Make Your Shoulder Hum Not Squeak
Raising our arms above our heads seems to be a limiting a factor for a lot of people. We can bend in the middle, move
Author: Alison Bristow
For Alison, teaching yoga brings together elements of her many loves – performing arts, music, movement, quantum physics, mind-body connection, healing arts, and spirituality. Alison’s primary love is teaching vinyasa flow, but she also enjoys breaking the practice down for beginners.Metaphors play a big part in her teaching – finding the larger messages that the asanas and breathing have to teach. Having lived among many different cultures within the U.S., from a small Oregon town to the Big Apple, Alison feels comfortable with and has a deep appreciation for all types of people.
As an E-RYT 200 Certified Yoga Teacher, she completed her 200-hour teacher training with YogaWorks in Larchmont Village and is happy to have studied with a teacher closely linked to Rod Stryker. In addition, she has logged many studio hours with teachers such as Annie Carpenter, Vinnie Marino, John Friend, and Sean Corne, and even spent two years practicing Bikram Yoga in the mid 1990s.
Alison’s over-riding mission isn’t just to teach yoga poses, but to use the asanas as a means to give people a greater overall sense of well being and a connection to their center so that they can live happy, healthy, productive lives. You’re likely to find her reading a biography on Einstein and researching the latest findings of quantum physics, which she sees as a bridge between modern science and ancient spiritual wisdom. Recently she began combining her love of yoga with her love of nature by leading regular yoga hikes in the surrounding mountains.
Posts from this author
Get to Know Your Psoas
When I began a piece on the psoas, I hoped to write a catchy, simplistic article about a body part with some related stretches that
The Myth of Flexibility and Yoga
One of the most common notions people share with me when they learn I teach yoga is that they think they must be flexible to
5 Yoga Exercises for a Healthy Low Back
The principles shared in this video will support your freedom from any strain or pain in the lower back. The simple practices shared are geared
A 15-Minute Yoga Practice for Better Digestion
Few things can turn a potentially great day into a bad one like a digestive problem. An imbalanced digestive system affects every aspect of life
Alignment Tips to Free Your Neck and Shoulders From Chronic Pain
I came to yoga with years of unconscious holding patterns in my shoulders and neck. Over time these patterns began to yield and were replaced
Deconstructing Downward Dog: Make the Most of a Fundamental Pose
Downward-facing dog, or adho mukha svanasana as it’s called in Sanskrit, just might be the most famous yoga pose of all. I sometimes call it
Take Action: Speak Out Against Sexual Misconduct in Yoga
About a month into my marriage, my husband and I took a yoga class together with a fairly well known and respected teacher. Halfway into
How to Practice Yoga While You’re Running
One day during an afternoon trail run, it suddenly hit me that I was not only running, but I was also practicing yoga – simultaneously.
Is Your Yoga Practice Keeping You From Finding Your Soulmate?
If you’re a modern day woman and a modern day yogi in search of the man of your dreams, your yoga practice might be keeping
The Health-Promoting Power of Joy (And How to Obtain It)
“Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.”
Balance: The Missing Link in Your Yoga Practice
The Sanskrit word that describes yoga posture is asana. But only three out of the 196 verses in the Yoga Sutras (the fundamental text on
