Why Integrate Yoga
Into Acting Classes?
The ACTASANA Technique is what Lea Marlene serviced marked in 2013 and is the launching pad for this entire studio. It is an acting technique that incorporates yoga into the curriculum as an extremely powerful tool that further aids you in getting you out of your head and into your body, into your heart so you may live truthfully on stage, on camera and in life. Lea birthed the idea of The Actasana Technique during her recovery from having had cancer. That is when she dove into yoga teacher training to help her in the healing process. The byproduct of Lea becoming a certified yoga teacher from The American Yoga School in Santa Monica, CA in 2012 was not only a clean bill of health but also the idea of how she could use her gifts and talents to serve others came to be. She is grateful every day to live another day and give back in this way.
Yoga is a wonderful teacher into the human condition and as an actor you must be in touch with your heart. To do this you must be centered in your body, mind and spirit. Yoga taps into all three of those things. Yoga and acting compliment one another in several ways one of which is that they are both not to be intellectualized but rather experienced. They both also ask you to not compare yourself to others but rather embrace all that you are and all that you are not. Yoga and acting both ask you to be fully present, in the moment. Integrating a yoga practice into the acting lessons encourages relaxation and stimulates the centering needed to use your instincts effectively. Lea Marlene Actors Studio’s Actasana Technique is paving the way for the modern day actor. We believe that acting is a spiritual calling because a good piece of theatre, television or film has the ability to connect you to others as well as your own humanity and that can impact your life in amazing ways.
ACT • AH • SA • NA
ACT: The reality of doing. “Acting is the reality of doing.” – Sanford Meisner
ASANA: A pose, or series of poses.
“Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I’m interested in; that is, theatre that moves an audience. You have the opportunity to literally impact the lives of people if you work on material that has integrity. But today, most actors simply want to be famous. Well, being an actor was never supposed to be about fame and money. Being an actor is a religious calling because you’ve been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.”
Sanford Meisner
