Larisa Putnam

Yoga Instructor

Purna Yoga East

Larisa began her study of yoga in 2003 as a way to heal the body after multiple "Weekend Warrior" injuries and the physical demands being part owner of a local plant nursery where she tended acres of plants. Most recently she began studying the deep mind-body-heart and soul connection that Purna Yoga fosters.  It was through this exploration that Larisa pursued her Purna Yoga teaching certificate and is excited to share the gift of yoga with you as a Purna Yoga 200-hour graduate from The Purna Yoga College and as a Yoga Alliance 200 hour registered yoga teacher, RYT-200. Once a classroom teacher in Johnston County Public School System, Larisa is excited to flex that teaching muscle once again.By day, Larisa is the People and Operations Generalist at the Triangle Community Foundation; supporting her colleagues and their space, so they, in turn, can take care of our community at-large!Larisa has one grown son who lives abroad so she often spends vacations exporing the world with him.