David Johnson
From triathlons to the hot room
David has been a top athlete all his life. Varsity sports, long distance races, triathlons, CrossFit, cycling. He was first introduced to yoga in 2013 by Marisa, while vacationing in Tulum, Mexico at a resort where yoga was offered in an outdoor palapa at the beach.
That was the first time David had ever taken a yoga class, and he was immediately hooked. He returned from that trip and dove head first into his home yoga practice, teaching himself in his Placitas garage studio for a year before venturing out to the best commercial hot yoga studio in Albuquerque. SWEAT.
Marisa Johnson
Raised in meditation. Found in the heat.
Marisa was raised by parents who practiced yoga and meditation daily throughout her childhood. When she was young, her father, a psychologist and professor at UNM, taught her how to "time travel." In his study, a cozy room set on the second floor of a 200 year-old adobe hacienda in Placitas, New Mexico, she would lay down on giant floor pillows, surrounded by hundreds of old books and crystal globes.
As she closed her eyes he would ring a bell and tell her to use her mind to travel out into the world, focusing energy and breath on where she wanted to go. After a few minutes passed, he would ring the bell again and tell her to journey back. Little did she know, this was her first introduction to meditation.
Surrounded by healthy habits her whole life, she always maintained a love of yoga and holistic living. It wasn't until she became an adult and found SWEAT Yoga Studio that she cultivated a daily commitment to yoga.
