The Busy Badge is Not a Badge of Honour - Here’s Why…

Okay ladies and gentlemen. I know I am not the only one to say “let’s stop wearing busy as a badge of honour” but let’s really get into the discussion!

How often do we feel like we are going under in life, overwhelmed, out of energy and just in need of a chance to catch our breath? Then why don’t we?

It only takes a change of perspective to stop getting caught in the busy struggle and instead lift your head above the struggle, take a long, deep breath, regain focus, and gain a new perspective. Then you can dive down deep into the things in life with a fresh outlook and reserves.

We can all admit life is busy. Isn’t it meant to be filled with lots of different things? Isn’t that life? Wouldn’t it be boring if it wasn’t? 

The difference is that we have become so used to this dialogue that it has become numb.  The dialogue when you meet someone on the street that goes a little like this….

“Hi, how are you?”

“Great, busy, really busy but great.”

Why do we think we have to be busy to be worth something?

What part of our mind says busy means ‘I am successful’? It is an outdated belief system. It is an outdated mode of thinking that keeps people comparing themselves with others.

“If I am not busy with a schedule that is so overfull that I feel I can't even breathe, I mustn’t be succeeding or trying hard enough in my chosen field.”

Or if you're at home with kids. If your life isn’t so busy that you feel overwhelmed, something must be wrong. Aren't mums meant to be busy, exhausted and tired? Isn’t that what many in society think is the norm?

I will never forget what it was like to all of a sudden realise how many people started telling me my life was busy ....

“Oh you let me know when you want to catch up. Your life is so busy.”  

One day I thought, “Hang on a minute! Aren’t I the one to decide if I am busy or not?!” 

So then the journey shifted for me. 

I began to realise just how much we wear “busy” as a badge of importance or success. 

That realisation came to me about 12 years ago and my life has felt so much more like it works with me, rather than against me, ever since.

I am the one who decides if life is busy or not. 

I get to choose whether I say “Yes” or “Thank you, but No.” 

If my mind begins to feel overwhelmed, I am the one that gives me my talking too! 

“Ok, Alli. Where is this not working for you? Why does it feel like pressure?”

Then I am able to shift and move things until I feel the freedom again. But the first thing I have to move is me; the way I am looking at it.

If you are organised with spare time, this does NOT mean that your business is not successful, or you’re not working hard enough, or you’re not spending enough time with your kids. It means you are LIVING your life and LOVING your family, your career and yourself. It means that you are not overwhelmed by the mind but rather able to choose and live with clarity.

So, let’s all burn that “I am busy-badge” and let’s all celebrate being successful and happy and yet authentic to ourselves.

It is one of my favourite sayings to my patients—“Success is authentic Living.”  Meaning don’t gauge your success on your calendar or bank balance but on how nourished you feel by your career, relationships and daily life.

I hope this newsletter has helped you give permission to yourself to be successful but also be nourished.  

Please remember my invitation from last week to reach out on my website for a FREE 20 Minute Clarity Session No strings attached.  Free support - it is that simple!

I know the ladies who did reach out last week told me how much the Clarity Session helped them to gain focus and receive great tips and  tools that they could use straight away.  That is why I love to share them.  They work!

There are limited spaces offered each week so if it interest you to gain help for free don’t delay in emailing me on admin@alligarison.com or reach out via my contact page here on the website.

Have an amazing week being you and remember to give yourself permission to feel nourished, to  shine bright and brilliant!

Alli.

How is January Working for You?

Are you setting those intentions? 

How are they going?

If you’ve been following my weekly newsletters over the past month or so, you might have noticed I’ve been spending  time talking about ways you can make small changes to your daily life and routine to find calm amongst the chaos. 

We’ve talked about things like: 

• Setting intentions, instead of goals. 

• Noticing how food impacts our mood. 

• Taking small steps each day to make positive changes in our lives. 

• Applying your own mask first.

• Embracing the power of your breath. 

As we settle into 2022, I’d love to support you in continuing this learning so you can create realistic changes in your day-to-day which will have an enormous, positive impact on your life.

I feel the best way I can do that is by asking how is your  “Self dialogue/Inner Critic” voice going?

We all know there is no benefit to negative talk.  But somehow it seems to still find its way into many moments in the mind.

In helping women who previously have not been able to create permanent change in their health and life.  The first thing we need to identify is the “negative Self talk.”  Negative talk sets them up for a belief system that has them feeling it is all too hard or success is for other women to achieve.  

