THE EVOLUTION

A love letter from Alexandra

Fellow weavers,

 It's been an honor tending to our beloved wellness center in the heart of the Carlsbad Village since 2016. With the loving support of the students and teachers, we collectively created a sacred space for each of us to practice. I've had the pleasure of witnessing personal transformations with many students over the years, and those memories are forever etched within my heart. When I took over the studio years ago, I was young and learning every day from each person that came through the doors. Before I was the owner of the studio, I was a yogi and teacher for many years. I introduced crystal singing bowls to the community in 2013, and by 2016 I was the tender of the space! It was in the studio that I developed my gifts and found my voice as a guide. Many of you witnessed my evolution from student to teacher to owner. I want to offer my deepest gratitude for those of you that have been guiding me along the way and supporting the studio and community for years. 

 I moved to Los Angeles when I was 18 to attend school, and I've lived in Southern California since 2006. I'm originally from Texas, and when Covid started to unfold, I realized that I wanted to be closer to my family, which all of them live in Houston. After many meditations, meetings with my professional team and guidance from elders, I decided that I needed to release the physical location and allow Woven to transform in Texas. I've returned home to my roots. It's been quite a journey these last few months, so there hasn't been much momentum or action on Woven's social media or website. I was tuning into the energetic current, and I wanted to share my personal story when it felt integrated. I didn't want to fill space with my emotional turbulence because that didn't feel helpful to the collective. 

 I am alchemizing my grief and sadness from closing my sacred space. I identified with my roles within the community and the village. I've been weaving my hero's journey of remembering who I am without the labels and masks. 

 I've been studying, unlearning, educating myself on how to be a beacon of change during uncertain times.  Cultural appropriation has been a huge topic for me, and I was lucky enough to have close friends dismantling their white privilege. We would often talk about the dilution of yoga as it was becoming manipulated by the "industry" and turned into a fitness workout geared towards materialism. As the years went by, I felt disconnected from the yoga community, which is why I chose to evolve into a wellness center. Woven We Are was created when I was on a spiritual pilgrimage around Lake Atitlán in 2018 with my Mayan teachers and elders. I sat around the sacred fire and listened to the Maya cosmovision from elders from all over the country that shared the importance of global family with an understanding of knowledge from sacred traditions. This perspective illuminated the gifts of wisdom teachings from cultures that have been weaving practices and ceremonies into the collective tapestry. Cosmic Consciousness! Over the years, I've returned to the lake for three pilgrimages, and each time it becomes more clear to me that Woven We Are is a bridge for ancestral knowledge and lineages. It brings me great joy to share that the tapestry is changing its pattern and strengthening its fabric. My mission is to be a bridge for global communities and give a voice to the voiceless. 

 Thank you for being apart of my journey. Every person that unrolled their mat to practice influenced and infused my life in some way. Thank you, beloved weavers. May your path shine bright, and may you continue to live your life with purpose. Be a beacon of change! 

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 Connect soon,

  Alexandra 

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Weaver of Woven We Are