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LYF SUP Now in Capitola, CA, Lyf SWELL (formerly LYF SUP) offers yoga, meditation & retreats by the sea Questions? Comments? Poetry? Message us!

LYF'Swell (formerly LYF SUP) was born from a passion for surfing, stand up paddleboarding, meditation, yoga and a love of the great outdoors. We currently offer yoga, meditation and women's retreats (we call 'SHEtreats') in an outdoor setting. Although SUP is no longer our focus, you can expect paddleboarding and surfing adventures offered on occasion. Allison is a certified registered yoga teache

r, ERYT200/RYT500, and is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). She has been leading yoga and meditation classes throughout the country since 2003. Additionally, she has SUP coaching/SUP Yoga certificates through PaddleFit, WPA (World Paddle Association) and ASI (Academy of Surfing Instructors). In 2022, Allison trained in HeartMath and is now a certified HeartMath Mentor. Operating under our new name, LYF'Swell is now located on the west coast, California. We continue to reach our NC community via online classes and live retreats!

Grief is a wild bird. Untamable wild and airborne.At times,she alights on my shouldersinging in my earthe saddest song ...
05/10/2024

Grief is a wild bird.
Untamable wild and airborne.
At times,
she alights on my shoulder
singing in my ear
the saddest song I’ve ever heard.
Or is it something inside me singing?
Earthbound and quietly heavy
the soft sound of an aching heart
the shaking voice of love that has vanished.

Meanwhile the bird flies on.

-Alli Martin-Attix
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“The warm air makes me dream of what was, and of what would be if you were here. I know that this dream is but an inappi...
05/10/2024

“The warm air makes me dream of what was, and of what would be if you were here. I know that this dream is but an inappitude to live the present. I allow myself to drift on this current without looking too far or too deep.
I await the moment when I will find my strength again. I will.”

At the end of my life, I won’t say I regretted loving deeply. Only people who avoid love can avoid grief. We’re all ju...
05/01/2024

At the end of my life, I won’t say I regretted loving deeply. Only people who avoid love can avoid grief.

We’re all just walking each other home. 👣 👣

Silence,then, birdsong.I wake up early for this. Listen. We all have much more listening to do. Not with the ears so mu...
12/21/2023

Silence,
then, birdsong.
I wake up early for this.
Listen. We all have much more listening to do.
Not with the ears so much as the heart.
Are you holding your breath?
Breathe.
Are you gripping the floor with your toes?
Relax.
Are thoughts hustling toward the future or tugging you into the past?
Be here.
No one knows what the future holds.
All of us have memories we’d give anything to forget.
Others inspire and renew us.
Still, the blackbird is singing and the clouds roll by and the mountains rise up to meet them.

If happiness eludes you, if you aren’t singing your own sweet praises, tell me: what would do for you?
You have this day.
And light.
And stillness.

Rejoice! Happy solstice ~ Alli

The Buddha was broken cleanly, imperceptibly. I didn’t know it at first. I sat still in the indigo dawn, morning after...
12/04/2023

The Buddha was broken cleanly, imperceptibly. I didn’t know it at first. I sat still in the indigo dawn, morning after morning in the company of this broken totem, unaware of these flaws. Now I can’t forget them. But I’m no longer worried about them.
In Japan there’s a way of mending broken things with powdered gold. The art of Kintsugi honors the breakage as part of the object’s history, highlighting the cracks rather than disguising them or considering the object no longer beautiful, useful.
So, congratulations if you’ve changed. Nothing stays the same, says Buddha.
What perishes is reborn.
We receive, then give back.
This is the way of things.

Sitting still, I can hear feel my heart steadily beating in my chest. I hear it whisper: this heart is large enough to hold it all. The joy and the grief.

Suddenly what was once broken shimmers with gold and is beautiful.

💛

I write this from a quiet cottage on a little peninsula. I’ve been away from social media for a long time and highly recommend it. My own breaks have healed and I miss connecting with my tribe here . I expect to be back with some new class offerings and updates soon. Stay tuned. 💛

I miss our annual Halloween costume paddle! In Capitola, CA, the closest thing is the Sea Witch event. I enjoyed photo...
11/03/2023

I miss our annual Halloween costume paddle! In Capitola, CA, the closest thing is the Sea Witch event. I enjoyed photographing some of the fun! Did you SUP in costume this year? POST YOUR PHOTOS in the comments! 💓💓💓

As a child I was introduced to many Hindu deities. They were placed around the house along with photos of my father’s g...
06/22/2023

As a child I was introduced to many Hindu deities. They were placed around the house along with photos of my father’s guru and images of other spiritual beings. Of all of these objects of devotion I was drawn to Ganesha the most. I learned that invoking the power of Ganesha can bring inner peace, eliminate fear from your heart, and remove all obstacles from your path. I liked that. Still do.