Trust me, I get it.  That is why I say to you if you are finding it hard, feeling like you would like some extra support in making this year REALLY count, please reach out on my website for a FREE 20 Minute Clarity Session to do just that. 

No strings attached.  Free support - isn’t that refreshing!

There are limited spaces for this week so if it interests you to gain help for FREE don’t delay in emailing me on admin@alligarison.com or reach out via my contact page. 

Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!

Alli.

What do you actually do, Alli?

This week it seems a bit weird to be writing my Blog about what it is I actually do and you are reading this on my website!

But I thought maybe if you are looking at my blog for the first time and aren’t familiar with the terms Ayurvedic and Yogic Practitioner, which are part of my various qualifications, I thought it might help if I explained a little more about the foundations of what I do and share. 

I have spent a huge portion of my life sharing with people the knowledge of the amazing sciences of Ayurveda (pronounced eye-er-vay-da) and Yoga. I was so inspired to share this knowledge that I am in the process of writing a book! But I thought, okay, that’s great. But not everyone is REALLY interested in Ayurveda and Yoga... 

It got me thinking. 

What if I could share just enough to help, without it being too much information.

What if I could help people understand a little more so they could make immediate changes in their lives and gain huge positive results.

What if I could help people understand themselves a little deeper.

What if I could help people start to calm their busy minds.

So I decided to write a smaller e-book and give it away for FREE here on my website. You will find the link on my homepage.

If you are interested in better health or a calmer mind, I’d love you to take a read. 

This book will help you gain more knowledge about how this 5,000-year-old tradition is still as relevant to creating a healthier, calmer, happier you today in 2022 as it was way back then.

Ayurveda and Yoga are known as Sister Sciences and were intended to complement each other to help a person not only create but maintain optimal health physically, mentally and emotionally.  Being dual trained enables me to help people make these sometimes unknown sciences become easily integrated into your life.

Trust me, even a little bit of knowledge around these incredible gifts to humanity will literally change your world forever!

Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!

Alli.

Has the “Festive-Eating Season” Left You Feeling Sluggish & Heavy?

Happy New Year everyone! I trust 2022 has started well for you. Let’s make this your best year ever! 

If you missed out on last week’s newsletter sharing how my world changed when I swapped out New Year Goal Setting for setting INTENTIONS. Thank you to everyone who sent in emails to let me know how much you enjoyed the topic I was discussing and how looking at intentions instead of goals has already had a huge positive impact on how you are looking at 2022.

This week I wanted to focus on helping you create a lighter mood and physical body after such a busy and perhaps “festive-eating season.”

I am sure I am not telling you anything new that sugar, processed foods, lots of meat, alcohol and caffeine can leave you feeling fairly sluggish and heavy! Often this is the catalyst for creating New Year’s resolutions about having a healthier outlook and practices in the year we have just entered.

Following on from my December newsletter on this topic, I would like to chat with you about noticing. Have you noticed that you are more tired when you have more sugar? The more tired you get the more sugar you want!   Are you noticing if you feel heavy or perhaps a little dull or quick tempered during the day after having consumed more alcohol the night before?

Honestly, the moment we begin to notice how food and habits affect our mood is the moment we are empowered to do something about it.

So I am not here to be your conscience. I am here to help you reflect and then make your mind up for yourself. It is the little things we do everyday that create the greatest changes.  The foods you eat, the way you eat, how much you eat….

Ayurveda of which I am trained, is known as the medicine of daily living. We are always looking at what we do every single day to promote our health and especially our immunity. Something which is huge now with the current global situation. Build-up of toxins, overindulgence, stress can all lead to a supressed immune system.

Begin to notice and make the positive changes. No matter how small, a little less sugar, little less coffee, deeper breathing, a small change in the right direction will help you to feel the lighter aspects within. If you would like to know more tips or help reach out for a FREE 20 minute clarity session via my contact page.

Take care and begin to feel how brilliant and bright you can shine with these small suggested changes.

Alli.

Does Goal Setting Leave You Feeling Like a “Failure?” Try This…

Do you find goal setting can leave you feeling like you “failed” if you didn’t make it happen?  Try this - it will blow your mind! 

As the New Year approaches I wanted to chat to you about the concept of “GOALS”.

So often we declare the coming year will be our “Best Year Ever!” or “My Healthiest Year Yet!” We think about all of the new habits we’re going to create to make these goals a reality. 

But then (and tell me if this feels familiar?) we get a few weeks or months into the year and life has already become busy and competing priorities have distracted us from our best laid plans! The goals we’d set around self care are far from being met and we’re left either feeling disheartened or like we’re a failure. 

