Alasana Hypnotherapy

Alasana Hypnotherapy Clinical Hypnotherapist helping people create lasting change since 2017. Based in Gymea and online. Alasana Hypnotherapy® A safe space to be you.

Supporting anxiety, confidence, habits, smoking, alcohol, weight loss and personal growth. 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. Every

thing 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. 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.

Lesson 2742 Opening the doors.I feel a little flat today. Well actually it is a deep sorrow.It took me a while to work o...
06/09/2026

Lesson 2742 Opening the doors.

I feel a little flat today. Well actually it is a deep sorrow.

It took me a while to work out why, because nothing is wrong. In fact, everything is exactly as it is supposed to be. But yesterday we changed over all the social media, and I think that made something very real for me.

Alasana Yoga exists no more.

I knew this was coming. I chose it. I was ready for it. I know it was the right decision and I am genuinely excited about what comes next. But there is something about seeing the name disappear, changing the accounts, handing things over and watching something that you created become part of the past that hits differently.

Sometimes we think that if we chose the ending, we shouldn't be sad about it. That if the change is good, we should only feel good. But two things can be true at the same time. I can know this is right and still feel the loss of what was. I can be excited about where I am going and still turn around for a moment and look at where I have been.

So today I am not trying to talk myself out of feeling flat. I am not trying to turn it into gratitude or positivity or convince myself that I should be feeling differently.

Instead, I have opened the doors.

I am letting the sunshine come in. I am letting the fresh air move through the space that has held so much over the last four years. Classes, conversations, laughter, tears, friendships, movement, stillness and thousands of little moments that made Alasana Yoga what it was.

Maybe that is what endings need sometimes.

Not another plan. Not another distraction. Not a rush towards whatever is next.

Just open the doors and let the air move through.

Alison
Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

04/09/2026

LESSON 2742 STOP AND PICK THE FLOWERS

We hear it all the time… stop and smell the roses. Slow down. Be present. Enjoy the moment. And they are beautiful words, but I wonder how often we actually do it.

How often do we see something beautiful and think, I should stop, but keep walking? How often do we notice the sunset from the car but keep driving, see the ocean but don’t take our shoes off, hear a song we love but don’t stop what we are doing long enough to really listen?

We become so used to getting somewhere. Finishing something. Moving on to whatever comes next. Even when there is no real reason to hurry, somehow we still do.

But maybe sometimes it isn’t enough to just notice the flowers.

Maybe sometimes you need to stop and pick them.

To interrupt the plan. To wander off the path for a minute. To do something simply because it feels lovely, with no need for it to be productive or useful or lead anywhere.

Because life isn’t only happening at the destination we are rushing towards. It is happening in all those tiny moments along the way that we so easily walk straight past.

The flowers won’t always be there tomorrow.

So if you see them today, maybe stop.

And pick them. I did!

Alison
Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

03/09/2026

Lesson 2741 We are NOT our thoughts.

02/09/2026

Lesson 2740 What do YOU want?

Imagine you could ask yourself one question and absolutely NO ONE could hear the answer.

Not your partner. Not your children. Not your parents or friends.

Not God.

Not the Universe.

No one.

And the question was simply.

“What do YOU want?”

What would your answer be?

And maybe an even more interesting question is, would your answer be different if you thought someone or something was listening?

Because we spend so much of our lives considering everyone else. What will they think? Will they be disappointed? Is it selfish? Is it the right thing to do? What am I supposed to want? What should I be grateful for?

Sometimes we have considered everyone else for so long that when someone finally asks, “But what do YOU want?” we genuinely don’t know.

And even when we do know, choosing it can feel incredibly difficult.

Because choosing what we want can mean disappointing someone else. It can mean changing the version of ourselves that other people have become comfortable with. It might mean saying no, setting a boundary, leaving something behind or admitting that the life we thought we should want isn’t actually the life we want at all.

And that can bring up guilt, fear and that horrible feeling that we are being selfish.

So sometimes it feels safer to stay where we are. Not necessarily because it makes us happy, but because it is familiar and everyone around us knows who we are there.

Maybe that’s why this question matters.

Take away the judgement, the expectations and even the consequences for a moment. You don’t have to do anything with the answer.

Just let yourself hear it.

If absolutely no one could hear your answer…

What do YOU want?

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

01/09/2026

Lesson 2739 When the dock isn’t safe.

When we are born, we are supposed to attach to our parents or caregivers. They become our safe place, the place we can go back to when the world gets a little too much.

Imagine it like one of those robot vacuum cleaners. It wanders around doing what it needs to do, bumping into things along the way, but when the battery starts getting low it knows exactly where to go. Back to the dock, where it can rest, recharge and then head back out again.

But what happens if the dock isn’t switched on?

What happens if sometimes there is power there and sometimes there isn’t? Eventually that little vacuum learns that it can’t rely on the dock, so it just keeps going, even when the battery is almost empty.

I think that is such a simple way of understanding what it can be like growing up in a family that doesn’t feel safe.

We learn to adapt. We become independent, hyper-aware, people pleasers, caretakers, the one who never needs anything from anyone because somewhere along the way we learnt that our safe place wasn’t always safe.

And maybe healing is learning that we don’t have to keep running on an empty battery anymore. As adults, we get to build our own dock. We get to choose safe people, ask for support, rest when we need to and finally learn what it feels like to recharge.

Maybe home can become something we create for ourselves.

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

01/09/2026

Lesson 2738 You’re Allowed to Think Differently Now.

