Deep twisting and hip opening can lead us to Grasshopper pose. It also teaches us how to ✨NOTICE✨ and ✨BE WITH✨ what is both on the mat and off. 🙏SEE & BE🙏 is the mantra this week. To read my latest blog post on this topic click link in my bio.

The practice of Mindfulness is complicated. There are many layers to the journey of ✨noticing without judgement✨ STEP 1 is what we often focus on while on the mat; 💫going inside to learn about ourselves and connecting to our inner joy💫 This valuable practice leads us to STEP 2– 💥deploying our mindfulness practice outwardly in the world💥 Often it feels instantly gratifying to react in anger and frustration to a conflict or difficult situation. However, when we deploy mindfulness off the mat we can use the ✨SACRED PAUSE✨— that extra moment to think mindfully-- and choose a different path. The mindfulness we deploy outward can have powerful ripple effects. About 6 weeks ago I responded with mindful disagreement to a social media post that was very divisive and untrue. At that time I ended up having a mindful discourse privately via message and the person did remove the post. I hadn't seen much of what they posted since so I had not thought much more about it. This past week I was walking near my house and the person pulled up in their car and stopped. They told me that they continue to think about our conversation every time they post something and they thanked me very much for the interaction we had. It was the power of mindfulness at work. I thanked them as well for taking the time to stop and share. It was such a valuable reminder for when we doubt our ability to be a positive force in this crazy world. Our mindfulness can be a 💪super power💪 we use for good and the ripple effects can make change happen. On my next 🙏KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat🙏 March 11-16th @amansalatulum we will be delving deep into our mindfulness practice. To step out of regular life and dedicate this time to cultivating mindfulness can be transformative. There is just *A FEW WEEKS LEFT* of my Early Bird Pricing. 🏝See link in bio for details🏝 ✨✨CLASS SCHEDULE✨✨ WED: Yoga Love in IRV 12:30-1:45pm THURS: Hastings Yoga 12:30-1:30pm FRI: Hastings Yoga 9:00-10:00am SUN: Hastings Yoga 8:30-9:45am Link in bio for sign ups. #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #amansalatulum #mexicoretreat #hastingsyoga #yogaloveny #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife

Many of us found some value in slowing down during the pandemic. As life ramps back up to pre-pandemic speed I find myself needing reminders of the value of a slower pace. That is why I was inspired to share this poem with my classes this week: 💫When Your World Moves Too Fast—Christy Ann Martine When your world moves too fast and you lose yourself in the chaos, Introduce yourself To each color of the sunset. Reacquaint yourself with the earth Beneath your feet. Thank the air that surrounds you With every breath you take. Find yourself in the appreciation of life. This is a snippet from one of the sequences I taught this week- extra focus on reacquainting ourselves with the earth through grounding the feet and hands, and with the air through a focus on the breath. The beauty of this practice is that it teaches us just that... how to practice. How to practice being present by slowing down and reacquainting ourselves with our bodies and how to practice the appreciation of life along the way. It is not about the destination, rather being present in gratitude on the journey. Speaking of slowing down and being present in the journey….. you have opportunities: 💥KLARITY Mindsette YOGA & Mindfulness RETREAT💥 March 11th-16th at @amansalatulum *FIVE WEEKS LEFT* of Early Bird Pricing. ✨CLASS SCHEDULE✨ WED: 12:30-1:45pm Live/Stream @yogalove.ny THURS: 12:30-1:30pm Live/Stream @hastingsyoga FRI: 9:00-10:00am Live/Stream @hastingsyoga #allisonwagyoga #amansalatulum #tulumretreat #mexicoyogaretreat #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife #yogainspiration #yogagirl #yogachallenge #yogapants #yogashirt #yogapose #yogaeveryday #yogateacher #yogapractice #yogajourney #yogadailyflow #yogadailyposes #yogaasanatutorial #yogadailyclasses

Four years ago this time I hosted my first retreat. It was truly a turning point for me in this life…. a dream realized that I didn’t even know I had. I am forever grateful to those 7 beautiful souls for believing in me. It has changed my path forever in amazing ways. Now I am preparing for my ✨Fifth RETREAT✨ and I am coming back to Tulum again to the beautiful @amansalatulum Life does circle around in amazing ways. The universe has a plan and part of mine is to see more of these spectacular sunrises!! Hopefully it’s part of yours too!! Link in my bio for details. #grateful #dreamsdocometrue #luckyyogateacher #tulum #tulumretreat #allisonwagyoga

