We recently connected with Lisa Grail and have shared our conversation below.

Lisa, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’re complete cheeseballs and so we love asking folks to share the most heartwarming moment from their career – do you have a touching moment you can share with us?

Story of Lisa Grail: From Depression to Prosperity

Lisa, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Dear reader, I hope my story will inspire you and give you strength to move on. My name is Elizaveta Ermakova (artist name – Lisa Grail) and I was born into a simple Soviet family of engineers in St. Petersburg, Russia. My childhood was happy: loving parents and 3 older sisters. Though sometimes there were financial difficulties, my father worked day after day to feed us, while my mother gave home comfort and love.

Despite the atmosphere in the family, from the very childhood I struggled with a bad mood, which later, under the weight of circumstances, led me to severe depression. It seemed to me that life was over and nothing else pleased me, I was physically disabled and had no energy even to take shower, although I have always been a passionate person: a professional dancer, singer.
And when antidepressants no longer helped me, I discovered Kundalini yoga. Each exercise was given through incredible efforts, I cried every day, but such a powerful body-oriented therapy tool as Kundalini yoga did a miracle. It turned out that many suppressed emotions have been living in me: resentment, anger, shame, guilt, and my body carried this burden day after day, tensed with blocks and causing health problems and deficiencies.

Kundalini yoga in a matter of weeks made me a different person, because this ancient technology balances the chemical composition of our brain, the entire nervous, hormonal, digestive system and strengthens the immune system. I was so happy with my results that I went to train as a yoga instructor and started an English-language YouTube channel “Kundalini Yoga with Lisa Grail”, which currently has 5,000 practitioners.

I’ve released 100 free on-line classes with my guidance, as well as two courses “From depression to prosperity” and “Weight Loss and Regulation of eating behavior” (represented on Udemy platform).
When Kundalini yoga appeared in my life, real miracles began to happen: I won the US Green card lottery and immigrated in May 2022, although before that I had applied for 10 years in a row with no results.

I chose Austin for myself – the capital of music and a healthy lifestyle, believing that my skills will be in demand here. At the moment I have a small group of students offline, and I am also happy to coach people all over the world and conduct Kundalini yoga marathons for those who need help in times of crisis. After 4 years of constant practice, I achieved not only the healing of the body, but also mental health – there was an experience that in India is called the experience of samadhi or enlightenment.
This, coupled with knowledge of psychology, allowed me to find a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to working with clients.

My whole journey shows that we should never give up, but instead, step by step, improve the quality of our life. Start right now and within a month you will notice dramatic changes in your life.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

When I started my YouTube channel, I could not imagine that it would become my business. I was driven by joy, interest and an irresistible desire to share my knowledge and experience.
And after a year I was heard, even without any marketing strategies. When we are sincere in what we are doing it always finds response in people’s hearts.

I believe that only love for one’s work can motivate a person. Yes, there were times of burnout and when I wanted to quit, especially when the results did not come quickly. And this is the biggest trap. Sometimes the equipment broke down, there was no money, time and energy to continue, but each time my subscribers showed love and understanding, and I continued.

What else I have permanently removed from my life is expectations. We do not know where the work we started today will lead, but this is the beauty of the path! And I am grateful to my YouTube channel for introducing me to incredible people living in different parts of the world.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

I have minimum 2 professions: yoga and music. And I see no reasons to quit any of them. We all have multiple talents! Sometimes additional profession finds us: believe me, I never planned to be a Yoga Teacher, it just happened to me and unpacked more abilities above teaching itself such as film-making, learning psychology, ancient teachings as Advaita Vedanta etc.
I’m excited what’s next and wish to create my own perfumes and jewelry collection.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://taplink.cc/lisa.grail
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.grail
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisagrailofficial
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-grail
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LisaGrail

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Lisa Grail