About Elysabeth Williamson

Elysabeth Williamson is an internationally recognized Yoga teacher and founder of Principle-Based Partner Yoga™. She is the author of ‘The Pleasures and Principles of Partner Yoga’ a seven year undertaking, and recently released ‘Partner Yoga Touch’, a state-of-the-art iPhone app, both award winning projects.   Elysabeth has a particular gift for articulating and transmitting esoteric teachings in ways that are accessible and practical for everyone. Her primary passion is how to use Yoga as a tool to open the heart and cultivate healthy relationships. Elysabeth is deeply committed to sharing the transformative power of Partner Yoga through presenting international classes, workshops and Teacher Trainings. Elysabeth has had a lifelong connection with Yoga and experienced spontaneous, intuitive movement into yoga postures throughout her childhood. She began formal studies at the age of seventeen, including many diverse Yogic traditions such as Kripalu, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara, Kundalini, Kriya, and Power Vinyasa Yoga. Certified as a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, Elysabeth incorporates a wide variety of healing modalities into her teaching including Thai Yoga massage, Cranial Sacral, Shiatsu and various meditation techniques. Elysabeth has been teaching Yoga for over 25 years and is accredited through Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500, experienced, registered, Yoga teacher. Elysabeth resides in Santa Barbara, CA and is the mother of two children. Watch an in-depth interview with Elysabeth speaking about Principle-Based Partner Yoga. Get to know Elysabeth with interviews from Vickerey Clothing and Experience Life Magazine.

Lessons I have Learned from Partner Yoga

Having just completed an inspiring weekend of Partner Yoga at Kripalu Center for Yoga, I am struck once again by the simple yet profound lessons this practice provides.

The biggest lesson it continues to reveal is that Love is our true nature as humans – that we are happiest when we feel loved and loving. 

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Brain and Body Balancing Through Partner Yoga

I love the human body. I truly do. I love how the body reminds us of what is real and alive in us. I love its soft animal nature and how it provides a sense of connection, embodied bliss and present moment awareness.

Or in the words of poet Mary Oliver ‘You do not have to

Dissolving The Separation Between Our Practice and Our Life

I have often wondered what it would be like to live every moment feeling fully alive and deeply connected, in love with life and humanity, the way I feel sharing Partner Yoga. These past few months have been an opportunity to deeply investigate this possibility.

As the new year begins, I am completing my first exploration

We Are The Earth

I recently attended an educational gathering entitled ‘The Regenerative Earth Summit’. It was one of the most inspiring events I have experienced, ever. Being with so many people from all over the world coming together to ‘be the change’ inspired me deeply and profoundly – in a way that I hope I do not

Being Love Goes Live

Being Love: A Virtual Immersion in the Yoga of Relationship is now live!

I am beyond thrilled to be entering a whole new world of teaching and sharing Partner Yoga on a global level, all made possible through technology and the world wide web.

Honestly I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had

The Path of Intimacy is a Path of Bravery

Why is it that the very thing we want most, we often resist? Intimacy, with ourselves and others, is perhaps our deepest human longing and yet so often we resist the very thing we most desire.

Culturally, we have relegated intimacy to the sexual realm and as something reserved for one’s significant other only. Yet this

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