyasa flow and laughing yoga.
Denise is the co-creator of You Can Do It Yoga for MS™ a yoga training class for people with MS. She has two You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ DVD’s which are at home instructional videos. Denise and her co-creator, Larissa Nusser, have also designed an associated yoga teacher training to go along with the You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ Class so that other teachers may be able to teach patients with MS.
Denise is on the Board of Directors of Amethyst House which is a halfway house for women suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. She volunteers her time to instruct the residents of the house in the philosophy and practice of yoga to empower them in their battle against addiction. In addition, Denise is also an avid fundraiser for the House as the Journal Chairperson at their annual fundraising luncheon.
A yoga practioner since 1997, Denise is committed to sharing her experience of yoga with others so that they may too experience a happy, healthy and purposeful life.
LARISSA NUSSER
"I have the power to transform my life.”
Larissa is a Motivational Speaker, Certified Yoga Instructor with Integral Yoga and Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Life Coach with Coach Training Alliance. She co-owns the You Can Do It Yoga Center in Staten Island, NY. She is also a Certified Laughing Yoga Instructor through the American Academy of Laughing Yoga. Recently, she became an Ericksonian Hypnosis Practitioner with the NLP Center of New York.
Larissa Nusser is the creator of I Am Empowered Yoga a yoga class designed to bring the yoga practitioner to a new level of self awareness. By incorporating yoga and positive affirmations, the yogi can find strength from within to, release old habits, cleanse energy centers, reaffirm to themselves who they really are, and thereby move forward and transform their lives.
After being diagnosed with MS in 2000, Larissa attended Integral Yoga of Princeton and earned her 200-hour certification to teach yoga. She is qualified to teach all levels ranging from Chair Yoga to Advanced Yoga, as well as Laughing Yoga.
Beyond managing a full-time career, Larissa, mother of two, also shares empowerment and encouragement to others across the country through her many speaking engagements and yoga classes. In 2010 Larissa was the keynote speaker at the Scottsdale AZ WAMS Luncheon, in 2011 she was the keynote at the Memphis WAMS Lunchoen, and in both 2009 and 2010, Larissa had the honor of being the start line speaker at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s (NMSS) Staten Island MS Walk. “I would love to see people get moving and be the catalyst that starts them on the road to transforming their life!” Larissa continues to find something everyday that makes her happy, so she can provide motivation for others who may benefit from seeing her as an example in action.
Larissa is also the co-creator of You Can Do It Yoga for MS™ a yoga training class for people with MS. She has two You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ DVD’s which are at home instructional videos. Larissa and her co-creator, Denise Nizzare, have also designed an associated yoga teacher training to go along with the You Can Do It Yoga For MS™ Class so that other teachers may be able to teach patients with MS.
Additionally, Larissa is currently working on a book documenting her journey and transformation.