About Alisa:

• Registered Yoga teacher, RYT 500, Northampton, MA, 2007
• Body-Mind Centering 500-hour Yoga Instructor, 2007.
• Completed both Embodied Anatomy and Embodied Developmental Movement, in the application to Yoga, certificates from the School for Body-Mind Centering, 2006.
• Completed Yoga For The Special Child, basic level, 2005.
• Registered Yoga teacher, RYT 200, Amherst, MA, 2002.
• Completed a master’s degree in expressive arts therapy, Cambridge, MA, 2000.
• Registered dance movement specialist, DTR, 2000.
• Certified STOTT Pilates instructor, Toronto, Canada, 1996.
• Completed a dual bachelor’s degree in dance, and in speech & communications, University of Maryland, 1993.
• Reiki 2 Practitioner, 1992.

Alisa has a specialization in working with injuries, movement rehabilitation and special populations:

• Currently on staff at WholeChildren, Inc., a center for children with special needs; created and developed YogaPlay™ curriculum and teaching manual; developed and created Hip Hop Creative Dance curriculum, Hadley, MA, 2004-present.
• Worked at Health South/New England Rehab, cardiac pulmonary out-patient and in-patient rehab, spinal cord injury unit, fibromialgia support group, and movement therapy, Boston, MA, 1999-2000.
• Worked at Hebrew Rehab Geriatric Hospital, movement therapy, Boston, MA, 1998-9.