Thoughts | Yoga

Novelty & Mindfulness

January 21, 2025

The snow last weekend got me thinking about the power of novelty.   Here in the South, we get all excited about snow – not because it’s great but because it’s different than what usually happens, and it changes how we see the world for a minute. Having grown up in coastal Florida, I hold it’s […]

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Mindful Cities: The Sarasota Retreat (April 10-13)

January 7, 2025

Not just a vacation, not just a yoga retreat – join us in April for a mindful exploration of yoga and wellness anchored in sun, sand, and one of a kind experiences that are unique to one of my favorite cities – Sarasota, Florida. Fun places. Beautiful spaces. Curated treats for body, mind and spirit. […]

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Spring Signature Women’s reTREAT (03/20-23/2025)

December 13, 2024
Heartwood

My original women’s retreats. Intimate groups. Beautiful spaces. Curated sessions for body, mind and spirit. Thoughtfully designed so you can be your best you. Offered once in the Spring, once in the Fall. Spring is the time to pull weeds. The things we want to grow cannot thrive in a space where weeds are using […]

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The Power of Fiction

June 14, 2024

I love non fiction. It makes me feel smarter, informed, and if knowledge is power, then powerful too. I love the active feeling of learning, of feeling like I’m a better person for having read the thing. And for a long time, I only felt that way about non-fiction, and maybe biography/memoirs. My own inner […]

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Living on the Edge

March 8, 2024

I know I’m in trouble when I start getting sick, particularly getting sick with weird little things.  I am pretty in tune with my body and when I get tired, my nose runs.  It’s like somewhere in the early part of my existence my brain noticed that I would lay down and rest when my […]

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Goals, Resolutions, & Intentions

February 13, 2024

(To listen to this instead, click here) There are two times of year that feel big and bold to me, January and early September.  Both are completely cultural time markers with either the happy new year party horns seeming to ring in my ears and urge me on to wild resolutions, or the back-to-school reminders […]

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Spring Signature Women’s reTREAT (3/28-31/2024) SOLD OUT

January 1, 2024

Waitlist available, e-mail alison@breathtomotion.com to be added. My original women’s retreats. Intimate groups. Beautiful spaces. Curated sessions for body, mind and spirit. Thoughtfully designed so you can be your best you. Offered once in the Spring, once in the Fall. Spring is the time to pull weeds. The things we want to grow cannot thrive […]

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Important vs. Urgent

October 3, 2023

I just finished reading and guiding “Stop Overthinking” as the Book to Body book of the month for September and one thing really stuck with me.  The book itself offers a wide array of tools pulled from many disciplines.  The one lingering for me is the Eisenhower Matrix. In the online space there are 5.7 […]

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