Alasana Hypnotherapy

Alasana Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapist and Yoga teacher. A Member Australian Hypnotherapist Association. These develop into beliefs and patterns that have the power to rule your life.

Alison is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist and is a national Board Member of the Australian Hypnotherapists' Association. Hypnotherapy allows us to have conversation with your unconscious mind, embedding suggestions that will allow you to think, act and feel differently to how you do now. Everything you have ever heard, everything that you have ever experienced, everything that has ever been said to you, all gets stored in your unconscious mind. Hypnotherapy will allow you to release patterns, or beliefs, that no longer serve you in your life. We can help you to release negative emotions, weight, anxiety and depression, become a non smoker, stop addictive behaviours and start to lead your ultimate life.

15/03/2026

Lesson 2613– “Lucky”

People sometimes say,

“You’re so lucky.”

Lucky that things worked out.
Lucky that life changed.
Lucky that things are better now.
So lucky to be in Bali.

But the truth is, it isn’t luck.

Luck didn’t get me through the difficult days.
Luck didn’t ask me to face the parts of myself that needed healing.
Luck didn’t require honesty, courage, and the willingness to change.

What people sometimes call luck is actually something else.

It is hard work.
It is commitment to myself and to others.
It is choosing to show up every day, even when it would have been easier not to.

It is making the decision, again and again, to keep moving forward.

The quiet work that no one sees.
The inner shifts.
The letting go of old patterns.
The willingness to become someone new.

Real change rarely happens by chance.
It happens through intention.
Through persistence.
Through the courage to keep going.

So if someone calls you lucky, you can smile.

Because you know the truth.
You showed up.
You did the work.
You stayed committed.
And that is something far more powerful than luck.

Alison
Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®

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Happy 51st Birthday Matt.Today we celebrate you, and how lucky I am to share this life with you.To be here in Bali toget...
12/03/2026

Happy 51st Birthday Matt.

Today we celebrate you, and how lucky I am to share this life with you.

To be here in Bali together for your birthday feels like such a gift in itself. The warm air, the slower pace, the space to pause and truly appreciate the moment.

You are the steady one, the calm in the storm, the person who quietly holds so much together for our family. Harry and James are so lucky to call you Dad, and I feel incredibly blessed to walk through life beside you.

Things have been s**t but once again we have come out the other side. Stronger, better as a team. F**K CANCER

Fifty-one years of life, 30 of these together! Wisdom, laughter, and stories, and I know the best chapters are still being written.

Here’s to sunsets over the ocean, cold Bintangs, long conversations, and celebrating you in this beautiful corner of the world.

Happy Birthday my love.
So grateful to be here with you.

10/03/2026

Lesson 2612 – Then and Now.

I keep seeing the reels going around.

“Mum, what did you look like in 2009?”

People sharing photos of themselves looking young, carefree, glowing, happy. The kind of photos that make you smile and think about how simple life seemed back then.

But my 2009 photos tell a very different story.

Overweight.
Drunk more often than not.
Unhappy.
Suffering from migraines and grand mal seizures.

Some days I wondered how I was even going to get out of bed.

When I look back at that version of me, there is still guilt that rises up. Guilt that I wasn’t always the mum my beautiful boys needed during those years. Guilt that there were moments I wish I could go back and do differently.

But life does not ask us to be perfect. It asks us to grow.

And growth rarely happens all at once.

Sixteen years later, the photos look different.

I am here now.

Present.
Healthy.
Happy.

Losing weight was not the magic solution to everything, but it certainly helped open the door to change.

The most profound shift came when I stopped drinking alcohol on 6 April 2025. That single decision has had a ripple effect through my entire life and through the lives of those closest to me.

Clarity.
Energy.
Peace.

Real change takes time. Sometimes years.
Sometimes decades.

Sixteen years ago I was surviving.

Today I am living.

And that journey, every messy, uncomfortable, honest step of it, has been worth it.

Alison
Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®

Lesson 2611 – Alive, Right Here.This morning I paused for a moment and remembered something simple.I am alive.Breath mov...
09/03/2026

Lesson 2611 – Alive, Right Here.

This morning I paused for a moment and remembered something simple.

I am alive.

Breath moves in and out of my body without me asking it to.

My heart keeps beating, steady and loyal, carrying me through another day.

The sun rises, the birds begin their morning chorus, the world quietly continues. And here we are, walking through this brief and beautiful life together.