One of my teachings I love to share is GOALS versus INTENTION. 

Why? Because about 15 years ago I found myself feeling frustrated and overwhelmed all the time. I started to recognise that even in day-to-day living, I was setting goals that were often left unachieved, leaving me feeling defeated and as those “failed goals” kept piling up, so did the overwhelm! It was a vicious cycle. 

I thought to myself: “Okay, I can’t change the demands in my life so how can I tackle the demands differently? How do I shift this overwhelm to help me live a calmer, more content life?” 

The answer? Swapping my goals for intentions. - It changed my world!

When we live our days with intentions, we give ourselves freedom. 

When we set a “GOAL”, we have a restrictive mindset that creates a rigid definition of success or failure, right or wrong. We have a concrete idea of what the outcome needs to be and if we don’t hit it — FAILURE. This is dangerous territory and can undermine our self worth and motivation. Then we might give up altogether.

When we create an INTENTION, we have an aim, direction  or a purpose as we move through our day, but we give ourselves breathing room to adapt to the needs and wants of daily life. We also give ourselves space to respond to our own energy, rather than pushing ourselves beyond our natural flow which leads to exhaustion. 

When I began setting intentions for the day, rather than goals, my whole world changed. I became a better Mum to my four children, I became a better teacher, I became a better person in the many roles I shared. But most of all I began to enjoy life so much more. 

Everyday became an adventure rather than a list of to do’s that I must get done! No longer was I looking for a finish line where I could finally give myself permission to rest. 

I dropped the frustration and instead began to laugh at myself for how rigid my mind had my thinking! The other thing it did was help empower me to acknowledge I didn’t need to wear “busy” like a badge of honour! I had a choice and I knew how to move through my day from a place that empowered me, rather than drowning me in overwhelm.

You can still have the same intentions to create your “Best Year Ever!” or “My Healthiest Year Yet!” — or any new habits you’d like to embrace — but what you enable is more achievable accountability, more organic flow and better management of your energy. 

Don’t get me wrong, you must still work with it, but that’s the difference! You’re working with it, staying focused and finding creative ways to make that intention and your life comfortably coexist!

Here’s some examples to illustrate the difference between GOALS and INTENTIONS and how you can be creative to achieve your intended outcomes. 

• You’re wanting better health. Perhaps you’re thinking you want to lose a certain amount of weight or exercise more each week. 

  • Intention will have you moving your body more than you are now and being more conscious of how you fuel your body. It will help you acknowledge that to change your ways, any change in your daily habits will have you heading in the right direction. That could be as simple as buying more fruit instead of snacks in your weekly groceries, parking further away from work so you walk a little longer each day, or taking the family on a weekend bike ride. 

  • A goal would have you trying to adhere to a new diet and attending dedicated exercise classes on set days of the week, for example. 

While the goal enables the harsh “inner critic”, the intention enables you to become your own cheerleader!

Let me know how you go via email.

Give me some feedback how or has this has worked for you?

So my wish for you is this: Let 2021 be the year of leaving goals behind and 2022 be the year of treating yourself better, being kinder to yourself, accepting who you are and making positive intentions to create a healthier, happier you.

I’d like to take this opportunity to truly thank all of you who have blessed my life in 2021. It certainly has been a year that has seen many challenges and growth for all. We have had to adapt and truly embrace living in the moment while navigating constant change.

Shine Bright and Brilliant and may 2022 be your best year ever!  May it begin with you moving into 2022 with a sense of healing and creating, a sense of looking at things a little differently, including whether to set goals or intentions.

Take care,

Alli

Have you Ever Thought About How Does Food Affect Your Mood?

Okay, well Christmas is here and it is the time of good cheer, family, friends and of course, food!  

Have you ever thought about how food affects your mood?

Many people I work with have never associated it. It is such an interesting and empowering topic when you begin to notice!

Anything in excess is not good for us so it is moderation all the way. Easier said than done for many at Christmas and festive season time.

Here are some little hints to help you recognise and perhaps counteract any heavy mood feelings from the indulgence of the festive season.

Warm lemon water in the morning.  

As long as you do not have any allergies to lemon, warm water and a squeeze of lemon juice is a great way to help fire up your digestive system. Much of the time we over-eat in sugars or fats and this can cause our pancreas, liver and gallbladder to feel overworked as they try to filter what we have put in. This can cause us to feel really tired and lethargic.

Lemon juice and warm water really helps to clear that yuck heavy stomach feeling out. Not to mention if you enjoy a glass or two of your favourite beverage it will help your liver with the alcohol also.

