A lifetime through expression of movement
About Lisa-Marie Lewis
Lisa-Marie Lewis - of Bajan (Barbados) parentage - grew up as an only child in Vancouver, British Columbia. For as long as she can remember, she has expressed herself through movement.
At 17, after years of studying ballet in Canada, she made the adventurous move to New York City to begin her professional career with The Dance Theatre of Harlem. She went on to perform for ten seasons as a Radio City Rockette, serving as Assistant Dance Captain, and later joined the Broadway production of The Lion King, where she performed eight shows a week for 20 years. After navigating multiple injuries, she eventually underwent knee replacement surgery and retired from the show - closing a deeply meaningful chapter in her performance career.
She is now a teaching artist with the National Dance Institute (NDI), where she shares life lessons through movement with the next generation.
Lisa is a 500-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance and has been teaching at Equinox since 2013. She continues to guide classes at Equinox clubs, staying rooted in a practice that has sustained and supported her for over two decades.
Yoga first found Lisa when she was searching for calm amidst the chaos, hoping to find a more grounded way to live and move - a sense of balance in a life defined by constant motion. As a two-time breast cancer survivor, it was the therapeutic and healing nature of yoga that continually brought her back to the mat. Her personal journey has sparked a deep interest in yoga therapy and in teaching yoga as a healing art - especially for those navigating illness, injury, or life transitions. For Lisa, yoga is a practice of awareness, acceptance, and transformation - one that continues to shape how she moves through the world with greater patience, ease, and grace.
She became a mother during the pandemic - a transformational experience that continues to inform her life and work.
Lisa is currently a 500 hr Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance.
Inspired by a playlist or live music, Lisa’s classes are fun, flowing, and challenging.
Photographer: Dennis Johnston