So often we rush past the ordinary moments, searching for the next thing, the bigger thing, the better thing. Yet when we slow down, we realise that the ordinary is actually quite extraordinary.

The warmth of a cup of Chai/coffee in your hands.

The feeling of your feet touching the floor.

A body that allows you to move, stretch, breathe.

Gratitude is not always loud or dramatic. Sometimes it is simply this, a pause, a breath, a moment of awareness.

Thank you for today.

Not because life is perfect.

But because it is precious.

And every breath is another chance to live it.

Alison

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08/03/2026

Lesson 2610: When Life Goes POP

Sometimes life asks us to adapt in real time.
Last night while I was teaching class my knee suddenly went pop. One of those moments where time slows down for a second and your mind races ahead of you.

I paused.
Took a breath.

And then quietly changed the plan in my head.

The beautiful thing about yoga is that it teaches us to respond rather than react. To meet the moment as it is, not as we expected it to be.

So the class shifted.
The shapes changed.
The energy softened.
And the practice continued.

It reminded me how much what we learn on the mat mirrors life off the mat.

Things don’t always go to plan. Bodies change. Circumstances shift. Unexpected things happen.

In those moments we have a choice. We can panic, resist, or fight what is happening, or we can pause, breathe, and adapt.

Yoga isn’t really about the poses.

It is about learning how to move with life when it surprises us.

Last night my knee went pop.

But the practice carried on.

And maybe that is the real lesson.

Alison
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08/03/2026

Lesson 2609 IWD 2026.

Today is International Women’s Day.

A day to pause and recognise the strength, courage, and quiet resilience of women everywhere.

The women who came before us and fought for the rights we now stand on.

The women beside us who support, challenge, and uplift us.

And the women within us who are still growing, still healing, still becoming.

At Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®, I have the privilege of witnessing women show up exactly as they are.

Some arrive strong and grounded. Others arrive tired, overwhelmed, unsure of themselves.

And yet every single one of them carries something extraordinary inside.

Strength doesn’t always look loud or powerful.

Sometimes it looks like vulnerability.

Sometimes it looks like asking for help.

Sometimes it simply looks like showing up.

Today we celebrate women, their stories, their wisdom, their courage, and their right to take up space in the world.

And to the men who walk beside them, support them, and champion them, thank you for helping create a world where everyone can rise.

May we continue to lift each other up, today and every day.

Happy International Women’s Day.

Alison

06/03/2026

Lesson 2608 NO SHOES 😱😱

Today I raced out between clients to grab some lunch.

In the rush I forgot something fairly important… my shoes.

I only realised once I was halfway down the street.

A few people looked at me strangely. That curious glance that says, “Did she forget something?”

And maybe I did. Or maybe I remembered something.

There is something incredibly freeing about feeling the ground beneath your feet. The cool pavement, the texture of the earth, the simple reminder that we are connected to where we stand.

For most of my life I would have felt embarrassed. I would have rushed back to work, worried about what people thought.

But today I just kept walking.

Because sometimes the things that make us look a little different to others are the things that make us feel the most like ourselves.

Barefoot.
Grounded.
Free.

And honestly… it felt pretty good.

Alison
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03/03/2026

Lesson 2607 Another story busted!

This morning my alarm went off at a time that has never really belonged to me.
5.10am

And if I am honest, the hardest part was not the practice.

It was not the poses.
It was simply getting out of bed when the alarm sounded.

That moment where it is warm and dark and easy to roll over.

That moment where the old story whispers, “You are not a morning person.”

I have said that for years.
Like it was a personality trait.
Like it was permanent.

But today I got up.
Not to teach.
To be a student.

There was something quietly special about walking into the studio while the world was still stretching awake.

The dawn sounds are different to the night ones. Softer. Lighter. Full of possibility. Birds instead of traffic. Freshness instead of fatigue.

Moving your body first thing in the morning feels honest. There is no day to unpack yet. No conversations to replay. No expectations to carry. Just breath. Just movement. Just you meeting yourself as you are.

As a hypnotherapist, I talk often about the power of the stories we tell ourselves. “I am not a morning person” was one of mine. And this morning I gently rewrote it.

Today I am someone who got up.
Someone who showed up.
Someone who proved to herself that identities can shift.

Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You® is not about being perfect. It is about being willing. Willing to try. Willing to feel uncomfortable. Willing to surprise yourself.

