Burn & Bloom

Burn & Bloom burn+bloom is a yoga studio and school in Anchorage, Alaska offering a variety of somatic classes and the first red light–integrated studio.
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Stoked to announce the launching of our newest project IOSIS at Sacred Acre 🔥IOSIS// THE REDDENING:An immersive breathwo...
09/08/2026

Stoked to announce the launching of our newest project IOSIS at Sacred Acre 🔥

IOSIS// THE REDDENING:
An immersive breathwork + movement experience created in collaboration by AlisaMarie Selvaggio of Burn+Bloom and Hellen Fleming of Showdown Productions. Blending guided breathwork, somatic movement and freeform dance with red light, heat, and bass-heavy music, the experience is inspired by alchemy and transformation.

Participants move through waves of release, activation, and expression in a raw, emotionally charged, and deeply embodied festival experience.

And yes, we’re bringing our 6ft Makiuri | Red Light Therapy red light panel to the festival!

Obsessed with these new leggings AND filmed a couple classes outside during our camp out this weekend.
09/07/2026

Obsessed with these new leggings AND filmed a couple classes outside during our camp out this weekend.

09/07/2026

New BURN+BLOOM socks 👀

It’s our 4th year doing burn+bloom at Sacred Acre and let me tell you… there is no better way to get ready for a night o...
09/07/2026

It’s our 4th year doing burn+bloom at Sacred Acre and let me tell you… there is no better way to get ready for a night of dancing than with burn+bloom!

Last year I used INZO during shavasana at the end of class AND THIS YEAR HE’S COMING!!! So I really feel like I manifested that!

I LOVE this festival.
I love the workshops during the day.
And I love the lasers at night.
I love the music. And the dancing.
I love the people. And the camping.
I love how intentional it all is.

We look forward to this festival all year long and I cannot wait to do it again!!!

Day passes are available if you can only make it Saturday! Come!

& if you’re coming- get the sacred acre app- it’s so cool! You can add all the shows and workshops you want to attend to your schedule so you don’t miss anything!

(& I have a special surprise after the burn+bloom class- I’m teaching ANOTHER CLASS- something brand new being released at sacred acre and I can’t wait to tell you about it)

09/05/2026

Somatic” is the new buzzword and whatever- that’s fine.
The practice of moving intuitively and mindfully isn’t new. I’ve been teaching yoga this way long before we had a label for it.

The word soma refers to the living body, as experienced from within. So “somatic movement” isn’t necessarily a specific movement or technique or style.
It’s just body focused.

In relation to yoga- it’s about bringing our attention more inward and being aware of the sensation- moving mindfully.
Instead of asking “what does this posture look like?” And “am I doing it right?” It’s more about “What do I feel? How do I feel it? What movement feels intuitive from here?”

I weave this into all my classes.

For example, here, instead of just a seated cat cow, focused on arching and rounding the spine, I will cue more about the expansion of the breath and the sensation in the body.
And maybe I’ll add touch- sliding the hands along the thighs for another way to really inhabit and FEEL the body while moving. Or bigger movement with the arms.
When we begin to move like this, the practice is becomes rigid. Because the truth is… there really are no rules.
It’s less about executing cat cow “correctly” and more about exploring what the spine and breath and body want to do- this is mindful movement.
& this is how I weave in “somatics” into my practice and teaching. And I started doing this long before we had a word for it and I’ll continue to after the trend fades.

Because I believe YOGA is the path toward liberation.
Somatic movement is a practice of finding freedom in the body.
This is what burn+bloom is all about.

09/02/2026

High (and low) crescent/lunge & the transition from 3 legged dog.

We do this A LOT. And so in turn, we f**k it up a lot.

Hear me when I say this- I recognize not everyone can do this. It is very hard. But no, your b***s aren’t too big and your arms aren’t too short. Even if those two things are true and make it more challenging, practicing and working on the strength to push the ground away, create more space (even with a bigger belly) IS POSSIBLE.
I have seen all body types do this knee pull.
It takes strength. It takes work. And it will not look graceful at first (or maybe ever) and who f**king cares. That’s not what it’s about anyways.
But if you can’t do that transition. Please don’t say “I can’t” and give up. Work on knee pulls. (Use blocks for more space!) Work on the form. Strengthen your shoulders and abs. You can do it.

As for lunge… I really believe going too deep here made my hips ways worse. I will die on this hill. I don’t care how beautiful you think your deep lunge is- if you aren’t properly engaged in the inner thighs and supporting the joints- you are doing long term damage. And f**king stopppppo arching your back and pushing your belly out (if you are specifically doing a very bendy back practice and warming up for it-fine but 95% of the time- no. It’s not a backbend)
And low lunge doesn’t mean any of the engagement and cues from high lunge stops- it just means you have a little extra support- don’t collapse.

If you aren’t local, you can practice with me online- burnbloom.com/online or on the BURN&BLOOM app available on the AppStore 👍🏻

09/01/2026

Downward f**king dog let’s go.

Let me know your thoughts on this series and if you have any specific poses you’d like to see!

Just a reminder that I am hyper mobile so the way I teach and cue is always through that lens.
Some yoga teachers do recommend locking joints and to be honest, I think that’s f**king insane so I don’t teach it.

My practice has drastically changed in recent years once I became more aware of my hyper mobility. And it makes so much sense.
I stopped having a lot of the injuries I experienced when I made these adjustments (and after I stopped taking classes where teachers gave me forceful hands on assists and told me to go deeper and lock my joints. Hmm 🤔)

Anyways. To each their own.
This is how I practice.
This is how I protect my joints and connective tissues. And this is how I teach and guide my students.

If you aren’t local, you can practice with me online- burnbloom.com/online or on the BURN&BLOOM app available on the AppStore 👍🏻

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508 W. 2nd Avenue
Anchorage, AK
99501

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