Marisa Radha Weppner is a mom, author, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, DJ, teacher, minister, psychedelic therapist, community organizer, life coach, podcaster, and entrepreneur. She has taught yoga since 2002. Known for her authentic self-expression, humorous yet grounded, she empowers others to embody their soul’s wisdom, bringing a real-world mix of eastern spirituality and western psychology to her students for remembering, empowerment and transformation. 

 

Her life is dedicated to the study of yoga, specializing in Yoga Psychology, Bhakti Yoga, Yoga History + Philosophy, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Self-Awakening Yoga. She can be found leading classes on Insight Timer or from her studio Sage in Boise, ID. She works as a Ketamine Assisted Therapist at the Boise Ketamine Clinic

 

Her online yoga classes and book “Vinyasa Yoga Made Simple: 27 days of Self Discovery” are available through udaya.com. You can listen to her meditation album “Guidance” on all streaming platforms, or tune into her podcast Love, Service, Wisdom. All of these offerings are inspired by her own  growth and  transformation and healing yoga and psychedelic, and shadow integration. 

 

As a lover of the wild and free, she has taught at festivals all over the world, like Burning Man, Bonnaroo, Ram Dass Retreats, the Entheowheel, Symbiosis Gathering, Eclipse Festival, WTF, Udaya Live, Wanderlust, the Women & Leadership Conference, and Sun Valley Wellness Fest. She humbly connects with a deep legacy of wisdom by being on Faculty at Esalen Institute. As a passion project that weaves together her love of music, yoga and community, she is the co-director and producer of Yogafort for Treefort Music Fest.

 

Her mother named her Marisa, but her teacher Ram Dass blessed her with the name Radha.

In 2018 she was visiting Ram Dass at his home in Maui, supporting her partner who was working on an album with him. At the end of the recording session, after giving the name Krishna to her partner, and with a twinkle in his eye, he looked straight at her and said, "And you, you are Radha!" Then slapped his thigh and laughed like it was the most delightful thing in the world. She laughed with him, full of joy. She likes it when people call her Radha. It reminds her of her connection to her beloved teacher and invites her to be as deeply devoted, loving and generous as possible.