About my classes:
Whether you are looking for cultivation of stillness or a class to raise your energy, I have a range of offerings to target improvement of your vitality. My classes include both subtle and invigorating movement balanced with pranayama (meditation and breath work) for a fully immersive mind-body experience. Gentle, Nidra, and Restorative classes call forth a slower pace to down-regulate the nervous system for reduced stress and deeper rest. My flow classes emphasize a faster pace to facilitate invigoration, strength, and stamina building. All classes are trauma informed.
Classes take place on Whidbey Island and online.
About Me:
My name is Alisa and I am a Clinical Psychologist who has been in private practice for 10 years. As far as we have come with reuniting the bifurcated mind and body, we still have a long way to go. I am interested in teaching yoga to others to cultivate a better relationship with their own bodies including decreased suffering from injuries and to integrate mind and body for improved wellbeing.
I have been practicing yoga of different types (Ashtanga, Bikram, Hatha) on and off for over 20 years. I completed my 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at 8 Limbs Yoga and graduated not only a yoga teacher but a better human. As a Clinical Psychologist, I have been teaching mindfulness to individuals and groups since 2009.
As a member of the human race and practitioner of psychology, I noticed that many of us in Western culture are disembodied – we walk around as human doings rather than human beings. We predominantly inhabit states of intellectualization, analysis, and judgment. Often, our bodies are vehicles we use to fulfill our to-do lists. Conversely embodiment allows us to step into relationship with our body to:
cultivate compassion and appreciation for all that our bodies allow us to experience
increase awareness to sensations including pain, pleasure, needs, and desires
increase connection to our inner voice or wise mind
to cultivate a more integrated, vibrant, and authentic path forward.