Why in the morning?

Because that will be when your stomach is at its emptiest. It doesn’t have to be a huge mug, just a small glass or cup before anything else will begin a great process.

With the first mouthful, swirl it around your mouth and spit it out. This will help cleanse the palette and any toxins sitting on the tongue or teeth. (There is a great health benefit of tongue scraping but I will chat about that in another newsletter).

Also, if you find yourself feeling heavy, tired and sluggish because of too much over indulgence, a small glass of warm water and lemon juice anytime through the day will also help you to feel lighter. Sip it slowly and it will cleanse the palette also.

I plan on chatting more with you about food and mood in the New Year. It is such a fascinating topic that can really empower you to create a lighter, brighter, healthier you.

So may you and your family have a happy and peaceful festive season celebrated in a way that feels like home to you and those you love.

May 2022 be a year of healing, growth and peace for all across this beautiful Earth.

There is an old sanskrit prayer of - Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu

Translated it means May all beings be happy, healthy and with peace.

Have an amazing week sharing love, kindness, time and laughter with your family and friends!

Alli

Are You Ignoring the Feeling of Change Stirring Within?

How’s your week been?  

Life is always full of surprises with its ups and “not so ups” as I like to call it, isn’t it?

This week I wanted to chat with you about feeling that inner desire for change? Perhaps it's a feeling within, perhaps it's an inner voice. Perhaps it’s a feeling of going under in your life and you don’t know how to grab a life line to keep your head above all your demands.

The main thing is that you know there is a need for change. I think that is the big one.  If something isn’t working for you, then you know that deep inside, don’t you?

If ever in my life I knew I needed to create change but didn’t think I could do it, I always pictured myself chatting with one of my girlfriends. If she was talking to me about what I was thinking about myself, how I would encourage her to give it a go, to trust herself even if it felt a little uncomfortable. 

Sometimes we need to let ourselves feel uncomfortable to feel the possibilities of who we can become. 

I can tell you there have been plenty of times I have felt that “uncomfortable, uncertain” feeling. But I always applied this image and it worked like gold everytime.

So my question is, why don’t we do this for ourselves; trust and believe in our own abilities? Easy, because we help others apply their mask first before we put our own on. Remember from last week about how important it is to apply your own mask first?

Small steps, making the change, believing in you. 

Whatever it is, don’t think it is too big. Just feel it and follow it and remember nothing happens in one leap. But you have to take one step forward to begin the journey.

What will your step in your journey to positive self change be this week?

• Being kinder in your thoughts and inner dialogue about yourself?

• Would you say what you are thinking to a girlfriend?

• Believing in you like you believe in others?

• Noticing your breath more?

• Taking 3-5 minutes to stand on the grass?

• Eating better?

• Drinking more water?

• Getting more sleep?

Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!

Alli.

Apply Your Mask First Please (*No it’s not what you think!)

Okay, okay. I know we are all over the “mask thing”.  But my teaching of “apply your own mask first” was around long before our current global situation.

It goes a little like this. All of us who have been on an aeroplane have been through the lovely safety drills. They tell us loud and clear that should there be an emergency, the masks will fall from above and they state “Please apply your own mask first before helping others.”. 

As a Woman of many different roles, I can share with you that somewhere along the line we lost this practice and were told it is selfish to look after you first. I am here to say a big loud NO, it’s not! Because just like in the plane, if you are okay you can support and be there for others. 

If you are gasping for air, drowning under the weight of responsibilities and demands how can you be there for your family? For your career? But most importantly how can you be there for you and your health?

Don’t you deserve to enjoy your life? It isn’t just a practice run. Each day our life gives us so many opportunities. It doesn’t just save all the good things for holidays.

Life is every day. This is it. Let’s help you make the most of it.

During last week’s discussion of the topic “Why do we keep waiting?”, I gave you simple ideas of how to practice the beginning of change. Did you give them a go? Just like the plane, the mindful breath will always be the greatest application to apply to yourself first.  

Breath is life and something as simple as bringing it into your everyday awareness can have major positive changes in your physiology and psychology.

Noticing your breath throughout the day is a little like letting the steam out of the pressure cooker.  Little moments of releasing the “tension/steam” that helps you to not be ready to explode by the end of the day!  Does that happen to you? It used to happen to me especially when my family was younger but then I began to apply what I knew from my yoga teaching, what I am sharing here, and my whole world changed.

