Yoga, Spirituality, and Meditation in Thailand with Marisa Cranfill [Season 3, Episode 41]

Ed welcomes back Marisa Cranfill, who was a guest on
episode 61 of season 1, where she educated
Greg and Tony with her deep knowledge on Thai spirit
houses. This time Marisa - a long-time Bangkok
resident and noted expert in various styles of yoga and
meditation - tells her story of studying abroad in China for
university and finding the traditional Chinese practice of
'qigong' or life energy mastery, which gave her a whole new
perspective on life.


Since then, she has spent her time between Bangkok and San
Diego, studying Ashtanga-Vinyasa yoga under teacher Adrian Cox at
Yoga Elements Studio, as well as building her vipassana
meditation practice with various teachers in Thailand and at
the Little Bangkok Sangha. Marisa gives
advice to beginners interested in yoga or meditation, stressing
that the teacher is probably more important than the specific
style, and she recommends two specific places in Bangkok:
Yoga Elements Studio and the Little Bangkok
Sangha.


Marisa also explains her own unique integration of Yoga and
Qigong into 'Yoqi,' a form of yin-yang
yoga that combines what Marisa has learned from her years of
studying Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism.


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