It is really feeling like Fall and I love the festivities that come this time of year. I have even more appreciation for them because so many didn't happen last year. As we (hopefully) collectively continue to feel a sense of increased normalcy, we also may find ourselves returning to some familiar stories we tell ourselves; many of which may not be true and may not be serving us. I had three friends this past week mention that they are feeling like their lives are off track and that everyone else seems to have their path figured out. This reminded me of a powerful quote that became my theme for the week. 💫We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.💫 The stories we tell ourselves effect how we see the world. It is the lens though which we view our lives. Noticing the repetitive nature of our thoughts is the power of Mindfulness. From there we can begin to evaluate if the stories are serving us. ✨✨When we change the lens, we change the world.✨✨ 🏝LESS THAN 6 WEEKS LEFT of EARLY BIRD PRICING for my next KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat, March 11-16th at @amansalatulum in Tulum, Mexico. Link in bio for all details. It is going to be amazing!!!🏝 🙏CLASS SCHEDULE🙏 ✨WED: 12:30-1:45pm Live/Stream *Class not heated* @yogalove.ny ✨THURS: 12:30-1:30pm Live/Stream @hastingsyoga ✨FRI: 9:00-10:00am Live/Stream @hastingsyoga ✨SUN: 8:30-9:45am Live/Stream *Level 3 Vinyasa* @hastingsyoga #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #amansalatulum #yogaretreats #yogaretreatsmexico #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife #yogainspiration #yogagirl #yogachallenge #yogapants #yogashirt #yogapose #yogaeveryday #yogateacher #yogapractice #yogajourney #yogadailyflow #yogadailyposes #yogaasanatutorial #yogadailyclasses

💥FIVE months until THIS💥 ✨KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat 2022✨ I am so excited to be traveling to @amansalatulum for my next retreat! Tulum is a perfect place for a yoga retreat and it is easy to get there from anywhere in the U.S. UNCERTAINTY is our new NORMAL Learn how to 🌊ride the waves of uncertainty🌊 with GRATITUDE and ACCEPTANCE on this Retreat! 🏝EARLY BIRD PRICING lasts for 6 more weeks.🏝 Check out the link in my bio for details. #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #tulumretreat #amansalatulum #amansalahotel #yoga #yogainspiration #mexicoyogaretreat

My family received wonderful news last week; my daughter was accepted to her first choice university. We were so incredibly excited and proud of her and that joy carried us through many days. During those days, everything seemed more joyful. As a mindfulness teacher I was quite aware how this external event was affecting my overall mental state and that inspired me to delve a bit deeper into the two types of joy that exist in the Buddhist tradition. The first type is ✨PAMOJA✨ which means "worldly happiness" in Sanskrit. This is the joy that is linked to changing external conditions (like your daughter getting into college :)). The other type of joy, ✨SUKHA✨ is the joy that exists independent of cause. Pamoja feeds our souls and cast a beautiful glow over our world. The key to this type of joy is to hold it lightly-- to not grasp it tightly. Sukha is the joy that is with us all the time and one of the ways we practice Sukha is to begin to hold ALL emotions lightly- both joys and sorrows. So if we think of ourselves as the OCEAN and our emotions as WAVES moving through, then "surfing" those waves lightly is Sukha. The key to the practice of Sukha is to savor the joys without grasping them and to acknowledge the sorrows without wallowing in them. That is how we 🏄‍♀️SURF🏄‍♀️ This pic is from one of my last retreats! I cannot wait for my next one— 🏝KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness RETREAT March 11-16th @amansalatulum 🏝 CLASS SCHEDULE: ✨WED 12:30-1:45pm live/stream @yogalove.ny ✨THURS 12:30-1:30pm live/stream @hastingsyoga ✨FRI 9-10am live/stream @hastingsyoga For Info and sign ups link in my bio #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #amansala #amansalatulum #yogaretreat2022 #mexicoyogaretreat #tulumretreats #yoga #yogapractice #yogainspiration

JOY- there are two types. The ✨BIG MOMENT✨type of JOY and the ✨EVERYDAY MOMENT✨type of joy. This photo is me in an ✨AMAZING MOMENT of JOY- ✨on my last retreat✨ The practice of everyday joy makes those moments EVEN MORE joyful because what we practice we get BETTER AT! If you want to explore the ✨2 TYPES OF JOY✨I hope to see you on your mat this week: Today (WED) @yogalove.ny and THURS/FRI @hastingsyoga IF you want to ✨GO DEEPER INTO THE PRACTICE OF JOY✨ join me on my KLARITY Mindfulness & Yoga Retreat @amansalatulum MARCH 11-16th, 2022 Link in bio for class and retreat details! #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #klaritymindsette #amansalatulum #yogaretreats #yogaretreat2022 #yogaretreatmexico #amansalahotel #yogapractice #yogalife #yogainspiration

