I’m a fitness instructor with experience in yoga, Pilates, step classes and water aerobics. I’ve spent more than 10 years studying martial arts, concentrating on Shaolin Kempo, but also spending time studying Tae Kwon Do. During the last few years, I’ve lost more than 100 pounds and 6 dress sizes, and I’m still working to get to my goal weight. I also teach women’s self defense classes and am a professional jazz singer. My yoga journey actually started back in 1995, when I took yoga for 2 years from a woman in Bangor, Maine. She was a traditional Hatha Yoga instructor who emphasized the serene nature of practice and finding your center and inner peace, in addition to the bodily improvements that accompany yoga. After working as a step-aerobics and water aerobics instructor over the last several years, I have a greater appreciation for what yoga can do for your joints and what a great conditioning workout it is. My classes still focus on the stillness…the inner serenity that comes with regular practice, but compared to my first teacher, the classes I teach are more upbeat, energetic, and playful. I believe in having fun while practicing with people you know and grow to love, and that energy is contagious!
Hi Allison,
Wonderful to see your great blog site. I look forward to hearing about what you discover and choose to share. I hope you are well, as it sounds like you certainly are!
We send our love and support,
Brenda
I just saw your updates. So wonderful to read…I have felt that way about people ignoring others on crutches, in wheelchairs, etc. When I was first getting back into teaching 14 years ago, I worked as a 1-1 with a girl with cerebral palsey. My eyes were opened further than ever regarding people’s rudeness, or just inattentiveness to her situation. I, too, developed a great deal more patience than I had ever had in the past. Allison, I’m glad your foot is healing. Namaste’.