Alyshia Deigh Yoga and Movement

Consistency is key! (And it's also what I struggle with most!) Do you ever get caught up in the new-sparkle-shiny-thing syndrome?! Where someone/something comes along and you think oh this is IT, this is the person/job/program/life I've been waiting for and THIS will finally make me happy. I'll admit, that's been one of the biggest struggles in my life. I get bored easily. I have a short attention span for tedious activities, jobs and people. I've been known to be addicted to... the feeling of change and newness. To moving on when things lose their initial sparkle and get boring, too familiar or too challenging. But what that constant yearning for change and newness can bring is also restlessness, chaos, and a whole lot of heartache and frustration. A constant feeling of trying to fill a void, of always looking for that one key, that one answer, that one perfect thing or person. And no matter how many times someone tells us that that doesn't exist, we may still subconsciously search for it. Things changed for me when I found a connection to my body again. A connection to feeling, to movement, to sitting in the discomfort, in the moment. And then, slowly but surely, I've started to get a handle on that pattern to throw myself into chaos. I look at my life and all of a sudden I've been in a 12-year relationship. I've been training and performing in an incredible but very challenging dance style for 4 years (and enjoying the process, most of the time ). I've started and grown my own yoga and movement business. All of a sudden, the current home I live in is the home I've lived in the longest in my entire life. All of a sudden, I've planted a vegetable garden. Roots in the soil. All of a sudden I do my wrist and shoulder exercises daily. And I couldn't have predicted or 'thrown' myself into any of it. All of it has been through staying consistent, working through my shit, staying open and creative, and being true to my intuition over my emotional and mental patterns. This journey definitely isn't linear and it DEFINITELY isn't pretty, but I wouldn't have it any other way. How do you show up, stay true and consistent in your life?

Strength and Surrendering to the Process ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The comment I get the most as a yoga instructor is Oh, you must be so flexible. or Oh I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible. Guess what - I’m not very flexible.... And it doesn’t matter what the poses look like or how flexible you are. It’s about the inner work. The first time I walked into a yoga class 8 years ago, the instructor had us working towards handstands. By the time we got to that portion of class, I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. The rest of that class is a blur - I can’t actually remember if I stayed all the way until the end, but I remember fighting back tears the whole time and running out of there as soon as I could. I told myself that that was it, I couldn’t do it. I can never do this. I’m not strong enough. I’ll never be strong enough. This is too hard. Because that’s my story. You’re physically and emotionally weak. You’ll always be weak. You’re not athletic. If you can’t be perfect, there’s no point in trying. You are not enough and you never will be. I remember all of those messages swirling around in my head like a dark cloud for the rest of the day. I remember telling myself I would never go back. And then I did. First a class here and there, and then every week. I kept going back to that instructor’s class, who was so gentle and so encouraging, who helped open me up to feeling, really feeling, sensation in my body again. I spent 10 years of my life prior to that completely pushing aside my body, my feelings, my intuition. Abusing my body, abusing myself mentally, and allowing others to have so much power over me. And it was that one small choice to go back to that class, followed by a slew of other choices, some small and some monumental, that has led me here. (Cont'd in comments) #yogamusings #thework #surrender #trusttheprocess #strength #yvryoga

There are so many moments, days, even weeks when I still get caught up in 'doing'. My anxiety constantly tells me that I'm not doing enough, that what I'm doing isn't good enough, that I'M not enough. That's when I know I need to move. . . Sometimes I just need to put on a good song and flow freely, intuitively, without thinking too much about the shapes I'm making, but how they make me feel.... . . This week, come and flow with me on IG Live Saturday May 16th at 1pm PST. . . May you find time today to breathe and just be, friends

I don't know about you, but I get a lot of my energy from working out, teaching and moving around other people. This isolation period has proven to be amazing in that I've had the opportunity to take classes from teachers I never would have had the chance to before, but I also miss that energy sharing that happens when we can move and breathe and sweat together in class. Online just isn't always the same. . .... That's why I think more than ever it's so important to find a practice, a class, a teacher, a song that speaks to you and moves you in whatever way works for you right now, today, this week, this month. For me, today, core strengthening and hip opening feels reallyyyyyy nice. . . It's important to connect in whatever way we can. To our breath, to ourselves, to our bodies, to our communities. It doesn't matter what form that connection takes. #selfisolationdiaries #movementmedicine #yvryoga #yogamusings #mindfulness