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Yoga, mobility and meditation classes in Melbourne Group, private and corporate sessions in English, Italian or Chinese.

Originally from Italy, Alessia is a light-hearted, down to earth yoga teacher with a passion for movement and meditation.

28/06/2025

When you lack depth in your everyday life, you’ll often reach for it in other people’s stories, in distant cultures, in borrowed rituals. In the yoga world, that can show up as a hunger for the exotic; the Sanskrit, the mantras, the mysticism of Indian traditions.

Don’t get me wrong! I love all of that. I’ve studied it deeply. I hold a Master’s degree in Asian Studies and completed my 500-hour teacher training in India. My love for culture and philosophy runs deep, and it’s shaped who I am in profound ways.

But what I’m most proud of now is teaching from my own experience. Because my life has depth; not just the studied kind, but the lived kind. I’ve always been a seeker of meaning, and I’ve found it in both the ordinary and the extraordinary.

In birthing and mothering my children.
In bleeding and resting.
In walking barefoot on the earth.
In stillness. In sensation. In breath.

My life is rich. And it’s from that richness, from the insights that come through living fully and paying attention that I teach. That’s the yoga I share.
That’s the yoga I offer you. ❣️
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One more week to practice with me on the mat before I fly back to Italy for 6 weeks. See you on the mat.

10/06/2025

I’m not one for regrets. But if I could sit across from my younger self, I’d tell her this: "Cycle awareness will give you the answers you're searching for. It will help you feel more connected, more aligned, and more alive."

I was lucky in some ways. My mum never pushed me toward hormonal contraceptives. In fact, she discouraged it. Not because she had all the research, but because she had an instinctive knowing that anything designed to suppress the body’s natural rhythm might come with consequences, even if subtle or slow to show.

Now, years later, I feel so grateful for that - Grazie Mamma ❣️

But what I wish I’d also been told is just how powerful it is to live in sync with your full menstrual cycle. Not just during your bleed, but across all four phases. There is a wild, grounded, intuitive strength that begins to rise when you practise cycle awareness. It’s a kind of inner coherence that’s hard to put into words. But once you experience it, you want every woman out there to know that this power lives in them, too. It’s been there all along, just waiting to be remembered.

Enjoy these silly pictures of my younger self 🤗
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07/06/2025

We met 11 years ago today at a pool party in Beijing. We fell in love pretty much instantly and moved in together after 1 week.

Thanks for being my best friend, pa, handyman, therapist, and the best daddy to our children.

I love you, always, forever .bjj

05/06/2025

We’re so excited to see our November Yin Yoga Training filling up fast!

✨ If this has been on your heart, consider this your gentle nudge. Spots are limited each intake, and we’re already over halfway full.

We’d love to have you on this journey. 💛
(Link in bio to learn more or head to GRY website).
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23/05/2025

There’s a moment every month
right before I bleed
when I feel like walking away from it all.

TEACHING.
SHARING.
CREATING.
MOTHERING.

It’s not dramatic. It’s plain.
Like a dull, grey weight that says:
“This isn’t working.”
“You’re not good enough.”
“Why are you even trying?”

At times I still believe that voice.
I think, maybe I really am in the wrong place.
Maybe I wasn’t meant for this.

At other times I remember.
This isn’t the truth.
It’s a clear-out.
It’s my system making space.
Not to give up—
but to shed.
To compost.
To listen in.

These days, when the voice comes, I don't fight it.

I hold it with tenderness.
I make space for quiet.
I stop asking myself to be brilliant.

And somehow, in the softness,
my strength returns.
Not because I pushed through—
but because I let it pass.

21/05/2025

This photo is from a decade ago.
You might not be able to read the yellow warning sign behind my work computer, but it says:
“Caution: Risk of Explosion. Do Not Upset Alessia.” 😅

I often think about the person I used to be—how intense it felt to live in a body that overreacted, to feel constantly hijacked by my emotions.
But the most painful part?
Believing I had no choice.
Believing that was just “who I was.”
So I leaned into that story and became it even more.

