About Lisa Ingrid

Creating space for more rest, connection, expression, and aliveness.

I'm Lisa Ingrid, founder of Alive Studio. I'm a transformational guide and facilitator bringing together career and life coaching with nervous system regulation, somatic practices, breathwork, and the healing arts.

I've spent 14 years working in tech, global marketing, and leadership. So I know the pace, the pressure, the constant thinking, and what it's like to care deeply about your work while having less and less of yourself left for the rest of your life.

Today, I bring those worlds together. My work is warm, playful, deeply human, and grounded in the belief that you shouldn't have to choose between being ambitious and feeling good in your life.

How I got here.

I want to say something clearly at the start: I loved my career.

I loved the creativity, the people, the problem-solving, and the feeling of building something impactful. And part of me still misses it.

But I also learned what happens when constant pressure becomes chronic stress. Burnout and exhaustion made me look not only at the demands around me, but at the patterns within me: perfectionism, overgiving, and always pushing through instead of listening to what I needed.

For years, I explored different approaches to personal growth and wellbeing, from coaching and meditation to breathwork, nervous system regulation, somatics, movement, plant medicine, energy healing, and sound. Along the way, I began finding a more sustainable way to pursue my ambitions, with more space for relationships, creativity, and joy.

As I noticed how many women around me were navigating similar struggles, the seed for Alive Studio began to form.

When my corporate chapter shifted in early 2026, I took the opportunity to go deeper, traveling through Bali and Thailand for intensive training in breathwork, BioDevelopment, sound healing, and somatic practices.

I fell even more deeply in love with this work. With the healing power of the breath, the release, clarity, and deep calm it can bring. The freedom and joy of movement, dance, and self-expression. The permission to be playful, wild, and free.

And perhaps most profoundly, with the experience of being held by a community where I could let more of myself be seen, even the vulnerable, tender, and messy parts, and be met with love, acceptance, and care.

Those experiences lit a fire in my soul to create spaces where others could experience that same healing, freedom, connection, and belonging.

They also brought the vision for Alive Studio into focus: bringing together my corporate experience with the practices I'd fallen in love with, to help ambitious women feel more calm, grounded, connected, and alive while creating lives they genuinely love.

Training & Certifications

  • Certified Breathwork Facilitator
    Samma Karuna - School of Awakening & Healing · Koh Phangan, Thailand
    200-hour multi-style facilitator training in conscious connected breathwork, meditation, body and energy practices, self-development and facilitation.
  • BioDevelopment Teacher Certificate
    Samma Karuna - School of Awakening & Healing · Koh Phangan, Thailand
    Training in somatic movement, dance, emotional expression, body awareness, authentic connection, play, and group facilitation.
  • Sound Healing Practitioner
    Bali Yoga School · Ubud, Indonesia
    Training in Tibetan singing bowls, sound baths, chakra balancing, therapeutic sound techniques, and multi-instrument facilitation.
  • Reiki Practitioner · Level I & II
    Usui Reiki
    Training in hands-on energy healing, energy balancing, and practices supporting relaxation and wellbeing.
  • 14 years in tech, global marketing, and leadership, building global programs, leading teams, and working in complex, high-pressure organizations.
  • I've facilitated breathwork, BioDevelopment, somatic movement, sound, ritual, and embodied connection experiences in Thailand and the United States, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Burning Man, and other Northern California community gatherings and festivals.
Lisa at a training ceremony in Southeast Asia

What I believe about this work.

I don't believe you need to choose between a meaningful career and a fulfilling life. Between success and feeling good. Between achievement and aliveness.

In fact, I think taking better care of yourself can help you thrive at work, too.

When you're less stressed and more present, you have more space to think clearly. To make good decisions. To lead. To innovate. To be creative. To listen. To respond instead of react. To notice your limits before you've already blown past them.

And when the workday is over, you have more of yourself left for the rest of your life.

That's the part I care about just as much.

Having the energy and presence to enjoy your relationships, explore what lights you up, and make space for rest, play, creativity, and meaningful connection. The freedom to express yourself, explore new ways of being, and create a life that feels genuinely fulfilling, not just successful on paper.

Because ultimately, I believe success isn't just about what you accomplish. It's about how you feel, how you live, and the life you create along the way.

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The Aliveness Approach

The Aliveness Approach brings together the practices and principles that have helped me create a healthier, more grounded way of working and living. It's not a rigid formula. It's a whole-person approach built around six interconnected pillars - because how you handle stress, relate to your body, express yourself, connect with others, and live outside of work all shape how you feel and how you show up.

Regulation

Learning nervous system regulation practices that help you navigate pressure, recover from stress, come back to a more grounded state, and show up with greater presence and capacity at work and in life.

Embodiment

Getting out of your head and back into your body, where you can reconnect with your feelings, needs, limits, intuition, and the signals that are easy to override when you're always pushing through.

Release

Becoming more aware of patterns and ways of operating that may be draining you, like perfectionism, people-pleasing, overachieving, or pushing past your limits, and shifting the ones that are keeping you stressed, depleted, or stuck.

Expression

Making space for your emotions, voice, creativity, ideas, passions, personality, and the parts of you that make you you, so you can express yourself more freely and bring more of who you are into your work, relationships, and life.

Connection

Becoming more present with yourself and the people around you, with more space for relationships, friendships, community, belonging, and genuine human connection.

Alignment

Getting clearer on what actually matters to you and making more intentional choices about your career, relationships, boundaries, priorities, and how you spend your time and energy.

Together, these six pillars help you pursue your ambitions without losing touch with your wellbeing, relationships, creativity, joy, and everything else that makes you feel alive.

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Ready to begin?

There are many ways into this work. Whether you're looking for a focused coaching session, a private immersive experience, ongoing support, or a space to move and connect with others, you can start with what feels right for you.

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