Viveka Yoga Studio is a Latinx, single woman-owned and operated, intimate, boutique yoga and meditation studio founded in 2022 in Downtown Los Angeles by me, Lisa Marie. I am a quadruple certified fitness professional in yoga, barre, meditation, and personal training. Yoga came into my life after sustaining a significant knee injury at the age of 15. Yoga was recommended as part of my physical rehabilitation – little did I know, yoga would become my soul’s rehabilitation. Viveka Yoga Studio was envisioned and actualized through deep gratitude, service, and experience-based belief in the transformative power of yoga and stillness. My yoga practice is based in traditional hatha lineages and meditation practices explore somatic, mindfulness, yogic, and Buddhist modalities. Flatter abs, toned arms, and improved fitness result from a consistent yoga practice. However, yoga gives us the opportunity to know our truest selves, to disentangle ourselves from illusion and suffering, to create peace.