My yoga practice began in earnest in 1994. Today, nearly 30 years later, my practice looks much different but I keep showing up for it, despite the obstacles. I find myself modifying almost every pose my 20 year old body used to morph into like water forming a wave. So easy to take that shape. Now, I find the shape that I can and mostly come to my mat to find my inner Genesha — revealing that which prevents me from being at peace in my own heart. There are often tears on my mat (or carpet or chair…wherever and whenever I go deep, which is often these days). The real gift of yoga is how it opens our hearts when we're shut down, traumatized, resistant, scared. It creates space in places that have tightened up from years of protection from what our nervous systems deemed unsafe. When we go deep enough in our practice, we reveal these tender places. Yoga allows us to release held tension so that we can remember who we are. We shed layers- and maybe even tears. It's a beautiful thing.

I'm thankful for the myriad of teachers and helpful deities that appeared in my life at just the right time. I love them all. I love yoga. It’s a privilege to practice and teach.
Namaste 🙏🏻

My yoga teacher used to say that the first person to cry while doing yoga wins. I was often winning. Still am. Years ...
06/22/2023

My yoga teacher used to say that the first person to cry while doing yoga wins. I was often winning. Still am. Years later, I understand why. Yoga opens our hearts when we're shut down, traumatized, resistant, scared. It creates space in places that have tightened up from years of protection from what our nervous systems deemed unsafe. When we go deep enough in our practice, we reveal these tender places. Yoga allows us to release held tension so that we can remember who we are. We shed layers — and maybe even tears. It’s a beautiful thing.

My yoga practice began in earnest in 1994. Today, nearly 30 years later, my practice looks much different but I keep showing up for it. I’m thankful for the myriad of teachers that appeared in my life at just the right time. I love them all. I’m love yoga. And I’m still winning. I hope you are, too.
Namaste

I’ll never forget meeting my stepchildren for the first time. I decided it would be less awkward if we had an adventure...
05/14/2023

I’ll never forget meeting my stepchildren for the first time. I decided it would be less awkward if we had an adventure so went roller skating. I was right. There were no pregnant pauses, no shuffling of feet under a dinner table, no rush to have a conversation. We simply said our hellos and headed straight for the roller rink. By the end of that first meeting we were laughing and holding hands.

All of our babies (human and fur and whatnot) know this to be true: The greatest legacy we leave our children isn’t found in things but in experiences. My own mom always had time to play (still does) 🫶
Play opens our hearts. Being a dog-Mama means I’m committed to daily adventures and daily play because this is their language.

Kids, play with your mothers. Mothers, play with your kids. Run around. Build something together. Paint something together. Turn a sock into a puppet. Explore outside :)

Happy Mother’s Day ♥️

Acupuncture reaches into the subtle levels of our being, balancing body, mind and spirit. I’ve prioritized acupuncture ...
05/04/2023

Acupuncture reaches into the subtle levels of our being, balancing body, mind and spirit. I’ve prioritized acupuncture as a means of self care for many years and am so grateful to my beautiful friend and acupuncturist for making it accessible while I continue to convalesce post-surgery 🙏🏻

Thank you, Melissa, for offering your strength and support, your kindness and friendship, encouragement and wisdom, and for sharing your healing gifts with us! Your beautiful spirit shines through every photo and is even more radiant in person. Can’t wait to see you
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📸:
🔜 for my photography 🙏🏻

Acupuncture reaches into the subtle levels of our being, balancing body, mind and spirit. I’ve prioritized acupuncture ...
05/04/2023

Acupuncture reaches into the subtle levels of our being, balancing body, mind and spirit. I’ve prioritized acupuncture as a means of self care for many years and am so grateful to my beautiful friend and acupuncturist for making it accessible while I continue to convalesce post-surgery 🙏🏻

Thank you, Melissa, for offering your strength and support, your kindness and friendship, encouragement and wisdom, and for sharing your healing gifts with us! Your beautiful spirit shines through every photo and is even more radiant in person. Can’t wait to see you
🫶

📸:
🔜 for my photography 🙏🏻

“The earth is what we all have in common”📸 from a recent photo shoot with 4 radiant earth goddesses 💛Happy Earth day 🌎🌱...
04/23/2023

“The earth is what we all have in common”
📸 from a recent photo shoot with 4 radiant earth goddesses 💛
Happy Earth day
🌎🌱🫶

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