Here is a simple hint to give a go. Remember you are breathing anyway, aren’t you? No extra time, it is already with you so no expense, but what it does take is for you to notice…

Breathe in - Saying in your mind  “I am breathing in”….

Breathe out - Saying in your mind “I am breathing out”...

Now as you do this, imagine all the tension aka steam that has been building up in your mind, emotions and physical body melting away to the earth.  Every exhalation is like lifting the lid, letting the steam go tension to melt from you as you breathe out….

Honestly, have you ever been in a check out line (especially at the moment with Christmas!) and you are feeling stressed because it isn’t moving quick enough? Why not do this instead?  You are there anyway?  Wishing the line to move quicker won’t make it move quicker.  So why not practice this and you will be the one that by the time you get to the cashier you will smile and ask her/him how their day is. Isn’t that so much nicer than the tension and steam you used to build?

It helps you apply your mask first in all kinds of situations.

Here’s a few examples from daily life when you might feel the “steam” building. 

Bathing your kids: Whilst you are there beside the bath helping them bathe, practice breathing.

Stuck in traffic instead of being frustrated: Practice the mask of breath first.

Running late to a meeting or getting the kids to school: Again, practice the mask of breath first. That way when you arrive you won’t burst through the door a hot mess or send the kids out of the car with a “Quick, hurry up!”. Instead, you and the kids will arrive cool, calm and ready to do whatever it is you are there for.

Can’t get to sleep: Well you know getting frustrated won’t help you get to sleep. So instead, try the breath and melt the tension and thoughts into the bed and into the floor.

Honestly, there are a thousand different strategies and scenarios I could share with you.  If you need some help with a personal scenario and how to let the steam off please reach out.  

I am always here happy to help anyone who is looking for ways to create positive change in the busy life they lead.

Hope you found this newsletter helpful.

Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!

Alli

Why Do We Wait to Begin Change?

Have you ever wondered why we always wait to begin change? What is it that makes us think a better time is just around the corner? 

• Wait until the kids get older

• Wait until we have a better job

• Wait until our relationship improves

• Wait until the current global situation is finished….

The thing about waiting is that we’re relying on something external changing. You don’t need me to tell you there are many things in our world which are out of our control.

The one thing that is within our control is ourselves. The one thing that is present at everything in our life, is us! How we choose to interact with ourselves and the world is within our grasp.

Often we don’t realise that the reason we do not begin is because it all seems too hard, too out of reach. That is because we are looking at the result we want, the entire mountain. It seems all too big, hard and for someone else to have—but not us.

You too can create your change. No matter how big or small, it will all begin the same way. By beginning to decide “Yes, this is my time NOW”.  

Often the first step is the hardest, but it doesn’t need to be the biggest.  

The smallest first step, followed by the next can often make such a huge ripple deep within us that it stirs our inner dialogue and actually excites us, empowers us, and motivates us to continue creating change!

What small things in your world can you begin to change?  Don’t go external to you, go within you. That’s where real magic happens.  

Here are some suggestions that might inspire you?

Do you want to feel calmer?

Begin by as soon as you wake up and before you go to sleep, practice three breaths with the sentence “I am breathing in….I am breathing out…”  As you do this, feel the breath out giving you permission to relax your body. The sentence will help your mind find a place of pause. Seems so simple yet is so profound and begins the process of letting you calm from within.

Would you like to have more time to yourself?

Begin by giving yourself 2-3 minutes when you just stand with your feet on the grass.  Might be in the morning, might be of a night.  2-3 minutes in 1440 minutes in your day?  Aren’t you worth it?  

Want to slow that busy mind down but don’t know how to?  

Begin by practising the first tip and then, when you feel ready, add the second tip in. That way you are saving time and you're breathing anyway, right?

Do you feel exhausted and wish you didn’t feel like that but you can’t change the demands you have in your life?

At different times throughout your day, ask yourself “Is my mind somewhere else to where I am physically?” If the answer is yes then that means your mind is stealing your life and your energy away.  It burns a lot of energy to think.  It is like having the choke up too high on the lawn mower.  Burning more fuel than you need too!

Begin throughout your day really noticing where you are physically to where you are mentally.  You will not believe how once you notice, you will not only realise how much energy it is taking but also how much of the gifts in your day you miss because your mind has you somewhere else!

These four simple ideas may be simple but my question is: Do you currently apply them?

If not, give them a go. You will not believe how much it begins to help you find a calmer, happier, healthier, more energetic and productive YOU!

Small steps to start the change. It has to start somewhere, but most important is making sure it starts at all!