Looking back now, I can see how much of that suffering could’ve been softened—if only I’d understood my cycle.
If only I’d been practising yoga and cycle awareness.
If only someone had told me I wasn’t broken—I was just out of sync.

But the truth is, that version of me got me here.
She burned so I could rebuild.

I once read, “When you feel down, don’t trust the way you see yourself.”
That line stuck with me.
Because even now, I still meet glimpses of that old self—especially around the crossover days of my cycle (which I’m super sensitive to).
But now I recognise her.
And I meet her with curiosity instead of fear.

Yoga and menstrual cycle awareness, together with the birth of my children, have shown me that I’m not that firestorm of a girl anymore.
I’m the one who knows how to hold her.

Thanks, .on.insta, for inspiring me to make this post ❣️

19/05/2025

Notice how I chose to refer to the phase before menstruation as PREMENSTRUUM and not PMS because I don't see this phase as a syndrome or something that needs to be "fixed.""

About 10 days before you bleed, you'll feel as if your body has changed gear. And, indeed, it has; your body is asking for a different kind of care, for depth over intensity.

Here are 5 yoga-based remedies that support you from the inside out during the premenstrual phase:

• Slow down to protect your progesterone
• Set clear boundaries
• Embrace Yin and the art of doing less
• Take longer exhalations
• Practise self-compassion when your favourite shapes feel far away

Cycle awareness is YOUR YOGA.

16/05/2025

Here’s what’s happening hormonally and emotionally around Day 7 and Day 22 of a typical ~28-day menstrual cycle:

👉Day 7 – Follicular to Ovulatory Transition

Estrogen is rising quickly, so you may feel a boost in energy, mood, and motivation—but this shift can feel destabilising as hormones surge. How it might feel:

Mood fluctuations or mental “buzziness”

Restlessness or emotional sensitivity

A sense of pressure to be productive - this is what I struggle with the most!

Unease, especially if you're not well-rested - also me cause I'm a mum and never feel well rested 😅

👉Day 22 – Luteal to Menstrual Transition

Progesterone is dropping, often rapidly, if there’s no pregnancy. Estrogen is also falling. This hormonal withdrawal signals the body to prepare for menstruation. How it might feel:

Anxiety or low mood

Increased fatigue and irritability

Feeling sensitive or emotionally raw

A sense that “something’s off” without a clear reason

This is a biologically fragile time. The drop in calming progesterone can leave you feeling unanchored but could actually also bring in altered states of consciousness. It’s a moment of emotional and physical vulnerability—what you do here sets the tone for your bleed.

On crossover days, grounding is everything.

TRY:

• Self-practice over group classes
• A stabilising yin sequence
• Avoid backbends (particularly on day 7)

Cyclical practice is mindfulness in motion.

14/05/2025

When you practice like this, you stop overriding. You start listening.

Here is what a simplified map could look like:

Menstruation (Inner Winter)
→ Rest, reflect, listen
→ Gentle movement, deep clarity
→ The roots of intuitive insight

Follicular (Inner Spring)
→ Rising energy
→ Playful, creative flows
→ A natural time to try new things

Ovulation (Inner Summer)
→ Power, presence, vitality
→ Strength-building, expressive movement
→ Confidence in your teaching + body

Luteal (Inner Autumn)
→ Turning inward
→ Slower pacing, refined awareness
→ A time for truth, boundaries, precision

When you practise like this, you stop overriding. You start listening.

And from there—you grow. Stronger. Clearer. More connected.

24/02/2025

"People love to do things that they love to do. Sounds obvious. Said another way, when you are in balance, you will tend to keep doing things that keep you in balance. However, when you are out of balance, you will tend to continue to do things that keep you out of balance! Active people love to do "active yoga." Calmer people (a nice way of saying less active people) love to do "calming yoga." Don’t always practice what you love; practice what you need! Active people probably need Yin Yoga more than anyone else. "

15/04/2024

We begin a new series this week into deep abdominal twists and koundinyasana 1.

Yes, strength, but also a degree of humbleness, is required to practice this pose. The humbleness to move slowly and remember that this shape is first and foremost a twist, layered on top of a chaturanga.

Drishti, Bandha, and Breath. Let's do it!

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