MY Mission:
Uplift.
I use the tools of mindfulness, yoga, movement and self-massage to remind people how worthy and powerful they already are.
How I Support My Students
Hi! I’m Alyssa. I believe that we, as humans, have tremendous capacity to change and grow with the challenges that life delivers us. I support people on their own journeys by offering a series of yoga, massage and movement tools to help them feel more at home, in-tune and at ease in their bodies and minds.
YOGA
I offer many types of yoga experiences based on the needs of my clients. I always tell people, the type of yoga you should start with depends on your personal goals. Yoga can be slow and soft or it can be intense and demanding.
SELF-MASSAGE
Self-massage is an incredible tool for pain relief, performance enhancement, proprioception and balance work, relaxation and detoxification (not a word I use lightly). I teach regular self-massage classes, workshops and teacher trainings.
Functional Movement
As a certified Balanced Athlete and Yoga Tune Up instructor, I have deeply studied human design, anatomy and integrated movement. You’ll see this blended into my yoga sessions, but we can work on this as a stand alone as well.
MINDFULNESS
Whether you are looking to steady the constant chatter of a busy mind or start to dive deep into mindfulness and meditation practices, I can offer you a rich set of tools to start actively managing the stress of the “monkey mind.”
Our Impact
Someone asked me recently: “How to you measure your impact with your students?”
It often feels like people are looking for answers like “they finally nailed their arm balance” - but those metrics can be deceiving. I’ve met plenty of people who can do all the postures, and some of them are still miserable.
I look for feedback in smiles, tears and collective sighs.
I see it in students who learn how to drop deep into rest after 500 figity savasanas.
I see it when someone finds the courage to try something new.
I feel it when students come back, or share their stories or ask for help.
I bow to it when I see a practitioner take huge leaps of faith or walk through painful life circumstances with grace.
To assume that the human experience is linear and/or that we are doing yoga for the “fruits” (the outcome) is to corrupt the original idea of yoga: You are already whole, you are already worthy, you just need to get that other stuff out of the way so you can feel it.
18+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
It started with a herniated disk in 2004 followed by a discovery of Power Yoga at Open Doors studios in Weymouth, MA. Within 6 months I enrolled in my first teacher training.
1000+
HOURS IN LEARNING & CERTIFICATIONS
Beyond my 500 hr teaching certification: 3 Balanced Athlete Certificates, Reiki I, Yoga Tune Up, Roll Model, TUF Shoulder Immersion, Breath & Bliss Immersion, Anatomy 101 with Thomas Meyers, Yin & Meditation Teacher Training, Yoga as Medicine… and many more.
9+
Thousand STUDENTS SERVED
Between weekly classes, workshops, corporate events, teacher trainings and festivals - I started to tally how many people I’d worked with over time. When I hit the “=” sign I was floored. What an honor it is to share these ideas with so many powerful people.
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Yoga Sutra 2.46
sthira-sukham asanam
The posture is held with a balance of effort and ease.