I’ve been thinking about how strange it is that something you once felt so certain about can eventually feel completely different.

Not something you were unsure about.

Something you genuinely believed was right.

You could have defended it, explained it, made decisions around it and felt completely comfortable in knowing exactly where you stood.

And then somewhere along the way, something shifted.

Maybe you learn more. Maybe you experience something you hadn’t experienced before. Maybe you start seeing things from another person’s perspective. Or maybe you simply become a different version of yourself.

And suddenly the thing you were once so sure about doesn’t fit anymore.

I used to think changing my mind meant I must have been wrong before.

Now I think there’s something quite beautiful about being able to say.

That was what I believed then.

This is what I believe now.

Both can be true.

Because we’re not supposed to spend our whole lives protecting old versions of ourselves just because they once felt certain.

Sometimes growth looks like standing firmly in what you believe.

And sometimes it looks like having the courage to question it.

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®

31/08/2026

Lesson 2738 Maybe this is what balance looks like

I went away for the weekend with a group of women, all different ages, from completely different walks of life, and it was just lovely.

There was sunshine, singing, lots of talking and laughing, relaxing and simply spending time together. No particular expectations of what the weekend needed to be. Just being there and enjoying it.

When I booked, though, I made sure I had my own room.

I know myself well enough now to know that as much as I love being around people, I also need somewhere I can retreat to. Somewhere quiet where I can close the door, lie down, read, scroll mindlessly or just have nobody talking to me for a while.

And I did.

I joined in when I wanted to. I disappeared when I needed to. Then I came back out when I was ready.

The interesting thing is that there was a time when I probably would have felt guilty about that. I would have worried that I was being antisocial or that I was missing out. I would have pushed myself to stay because everyone else was still there.

I don’t really do that anymore.

I’m starting to understand that honouring what I need doesn’t take anything away from the experience. In fact, it probably allows me to enjoy it more.

I can love the noise and still need the quiet. I can love the company and still need to be alone. I can be part of something without having to be part of every single moment of it.

Maybe that’s what balance actually looks like.

Not choosing between connection and solitude.

Just finally knowing that I’m allowed to have both.

Thank you Anandi for providing the safe space 🙏

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

30/08/2026

Lesson 2737 Becoming softer.

I used to think that standing up for myself would make me harder.

That boundaries would toughen me.
That saying no would make me less kind.
That choosing myself might somehow change the softness in me.

But I think the opposite is happening.

The more I honour myself, the softer I seem to become.

Almost like a fluffy marshmallow.
Or one of those big soft clouds you just want to fall into.

Because when you stop constantly abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable, you don't need all that armour anymore.

You don't have to be on guard.
You don't have to swallow things that hurt.
You don't have to keep proving that you're okay with things you're really not okay with.

There is something incredibly soft about knowing you will look after yourself.

Knowing you can say no.

Knowing you can walk away.

Knowing you can change your mind.

Knowing you don't have to explain every decision you make.

And maybe that's the strange little paradox of learning to honour yourself.

You don't become harder.

You finally feel safe enough to become softer.

Fluffy marshmallow soft.

Cloud soft.

The kind of soft that comes from knowing you have your own back.

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®

29/08/2026

Lesson 2736 Going back is not going backwards.

Today I walked down to the dam.

I went down one way, but when it was time to come back, I decided to take a different path.

I thought it would be easier.
Maybe even quicker.

About halfway up, the wooden stairs ended and suddenly the path was covered in sharp gravel and stones.

And I had no shoes on.

I stood there for a moment and realised I had a choice.

I could keep going.

I could tell myself I’d already come this far.
That turning around would mean I’d wasted time.
That surely it couldn’t be that much further.
That I should just push through the hurt and get to the top.

Or...

I could turn around.

Go back down.
Back the way I came.
Back to the path I already knew.
Back to something that felt safe.

So I turned around.

And as I walked back, I thought about how often we do the opposite in life.

We keep going simply because we’ve already started.

We stay on the painful path because turning around feels like going backwards.

But going back isn’t always going backwards.

Sometimes it’s recognising that the path you chose isn’t the right one for you.

Sometimes changing direction is wisdom.

Sometimes the longer way is the kinder way.

And sometimes you don’t need to prove how much pain you can tolerate just to get somewhere a little faster.

Today I chose safety over quickness.

And maybe that’s the lesson.

The best path isn’t always the fastest one.

Sometimes it’s simply the one that gets you there without hurting yourself along the way.

Alison

Alasana, A safe space to be you ®.

28/08/2026

Lesson 2735 Keeping the peace can become exhausting.

For a long time, we can put up with other people’s behaviour just to keep the peace.

We tell ourselves, it’s fine.
It’s easier if I just let it go.
There’s no point saying anything.
I don’t want to cause a problem.

So we bend a little.
Then a little more.

We make excuses for behaviour that hurts us. We swallow the words we really want to say. We make ourselves smaller because somehow that feels easier than dealing with the discomfort of standing up for ourselves.

And maybe for a while, we can sustain it.

Until we can’t.

Because constantly keeping the peace is exhausting when the peace you are keeping is always someone else’s.

Eventually there comes a point where staying quiet becomes more uncomfortable than speaking up.

And that’s when something shifts.

You realise that standing up for yourself doesn’t mean you are difficult, angry or unkind.

It means you are finally being honest about what you will and will not accept.

Perhaps the lesson is that keeping the peace and being at peace are two very different things.

And sometimes, finding your own peace means being willing to disturb someone else’s.

Alison
Alasana, A safe space to be you ®

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