{"id":7,"date":"2011-10-20T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T11:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusionyoga.ie\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2023-01-23T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T09:34:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_9885_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-107\" title=\"IMG_9885_1\" src=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_9885_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_9885_1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_9885_1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/sup>I am lucky to have been trained and influenced by a variety of teachers, cultures and rich life experiences.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m proud to have a range of qualifications\/ credentials (see below) but these, \u00a0while possibly impressive and definitely relevant don&#8217;t tell you who I really am&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>I spent the first 45 years of my life chasing someone else&#8217;s dream. \u00a0I was a bright, introverted and deeply sensitive child. And I didn&#8217;t fit in at all&#8230;. anywhere! \u00a0The well intentioned, lovingly motivated direction of my parents and school teachers combined wit<a href=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-684\" src=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18-768x972.jpg 768w, http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18-809x1024.jpg 809w, http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18-685x867.jpg 685w, http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Me-Aug-18.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>h my desperate need for external validation led me to climb the\u00a0Corporate ladder,\u00a0big house, new car and materialism. \u00a0To the outside world I was \u00a0was a success!!&#8230;. \u00a0On the inside I was lost, lonely and terrified&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>At age 43, on the Summer Solstice of June 2008 I moved to Ireland. \u00a0It was a mad, almost out of the blue decision fuelled by alcohol on Christmas Eve 2007. \u00a0And here, on this beautiful Isle of Emerald Green I quite literally fell apart. \u00a0Landed in the shit of my own truth. Faced the music&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to now. \u00a0I am rediscovering who I am, rebuilding my life, loving my work and enjoying beautiful authentic relationships. \u00a0It&#8217;s been tough, painful and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined.<\/p>\n<p>Am I sorted? Am I perfect? \u00a0Am I done and dusted, enlightened, fully conscious? \u00a0Nope!&#8230; not even close! \u00a0 But I&#8217;m living, growing and thriving in my truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FaithFULLY, finally<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alison<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">x<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Faithfully-Logo-Profile-size.001.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-502 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Faithfully-Logo-Profile-size.001-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Faithfully Me x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>+353 (0)86 669 8588<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>faithfullyalison@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FaceBook: \u00a0Faithfully Alison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am lucky to have been trained and influenced by a variety of teachers, cultures and rich life experiences. I&#8217;m proud to have a range of qualifications\/ credentials (see below) but these, \u00a0while possibly impressive and definitely relevant don&#8217;t tell you who I really am&#8230;.. I spent the first 45 years of my life chasing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/?page_id=7\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890,"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/faithfullyalison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}