If you would like to hear more of the free suggestions ensure to sign up to receive my Newsletter where I will share tips and tools to support your creation of health, calm and nourishment in your everyday existence.

Have an amazing week being you and remember to shine bright and brilliant!

Alli

Welcome to our new look

I truly believe we never stop healing, growing and expanding.

If we are natural (nature), how can we? The work I am honoured to share and the website which is no different. They are an extension of who I am and with the guidance of some amazing people - Tahnee’ Sanders of The Strategy Studio https://thestrategystudio.com.au/ and Blake Fairey of Blake Fairey Design https://www.blakefairey.com/ the result is what you see published today. Thank you to you two and the hours of helping me to create. It is a new look, a deeper essence of the work I share.

My prayer, that it helps another woman, more women realise, it is time, that they are valued and believed in. That they too can have and live the life they were born to live.

Thank you to all near and far, who believe in and continue to support the work I share.

Namaste’

The Gift of Growing

As I sit here on this Sunday, I pause, breathe, and smile. Why? Because it never ceases to amaze me how our own life is truly our greatest teacher. That when we see each day and moment as an opportunity to interact, heal and grow. That when we surrender who we think we need to be and enable ourselves to grow in ways we never thought possible life becomes sweeter. Oh so much sweeter.

I often think how we can become locked into who we think we need to be. That we have ticked our boxes and should then be ready to settle. But does a tree ever just settle? Does the Ocean ever just stop? Do the sun and moon stop rising and setting? The answer is obviously NO. So then, if we too are nature, alive and organic we are meant to learn, let go of perhaps who we use to be to enable the growth of who we are becoming to shine and become free.

The nourishment we need to continue to grow is love, love for our courage, our belief, our kindness and our forgiveness for ourselves and for others. The love for never, ever, ever giving up. That we may not have always got it right, but if we gave it our all, then nothing else can be asked.

May you feel the inner stirring, and may you hear her/him/they beginning to ROAR and may your Inner Light SOAR.

Alli

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Hold the Love…Hold the Light

We are all aware of the story as old as time of light-v- dark.  

We are constantly challenged by things that perhaps we do not believe in or agree with.  

Sometimes these conversations occur within ourselves, sometimes with others.

Yet this is what keeps up captive in EGO.

For it is in holding TRUTH of the BRIGHTEST LIGHT - LOVE that we find a gentleness, a kindness and a place of COMPASSION NON REACTION.  

A place where EGO and dark can not exist.

Where does the need to prove what it is we believe in come from?  EGO.  

Is it not in the LIVING and ACTIONS where the greatest TRUTH OF BELIEF is shared?  

When we LEARN to HOLD TRUE to the LOVE we always hold true to the LIGHT.

There can be no greater gift of PEACE we can share within OURSELVES and WITH EACH OTHER.

The fight is over, no more do we push back against the dark, fear, uncertainty or need to control.  

In the EMBRACING and LIVING the GIFT OF THE ETERNAL NOW.  We LIVE in ALIGNMENT with the LIGHT and TRUTH that LOVE will always DISSOLVE any heavy darkness of uncertainty or fear.  

What situation in your life is causing you angst?  Whether it be within yourself or a situation or relationship.

Sit with it, BREATHE, FEEL COMPASSION NON REACTION, FEEL LOVE, LET GO of NEED TO PROVE.

Instead, LIVE NOW, FEEL LOVE, TRULY LET GO OF PAST or FUTURE.

Instead, be KIND TO YOURSELF, BE KIND TO OTHERS AND LIVE THE TRUTH OF YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE - PURE LOVE - FREE of EGO

HOLD THE LOVE - HOLD THE LIGHT.

We are not only witnessing but LIVING in the raising of consciousness.

Shine Bright,

Alli

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Mothering is Creation & Mother is Creating

As I sit here in the sun to write this Blog, there are so many ways I could write the words that are within me.

I was honoured to be a guest on “Miss Bossy Boots” Podcast with Stacey Morgan http://www.simplystaceymorgan.com/ this week and the topic Stacey had asked me to speak about was how women change when they become a Mother. The topic is a vast one from physical, mental, emotional and spiritual changes. We only touched the surface but hopefully helped.

I wanted to add to the discussion and hopefully support some women in finding compassion and acceptance for themselves through these words I write today.

Mother’s are amazing. Women are amazing. Women were gifted the birthing ability for a reason. Our ability to adapt, change and embrace change. It is deep within our DNA to create, be light, be love and nurture. Mothers come in many different forms and all are beautiful and brave.

