Alight Yoga Ayurveda Adventure

Alight Yoga Ayurveda Adventure Welcome to Alight Yoga Ayurveda Adventure! Land gracefully. Burn brightly. ✨ Alight is a collective of teachers, students, and seekers.
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Born of the coming together of three Charlotte-based yoga communities — Be Yoga, Sangati, and Heart of the Matter Yoga — we evolved into Be Yoga Collective in 2021 and then Alight in 2024. Our roots are in Anusara Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Mindful Movement, and Ayurveda. We pay attention to alignment because it keeps us safe, sustains our practice, and helps us grow. We listen to our breath because we believe our most abiding teacher is within. We embrace diversity because it makes our community (and this world) more beautiful. Alight means both landing gracefully and lighting up…
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We hope our community offers you a soft space to land, to lighten your load amidst the upheaval of daily life. We also hope — through the practices and playfulness of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Adventure — we inspire you to burn a little brighter, to light up this world with the best of who you already are.

In classes, we often say that yoga won’t solve the world’s problems. It won’t! 🤷🏼‍♀️But every time we come to the mat, w...
11/20/2025

In classes, we often say that yoga won’t solve the world’s problems. It won’t! 🤷🏼‍♀️

But every time we come to the mat, we turn in to connect with ourselves… and to seek to recognize our connection with one another. Every time we come to the mat, we become stronger, more centered, more integrated. We ready ourselves to show up in this world, to be our best selves, and to serve one another. ♥️

Take a break this Saturday and sip some tea, while delving into yoga philosophy with Palestra’s “resident philosopher” Mark Jenkins! Through mindful movement, journaling, and tea-driven meditation, come to the mat… and deepen your practice with intention and curiosity. 🙏








Had so much fun at today, planning with Beverly for the 14th annual New Year (R)evolution… especially with my little bu...
11/03/2025

Had so much fun at today, planning with Beverly for the 14th annual New Year (R)evolution… especially with my little buddy along for the ride! He loves a good farmer’s market!! 🥕

Stay tuned for more details about this January’s NY(R), coming up right after the holidays. (It’s the perfect healthy habits reset after this season of indulgences!) Registration will open, as always, right around Thanksgiving. 🙏











I recently learned that Bend of Ivy — my favorite of NC Mountain retreat centers — has sold to BeLoved Asheville. This i...
11/03/2025

I recently learned that Bend of Ivy — my favorite of NC Mountain retreat centers — has sold to BeLoved Asheville. This is a bittersweet transition! BeLoved Asheville does SO MUCH for WNC and they will be amazing stewards of this very magical property. I was happy to support BeLoved Asheville with our Rasika spring retreat earlier this year, where we raised $3400 for Hurricane Helene relief! And I will continue to support them in their next steps... in Asheville and up the road in Marshall, NC. ♥️

That said, I head up the hill with a tinge of sadness this year, knowing it will be our last Mountain Yoga Retreat at Bend of Ivy! (Our first was in 2011!!) But I’m so SO happy we didn’t skip this year. I’m absolutely overjoyed we get to go one more time. 🤗

We’ve got just two spots left for this year’s Mountain Yoga Retreat at Bend of Ivy... one for you and one for a friend. 😃

Join us?

Learn more at the Alight Yoga link in our bio.

New Classes Alert! 🙌Join us at Palestra Studio this month for our full schedule of amazing classes, including these new ...
11/02/2025

New Classes Alert! 🙌

Join us at Palestra Studio this month for our full schedule of amazing classes, including these new to November:
SUNDAY 5:00-6:00pm Deep Stretch
MONDAY 9:30-10:30am Align & Flow
MONDAY 6:00-7:00pm Empower Flow
TUESDAY 4:30-5:30pm Empower Flow (only $10!)
WEDNESDAY 12:00-1:00 Empower Flow
WEDNESDAY 4:30-5:30pm Yin (only $10!)
WEDNESDAY 7:15-8:15pm Candlelight Deep Stretch
THURSDAY 4:30-5:30pm Yin (only $10!)
FRIDAY 12:00-1:00 (R)evolution 60
FRIDAY 4:30-5:30pm Community Flow (only $10!)












