The 5 Alignment Principles That Transform Practice
Why does moving and breathing create healing? After decades of practice and study, Alison shares 5 core alignment principles that turn simple poses into powerful opportunities for change: Breathing with Circumference, Grounding through Bony Landmarks, Buoyancy in the Bandhas, Currents of Connection, and Origin of Movement. These principles help you build strength, stability, and grace—from the inside out.

Healing Happens Through the Body
Healing isn’t something that happens to you—it happens through you. It’s a process of engaging your body’s innate power to restore harmony, change patterns, and build resilience over time. Alison explores how movement, breath, and awareness can help you tend to your body like a garden, self-generate healing, and stay empowered even through discomfort and uncertainty.

Fear, Stress & the Upper Body Reset
Fear and stress often get trapped in the shoulders, tightening the trapezius muscles and limiting breath, movement, and even clear thinking. Alison explains how recognizing this instinctive response allows you to reset before stress takes over. Explore effective release techniques in the Upper Body Reset Workshop at Padma or through the 20 Minute Miracles App to restore ease, balance, and resilience.

Upper Body Reset for the Screen-Time Era
With over 40% of daily time spent on screens, it’s no surprise many of us experience tension, strain, and fatigue in the upper body. Alison shares simple, powerful strategies to counterbalance screen time and announces the upcoming Upper Body Reset Workshop in the Bay Area, plus accessible resources through the 20 Minute Miracles App. Reclaim ease and vitality through mindful movement and release practices.

Upper Body Reset & Bay Area Visit
Alison is heading back to the Bay Area! Join her for in-person sessions designed to reset and revitalize your upper body. Through targeted movement, breath, and alignment practices, you’ll release tension, improve mobility, and build strength in the neck, shoulders, and upper back. Whether you're recovering from strain or looking to deepen your practice, these sessions offer expert guidance and hands-on support.

What Is Alignment?
Alignment isn’t about achieving perfect symmetry—it’s about cultivating connection, coherence, and relationship within the body and beyond. Alison shares how movement practice can help develop alignment not as a rigid goal, but as a creative skill that supports awareness, strength, and intentional living. Explore these ideas further in the Updated Alignment Office Hours session.

Unpacking Common Alignment Cues
Inspired by recent conversations about the state of modern yoga, Alison revisits and updates common alignment cues. Learn why some traditional instructions—like "sitting bones back" or "tailbone down"—can lead to instability or injury, and discover healthier, more sustainable alternatives. The latest Office Hours replay is available now for the whole community (but only for a limited time!).

Awareness Is the Change
Eighteen years ago, Alison’s search for transformation began with a move from Chicago to Maui and a powerful phrase from A New Earth: “awareness is the change.” Through years of applying awareness to body, mind, and spirit, she discovered how space, new information, and conscious choices create lasting growth.

Where Has Good Yoga Gone?
In a world where tradition is often squeezed by consumer culture, the deepest, most transformative yoga has gone underground—found in small studios, innovative teachers, and personal practice. Alison reflects on how to navigate this shifting landscape and where to place your effort for a sustainable, meaningful practice. Explore these insights in the latest Office Hours recording.

The Stages of Healing: From Pain to Integration
Healing isn’t just about symptom relief—it’s a process of restoration and transformation. Alison outlines three key stages: Acute, where rest and gentle care are vital; Acceptable, when new patterns can be developed; and Integrated, where experiences of pain become opportunities for growth and empowerment. With awareness, patience, and willingness, healing becomes not just recovery, but evolution.

Ease Into the New Year with Curated Collections
The post-holiday rush can lead to burnout, but lasting change requires slowing down and building momentum mindfully. Alison shares how the Curated Collections—29 targeted 20 Minute Miracles practices—can help reset your body, calm your nervous system, and align with your long-term vision. Whether you need relief, strength, or a fresh start, these collections offer practical, body-centered support for the year ahead.

3 Ways to Start Using the 20 Minute Miracles App
Whether you have a free or paid membership, it’s easy to begin: (1) Pick a favorite practice and repeat it—consistency builds results. (2) Listen to an Office Hours session like Asana Strong while driving or walking. (3) Check out the weekly Monday Memo for practice recommendations. The App was designed to make meaningful, consistent practice simple and accessible—right in your pocket.

Let Your Body Speak—and Respond
Your feelings are your body’s language, offering constant messages. But noticing is only the first step; transformation comes when you respond. The Reclaim Joy bundle offers movement, somatic, breathing, and meditation practices designed to disrupt stress patterns, release tension, and restore calm clarity. Give yourself—or someone you love—the tools to listen and respond with care.

Be the Weighty One: Reclaim Joy
Like the heaviest grandfather clock setting the rhythm for others, you can become a steady, calming presence for your family and friends. In Reclaim Joy, Alison, Erika Belanger, and Antonika Chanel offer a bundle of practices to help you move from overwhelm to peaceful presence—especially during the busy holiday season. Cultivate the resilience and grounded energy that inspires those around you.

Practice for Freedom, Not Performance
True transformation in practice isn’t about poses or achievement—it’s about cultivating the freedom to live fully at every age. Alison shares lessons from working with clients in their 80s and how strength, flexibility, and reprogramming movement patterns create lasting change. Upcoming workshops at Padma will explore this unique blend of strength, stretch, and nervous system wisdom.

Pain Is Complex—But You’re Not Alone
Pain is never just physical. It’s layered, deeply personal, and shaped by stress, resistance, and our full human experience. In The Power of Pain, Dr. Trina Mann introduces a bio-psycho-social approach to understanding pain. Join Alison in exploring these insights—and how to reduce suffering while navigating physical challenges with awareness and compassion.

Pain, Transformation & the Dark Night of the Soul
Inspired by John of the Cross, Alison explores how pain and challenging seasons can become transformative—not obstacles, but catalysts for growth. In this Office Hours session, dive into the bio-psycho-social nature of pain, its spiritual dimensions, and how to navigate dark nights of the soul with awareness and trust in the unfolding process.

Understanding Pain: Awareness & Possibility
Pain is real, subjective, and influenced by stress, anxiety, and our own interpretations. But with understanding comes agency. Join Alison in exploring how pain works, why it arises, and how to respond with awareness and possibility—turning discomfort into a pathway for growth and resilience.

The Power of Pain
Pain—whether physical, mental, or emotional—is a universal experience, yet many of us respond to it in ways that limit growth and understanding. In The Power of Pain, Dr. Trina Mann offers surprising insights into why we experience pain, how to work with it skillfully, and how to listen to its messages without fear or avoidance. Discover how pain can become a teacher in your practice and life.

Sledgehammer or Scalpel?
When facing discomfort or imbalance—whether physical or emotional—many of us instinctively reach for dramatic solutions. But lasting healing often requires precision, patience, and skillful attention. Alison explores the power of "scalpel work": small, deliberate actions that build body awareness, stability, and endurance over time. Learn how to shift from reactive fixes to sustainable self-care and healing.