Alison Widdoes
She holds a Restorative yoga teacher certification through Jillian Pranksy and is currently enrolled in the YogaWorks 300 hour advanced program. Through instruction of Hatha yoga flow, Alison brings a bright spirit, beautiful voice, humor, personal touch and magical mantra to each class. Alison’s classes are lighthearted yet challenging, with an eye toward laughter and never taking oneself too seriously.
Through dedicated yoga practice, Alison believes yoga enables and inspires others to uncover their true selves and to experience a richer, fuller life.
Radical Self-Acceptance
The True Achievement
What would it feel like to stumble one minute, and the next minute have enough compassion for yourself to say- so what?
In a culture obsessed with “doing” and “achieving,” it can be very difficult to learn to accept yourself today, simply as is. There is a palpable peace when you can accept you, the good and the bad, regardless of circumstance. I say this from a very personal place. One of my heavily ingrained life patterns was to "achieve" in order to feel validated and worthwhile.
If I could achieve, I could pull energy externally from the world of validation, and translate that directly into feeling good about myself. It’s still a dangerous pattern I can slip back into if not careful. The problem is, when you’re plugging into “things” on the outside to sustain your sense of self, things can be very unpleasant on the inside. It’s a rollercoaster ride. That is a very slippery slope. So, when things were good, I felt great about myself. But when things were bad, a heavy insecurity was looming on the inside and I constantly felt I wasn’t good enough.
This pattern may sound all too familiar. We have learned
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