Maybe you are not a morning person.
Or maybe that is just an old belief waiting to be softened.

Alison 🌼

Lesson 2606 Sternum/SacrumI said sternum instead of sacrum.Not once.Not twice.Three whole classes in a row.And do you kn...
03/03/2026

Lesson 2606 Sternum/Sacrum

I said sternum instead of sacrum.
Not once.
Not twice.
Three whole classes in a row.

And do you know what happened?

Nothing.

The earth did not crack open.
No one walked out.
No one revoked my yoga teaching card.

I simply laughed, corrected myself, and kept going.

There was a time in my life where something like that would have spiralled me. I would have replayed it all night. Questioned my capability. Wondered if I was “good enough” to be at the front of the room.

But growth looks like this.

It looks like catching the mistake.

Owning it.

And realising that being human is not a flaw, it is the point.

At Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®, we do not practice perfection.

We practice presence.

And sometimes presence includes mixing up body parts and smiling at yourself.

If anything, it is a reminder that yoga is not about getting every word right. It is about connection. Breath. Community. Learning together.

So if you ever “mess up”, in yoga or in life, let it be gentle. Let it be human. Let it be enough.

Alison 🌼

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01/03/2026

Lesson 2605. Done 💗 The first of many more.

Today I taught my very first Vinyasa class since 2019. I recently completed another 200 hours of yoga teacher training.

I was nervous.
I was excited.
I was questioning myself.
And I did it anyway.

I often ask people to question the beliefs they hold about themselves.
The “I can’t.”
The “That’s not for me.”
The “I’m not that kind of person.”

Today I had to live that lesson.
To step outside my comfort zone.
To trust my body.
To trust my voice.
To trust that I am capable.

That is what Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You® is about.

A space where you can try.
Wobble.
Grow.
Rewrite the story.

And realise you were ready all along.

Thank you to everyone who came to support me today and thank you to InYoga for all of your guidance and support over the last month.

Alison
Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®




Lesson 2604 Who is that? This one feels tender. There was a time I weighed 130kg.I was drinking every day.Not always dra...
28/02/2026

Lesson 2604 Who is that?
This one feels tender.

There was a time I weighed 130kg.

I was drinking every day.

Not always dramatically.

Not always in a way that looked “out of control” from the outside.

But inside, I was miserable.

I woke up tired.
Ashamed.
Heavy in my body and heavy in my thoughts.
I didn’t hate myself.
But I didn’t feel proud of myself either.
And that quiet disappointment is its own kind of ache.

I used alcohol to soften the edges.
To quiet the noise.
To numb the parts of me that felt too much.
But numbing doesn’t discriminate.
It numbs the joy too.

The turning point wasn’t a dramatic rock bottom.

It was a whisper.
A knowing that I couldn’t keep living like that.

Hypnotherapy didn’t magically shrink my body overnight.

It didn’t “fix” me.
It helped me understand me.

It helped me see that my drinking wasn’t about willpower.
My weight wasn’t about laziness.
My struggle wasn’t about weakness.

It was about unmet needs.

Old stories.

Protective patterns that once kept me safe.
Through hypnotherapy I learned to sit with discomfort instead of escaping it.

I learned to regulate my nervous system instead of numbing it.

I learned to choose differently, not from shame, but from self-respect.

The weight began to shift.
The drinking slowed.
Then stopped being a daily crutch.

But more importantly, I stopped feeling miserable.

I started feeling connected.

Capable.

Strong in ways that had nothing to do with kilos.
And here’s what I know now.

You can’t shame yourself into change.

But you can understand yourself into it.
Hypnotherapy isn’t about swinging watches or losing control.
It’s about coming home to yourself.
It’s about gently rewiring the patterns that keep you stuck.

If you’re sitting where I once sat, feeling heavy in your body and heavier in your mind, please know this.

You are not broken.

You are patterned.

And patterns can change.

Alison
Alasana – A Safe Space to Be You®

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Hypnotherapy allows us to have a conversation with your unconscious mind, embedding suggestions that will allow you to think, act and feel differently to how you do now.

Everything you have ever heard, everything that you have ever experienced, everything that has been ever said to you all gets stored in your unconscious mind. These develop into beliefs and patterns that have the power to rule your life.

Hypnotherapy will allow you to release patterns or beliefs that no longer serve you in your life. We can help you to release negative emotions, weight, anxiety and depression, become a non-smoker, stop addictive behaviours, and start to lead your ultimate life.