Sometimes in our ongoing exploration of ourselves and the quest to improve we forget the importance and power of our good habits!! (SAMSKARAS as they are called in Sanskrit). Let’s celebrate the routines, habits (in other words PRACTICE) that offer us grounding, focus and acceptance through both challenges and joys. Our yoga practice is such a good reminder of the Power of Practice— the consistency and attention we pay to our foundational poses (like Downward Dog) create the basis for which we can grow on the mat. I love this quote as a reminder of the power of our positive Samskaras: ✨We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit✨— Will Durant I cannot wait for my next retreat!! 🙏KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness Retreat🙏 March 11-16 2022 @amansalatulum If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out or click link in my bio! Space is limited and Early Bird pricing runs through Nov 30th🏝 💫💫CLASS SCHEDULE:💫💫 MON: Hastings Yoga 12:30-1:30pm Live/Livestream WED: Yoga Love 12:30-1:45pm In Studio *Class not heated* THURS: Hastings Yoga 12:30-1:30pm Live/Livestream FRI: Hastings Yoga 9:00-10:00am Live/Livestream Link to sign up in my bio #allisonwagyoga #klaritymindsette #mindfulness #amansala #amansalahotel #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife #yogainspiration #yogagirl #yogachallenge #yogapants #yogashirt #yogapose #yogaeveryday #yogateacher #yogapractice #yogajourney #yogadailyflow #yogadailyposes #yogaasanatutorial #yogadailyclasses

We often undervalue the present moment. Instead of focusing on our actions in the now, we focus on what is coming next. This week on the mat I asked my students to "practice" making mindful decisions in the moment and not to think about what was coming next. 🙏The third principle of karma reminds us of how important this is. It says that even if things are not working out the way you want in the current moment, acting with integrity and virtue now effects our future.🙏 I also shared this interesting story: A study was done years ago in Illinois in a mental hospital that was located on an exit off the interstate that had a toll booth. There was not a person in the toll booth, so it was run on the honor system. One of the graduate students who was interning at the hospital decided to take note of which doctors paid their tolls and which didn't and set up a camera at the toll booth. He made a list of names and then discovered that it correlated pretty directly with the success of their therapy with their patients. The doctors who paid their tolls patients got better faster. 💫We can ask ourselves what might change if we let our virtue and integrity guide us in each action/decision we make-- no matter how seemingly insignificant.💫 ✨✨CLASS SCHEDULE✨✨ WED: Yoga Love 12:30-1:45pm In Studio *Class is not heated* @yogalove.ny THURS: Hastings Yoga 12:30-1:30pm Live/Stream @hastingsyoga 🏝KLARITY Mindsette Yoga & Mindfulness RETREAT🏝@amansalatulum March 11-16th. link in bio for details!! #allisonwagyoga #mindfulness #amansalatulum #yogaretreat #yogaretreatmexico #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife #yogainspiration #yogagirl #yogachallenge #yogapants #yogashirt #yogapose #yogaeveryday #yogateacher #yogapractice #yogajourney #yogadailyflow #yogadailyposes #yogaasanatutorial #yogadailyclasses

💥FIRSTS are WONDERFUL!💥 ✨FIRST full week of school for my kids☑️ ✨FIRST sign ups for KLARITY Mindsette Retreat 2022☑️ ✨FIRST week of my set teaching schedule.☑️ ✨FIRST time visiting Yoga Love? Come join me for class tomorrow, WED 12:30-1:45pm (not hot). If tomorrow doesn’t work I am also teaching THURS 12:30-1:30pm and FRI 9-10am @hastingsyoga Link in bio for sign ups! #allisonwagyoga #amansalatulum #yogaretreat #mindfulness #yoga #yogapractice

This past week it was wonderful to be back teaching in Irvington. It truly felt like a fresh beginning with all of the emotions that come with that; joy, excitement, nervousness, a little bit of bitter sweet longing for what is gone and mostly gratitude for the chance to begin anew and for my students who came to my opening class. It meant so much to have you there! The space is beautiful and while the studio is primarily offering heated classes, my Wednesday lunchtime class is NOT heated. The feelings of last week inspired me to share the below poem in my classes. The poem reminds us that when we allow the feelings we have, we actually make space for all of them. If we think about our feelings as waves in the ocean; they can all co exist within the greater ocean of who we are. ✨Allow by Danna Foulds✨ 🙏There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt or containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet. Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. The only safety lies in letting it all in-- the wild and the weak, the fear and the fantasies. Failures, and success. When loss rips off the doors of the heart, or sadness veils your vision with despair, practice becomes simply bearing the truth. In the choice to let go of your known way of being, the whole world is revealed to your new eyes.🙏 Sign ups have begun for 💫KLARITY Mindsette Retreat 2022💫 @amansalatulum 🌟Space is limited and Early Bird pricing runs through Nov 30th🌟 Link in bio for all the info! SCHEDULE: 💥WED: Yoga Love 12:30-1:45pm In Studio *Class is not heated* @yogalove.ny 💥THURS: Hastings Yoga 12:30-1:30pm Live/Livestream 💥FRI: Hastings Yoga 9:00-10:00am Live/Livestream Link in bio for sign ups #allisonwagyoga #hastingsyoga #amansalahotel #yogaretreat #yogaretreats #yogaretreattulum #Yoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #yogalife #yogainspiration #yogagirl #yogachallenge #yogapants #yogashirt #yogapose #yogaeveryday #yogateacher #yogapractice #yogajourney #yogadailyflow #yogadailyposes #yogaasanatutorial #yogadailyclasses