10/24/2025

Happy Friday! Did you know we have $10 CLASSES at Palestra Studio? 😍

Yes! Every Friday at 4:30pm, a recent Yoga Teacher Training graduate (or new-to-us teacher) takes the helm! We’re honored to support these newer instructors along their teaching journey AND excited to offer fantastic classes at more accessible prices. 🙌

Today, come practice with Sana Silvera-Roy! What a wonderful way to wrap up the work week. 👏











10/22/2025

Like it or not, there’s something to the whole Pumpkin Spice thing… these spices are perfectly suited for Fall! 🍂

Warm up from the inside out with agni-stoking spices this season, but steer clear of super hot sauces and spices. (We’ll come back for those in the early spring!) Vata season begs for warmth like being wrapped in a blanket and or like gently toasting marshmallows over a firepit… or yes, like the deliciously controversial pumpkin spice. 🎃

And now, for the ultimate seasonal challenge, try saying “hot cinnamon sunset” 3x fast! 😅














Happy Diwali, yogis and friends. May we light up the world together. 🪔
10/21/2025

Happy Diwali, yogis and friends. May we light up the world together. 🪔

Of the things I love most — the fall, mountains, traveling, my family, and yoga, of course — there’s also music. 💜I grew...
10/16/2025

Of the things I love most — the fall, mountains, traveling, my family, and yoga, of course — there’s also music. 💜

I grew up singing and playing in so many choirs, bands, and orchestras. I grew up gathering in ensemble, tuning in, listening, breathing together, creating, harmonizing...

And maybe I knew it was healing then, but now — at this point in my life and in my yoga practice — I FEEL it.

I come home from rehearsals with my heart humming, cells vibrating, body singing... Like the strong flow of prana (breath/life force) that rushes through in a really good yoga class, I’m awash with the healing energy of music.

And I’m reminded how much we all need this. 💜

If you haven’t seen Menoosha Muziki’s TED Talk “Singing Through Trauma”, I encourage you to watch it... and sing along!

And please come see me in ONCE at Blumenthal’s Booth Playhouse this weekend. (Friday and Saturday only!) It’s a beautiful musical — about the power of music to connect and heal — that will warm your heart and maybe even get your body singing, too!

Plus, you’ll get to see me speak Czech and play accordion! 😘 Can you find me in this pic?

xo Allison









Today is World Mental Health Day. Here at Alight — and at Palestra Studio — we’re honored to support teachers and practi...
10/10/2025

Today is World Mental Health Day. Here at Alight — and at Palestra Studio — we’re honored to support teachers and practices that help us and our fellow humans navigate the many challenges that life presents. ♥️

Next month, join Sara Cain-da Costa & Rachel Glibbery for a Yoga for Mental Health (Y4MH) Teacher Training.

This 3-day training equips yoga teachers and wellness professionals with practical, trauma-informed tools to teach yoga through a mental health-informed lens.

Learn how to support students experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more through accessible yoga, nervous system regulation, and inclusive language. Includes QPR certification, class templates, and real-world guidance for teaching in studios, schools, and treatment centers. CEUs available. ♥️




Hello and Happy Fall! (Yes, I know it’s been here for a couple of weeks now... I’m just extra happy about it today!) May...
10/08/2025

Hello and Happy Fall! (Yes, I know it’s been here for a couple of weeks now... I’m just extra happy about it today!) Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s the times, or both, but these days I find myself OVERWHELMINGLY GRATEFUL for the cycles of the seasons. The return of autumn — admittedly my favorite season — comes with warm recognition of timelessness within this limited gift of embodiment. 💜

Do you feel the same?

And what SEASONAL RITUALS do you have that reconnect you to that energy? 🤩

In one month, I’m excited to be returning to Bend of Ivy... for our 8th retreat at this amazing venue! This retreat has become a homecoming ritual for so many of us:

💜 a chance to reconnect with ourselves and one another +
💜 a rejuvenating break from the rest of life just before the whirlwind of the holidays.

Want to join us? Meet me in the Mountains? I’d love to welcome you into our warm and cozy fold. 🥰










I had a blast teaching and playing at this morning! It’s awesome to Come Together for this annual celebration of the Fa...
10/04/2025

I had a blast teaching and playing at this morning! It’s awesome to Come Together for this annual celebration of the Fab Four… and to move and breathe along with a soundtrack of their music (and our lives!) 🎶

Thank you for inviting Alight to bring Let It Be Yoga to the Fab Fest Strawberry Field for the third year! Guess how many Beatles references I managed to work into our class?! 😘

and perhaps a little hug to center! ♥️







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