My name is Ally - I teach private Alexander Technique, Blues, and Fusion dance lessons in Portland, OR (and elsewhere!).

I’m a body geek and pedagogical enthusiast. I’ve been dancing my entire life and teaching for half of it—driven by a passionate curiosity for the delightful, infinite puzzle of the human mindbody.

My history with movement has been broad and diverse, studying a myriad of partnered and solo dance forms, bouldering, and somatics. My love of these modalities has lead me to teach a variety of dance forms (Blues, Fusion, Lindy Hop, aerial silks, lyrical pole, and contemporary dance) throughout my life, as well as to train to become a Contemporary Alexander Technique teacher.

I am so enchanted by Alexander work because it has not only deeply developed my teaching practice, but also profoundly shifted how I live as a human in the world. This shift—finding greater access to personal agency, embodiment, and magic in my life—lead me after years of personal study to join the Contemporary Alexander School teacher training program in 2018.

My dream is to teach and collaborate with those shaping the future: culture shifters, activists, emergent strategists, artists, movers, researchers, queer community, teachers, and boundless others who are curious about how we as individuals relate to the world around us.

Where to take class with me out in the wild

What is Contemporary Alexander Technique?

This work is a practical, kinesthetic, hands-on study of the principles of our innate design, movement, awareness, and habits. Through it, one learns essential tools for making new choices beyond rules, expectations, knowledge, and habitual patterns, resulting in greater access to ease, coordination, and joy.

We do not teach you what to do, or how to do it,
but rather, how you are being, while you do it.

We work with you while you are doing whatever you do—doing your work, playing an instrument, creating your art, taking a walk, cooking your dinner—offering an experience of your natural potential for comfort, ease, creativity, and joy.

Essentially you will be studying you—your potential for creating present choices in every aspect of your life.