To me, Mothering is Creation. Not only of humans, but of ideas, businesses, inventions. In becoming a Mother it is important not to lose who you are as a Spirit. Don’t get lost in the role.

Mothering is an energy that is as old as time itself. It is an individual, unique and beautiful journey. Society will reflect a Mother should do this, or a Mother should not do that. Where did we lose the creative for a Woman to Mother the way that felt right to her?

Mothering evolves as we do. Why are we still with these old belief systems that were from 60-80-100’s of years ago when life as we know it has changed so much.

This year has reflected to me within my own life how it is time to stop bringing these old outdated beliefs with us.

It is time, it is time to remind our Mothers that they are wonderful, that they matter, that they are doing a wonderful job. For me as a Mother and even in my role as a Grandmother, trust me I did not always nor do I still always get it right, but one thing I know is that I gave and give it my all with the best I had and have at the time. Is that not enough? Isn’t that all we can ever ask?

Mothers, and those that know Mothers, know how loved you are, trust your inner wisdom, trust that you can work, own a business or multiple businesses and be a wonderful Mum and Woman! Create, create, create, but ensure that what you are creating is the calling within your own heart and not the influence of what you believe you should be.

May the Mothers of the World unite to remind all the World that Peace, Health, Love and Acceptance is the lesson our Divine Mother is reflecting to us at the moment. The Ultimate Creation.❤️

Thank you for reading.🙏🏽

Expanding, Ever Changing Times

As we all know life is certainly full of gifts, blessings, and constant change.

As I write this Blog, I am filled with immense gratitude and excitement. I love the way the Universe weaves her magic and guides us in ways we never believed possible.

I and the team would like to thank everyone who supported us during the time we had our physical clinic open.

We have not closed but rather transformed to completely online servicing our local and international clients.

If you are interested in what it is, we share and the incredible health benefits that can be received.

Please continue look at our website - as we add more FREE information and help.

We look forward to continuing to support our dedicated patients and continue to welcome helping new people far and wide. 

Welcoming in a new era of expanding our reach and helping to continue to spread health, happiness, and peace across the Globe.

Take care,

Alli, Vic, Di & Blake.

Living in the NOW = Freedom

This morning I was thinking about my post for Instagram for the day, I thought,

“What does it mean to live in the NOW, the PRESENT, with MINDFULNESS?”

It all sounds great in theory but is it realistic?

Is it a way that can truly be lived?

The answer is a loud and affirmative YES and it delivers absolute FREEDOM.

It is not a magic solution to a peace filled perfect easy life. But what it is is a solution to a lifestyle that enables centering, kindness, compassion and the inner strength to face any situation or hurdle in life with the ability to move through it gracefully and with awareness.

It gives a sense and a way of LIVING NOW = when your mind, emotions and physical body are aligned to the same moment in time =FREEDOM. 

Not caught in future worry mind loop. 

Not in past concerns, regrets or traumas.

But rather a LIFE LIVED together in the moment you are actually living in the BEAUTY OF NOW.

One that even if you are being challenged by life enables and empowers you to move through the greatest of challenges or hurts.

It can begin by - 

Breathing in and say within your mind 

“I am breathing in”...

as you breathe out say...”I am breathing out...” 

and you have taken your first steps towards true freedom of peace and harmony mentally, physically and emotionally.  

We invite you to try it for at least three breaths and notice do you feel a little calmer? Do you feel a little more settled?

Now that all is required is to practice, you are always breathing, you always have the ability with you. All you need to do is apply it and thrive in the FREEDOM of not only hearing, reading or talking about MINDFULNESS and PEACE but ACTUALLY LIVING IT.

May you TRULY SHINE BRIGHT IN YOUR BRILLIANCE!

Alli

xxx

Gratitude Turbo Boosts Mindset

You don’t need me to to tell you life is reflecting its fair share of challenges our way at the moment!

So much is out of our control.  Things may not be the “norm” at the moment, but even that is a concept in itself.

What is normal these days?  What is normal at all?

Every day is different, it always has been. It is just that much of our life stays similar, perhaps almost a feeling of safety in the everyday “little things we take for granted”. Kids going to school, us going to our jobs, being able to socialise and being able to not wear a mask!

But alas it is not what we are living at the moment.  Masks save lives, staying home and keeping our distance supports helping each other stay healthy and safe.

But one thing that this current state is truly reflecting to us is that the wonder of life is found within us.  Within how we view the world, how we react to it and to the situations within it.

One of the greatest gifts we give ourselves and each other during these “hurdles of humanity” is to choose wisely what we think, feel and how we act.

