The Shakti Shaman

Working with a client last week On the way to full wheel/upward facing bow pose /urdhva dhanurasana ... Using the chair and other props to prepare the way. * Incorporating props is such an effective way to keep the body mind on it's toes...reawakening, guarding from stagnation and complacency. * Props are not a crutch. They are a springboard. Props allow for dynamic creativity in teaching and the possibilities are literally infinite.* I 💓props! * Thank you BKS Iyengar!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPw3z8pxmi/?utm_medium=tumblr

What kind of mind is guiding the pose? Is it steady, calm, focused, determined, clear, and curious? Or is it tense, rigid, restless, scattered, dull, and impatient? To practice a yoga posture in such a way as requires the mind to become very focused, thereby quiet...this is the beginning of developing deeper capacities of discernment. When the mind is quiet enough to detect the momentum of habit in a particular bodily pattern, intercept it, and redirect it into a new, healthy channel...this paves the way to do the same at the more subtle level of thought. It's important to understand Asana in the context of the entire picture of yoga which has as its ultimate aim the realization of oneness. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrdyNYHvaC/?utm_medium=tumblr

To those who taught me to have a yoga practice @jeanneheilemanyoga @chadhamrinyoga A yoga practice requires... Depth An interest in truth Willingness to give up what isn't right even it requires slowing way down and not looking good Humility https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjV8rQhXB3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Meet Winston. Sweet, well trained and looking for a family to love. If you'd like to meet him contact @agwcrockinrescue in Woodland Hills. (at AGWC Rockin' Rescue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfZx3LBsHG/?utm_medium=tumblr

S M E X I T (Social Media Exit) 11:59pm today Subscribe to Newsletter *** link in bio. *** https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3Z6WjDc_f/?igshid=14qlbt7e91z0a

As of Wednesday December 16th, I'm leaving Facebook and Instagram - deleting all data and uninstalling apps. If you want to keep up with offerings and newsletters, go to my website and email me: www.alisonbristow.com. I'll notify via email if and when I join another social platform. All of my family and friends have my phone number so we'll just have good ol' fashioned phone conversations! This is the guide I used in case anyone else is interested: https://mashable.com/article/how-delete-facebook/ You can download and save all your data. https://www.instagram.com/p/CIw4z0xjIet/?igshid=1te587xbcarrp

Click the bio link to see what singing bowls taught me about the cosmos yesterday! Plus other offerings to support well being https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBRLEDDV0H/?igshid=1n40ppwb0bdig

I just published.... Sounds for Transformation on YouTube. Listen * Like. * Share LINK IN BIO https://conta.cc/2IIXbUd https://www.instagram.com/p/CHq9B2RjpKM/?igshid=hrlpb2uum8x7

A phrase I originally heard while living in New York City and serving on some boards. Came flooding back into my mind this morning as I read about California's tiered response to the Coronavirus, complete with color coding and now a new metric ... oh boy! It seems too much knowledge tends to override intelligence and common sense. And to me this has been glaringly apparent in the pandemic response worldwide with a few exceptions. (DISCLAIMER...No camels were harmed in the creation of this social media post) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIBI0zjTvp/?igshid=16hr7cerzqehu