In seeing the wonder in life, in the little things, we find gratitude.  GRATITUDE is the key almost a TURBO of SHIFTING your thoughts and MINDSET from low to abundantly HIGH.  

Try it!  Really Try it!  

We all know to be grateful is one thing.  We easily say oh yes I am grateful for many things.  But how often do we STOP,  really stop and FEEL how abundant and wonder filled our lives are?

Spent a few moments today look up, see the sun, the blue sky, feel your breath, watch the trees, reach out to someone you love.  All can help your mindset shift from feeling empty and low to full and filled with love.  Better still you can help someone else feel lighter.

Reach out or share this blog with a friend who may need some support at the moment.

May you feel the Inner Light of your Beautiful Self, rise beyond your current challenges and SHINE. -

Alli x

Breath is Life

Hello everyone, as you know I am passionate about breathing.

It is essential for life.

My blog this week is to ask you a question….How often do you notice your breathing?

We have discussed this in previous blogs. Did you begin to notice? If not, why not try something so simple as drawing your awareness and attention to the breath and see what positive affects it can bring to your health, your emotions and your mental state. Why not try it today? 3-4 times a day notice your breathing, work with the simple sentence “I am breathing in…..I am breathing out” inside your own mind whilst you breathe in and out. It will help guide your mind to be present, it will support your nervous system and it will expand a feeling of calmness. Isn’t it worth a try? - Take care, Alli

Entering a New Era

Today 11 July 2021, sees a New Moon and the dawning of a new era for us here at AlliGarison.com.

We have today launched our On-Line Store. Our first Product on offer is Inner Light Expanded.

Some of you may be familiar with my FREE Inner Light Podcast in which we have been dedicated to sharing to support relaxation, healing and positive mental/emotional health.

When I first had the vision of Inner Light Expanded, it was to take the listener on a more personalised journey. One of an extended sanctuary of quiet deep healing. Whilst this is our humble first offering may we continue to grow and improve in our other planned products over the coming months and years.

Inner Light Expanded has been supported and come to fruition through the work of many including Blake Fairey, Blake Fairey Design, Jo Kelly of Cafe Mantra Music, and Stacey Morgan of Morgan Media. From my heart thank you to each of you.

I dedicate this work to the Listener and to the Divine Grace of Mother Father Divine and all the Light they share within my life.

May it serve as a way of supporting healing across our beloved Earth Mother.

Shine Bright,

Alli

Let’s Pause and Breathe

As I write this Blog it has never been more important that we all pause and breathe. Life is full of experiences, that is for sure. A place where we live, learn and love. Breathing is often talked about, everyone knows they need to do it.

But how often in a 24 hour period do you actually pause and breathe?

I mean really BREATHE! Fully immersed in the action, no other thought or focus?

There is a huge difference. Without deep and mindful breathing our bodies and immunity may become depleted. Our reaction to stress increases and our reactive fight or flight response is heightened. All because we do not think to pause and breathe well.

If you are unsure what it means to breath well, simply begin by noticing your breath and you are on your way.

Ask yourself, in the last 24 hours how many times did I stop and think about my breath?

Maybe try it. Stop, breathe in, be aware of it, even say “I am breathing in….then as you breathe out I am breathing out….” So simple but yet so powerful in helping support your physical and mental health. You will feel calmer instantly.

Breathe well,

Alli

Oh No Not Again!

Well, I never profess to be a great blogger! I laughed when I looked on the site and saw my last blog title and how long ago it was!

Time continues to flow past and before we know it we have opened our new premises in North Haven, New South Wales, my home town of many, many wonderful years.

This year saw our local area go through much with a recent storm which caused major flooding. I was witness to the incredible resilence of the human heart and how in time of need many realise how connected we all are.

Our area is moving through the ups and not so ups. One thing has remained strong, the bond of a community and the resilence of the Spirit. I feel honoured to call this my home.

Love, prayers of gentleness and healing to everyone who has been affected. To those who reached out to help myself and my family I thank you for your kindness and care.

Within the Studio, the recording work continues to flow with support of many of which I am incredibly grateful! We hope to be soon releasing new products including, Inner Light Expanded - a journey of discovery very soon. This will see an expansion of the free Podcast into a deeper heart space.

This weekend sees Mother’s Day celebrated. To all the Mothers, including my own, how blessed we are to have you. To the Divine Mother, you are my eternal inspiration, you grace us all with your blessed light and love.

Take care everyone, and shine bright, remember the world needs YOU to be YOU!

Alli

xx