Alison is a Certified Yogakids Facilitator, Registered Yoga Teacher and has trained in levels 1 and 2 with the Energy Healing Institute in Boston. With over 13 years of experience leading yoga classes and workshops to adults and children and having owned  a successful children’s yoga program in Newburyport,  Alison finds it especially rewarding to introduce beginning yogis and young children to tools that have the capacity to help them better cope with the ups and downs they will inevitably experience throughout their lives.

In 2011, Alison decided on a career path that would intertwine all of her interests and talents. She became a certified Organization and Relationship Systems Coach through The Center For Right Relationship Global based in CA and owns Forward Bound Consulting, LLC www.forwardboundconsulting.com. She enjoys working globally with families, couples, organizations and co-workers in co-creating mindful and intentional relationships, resolving conflict and creating guidelines for effective and healthy ways of being in relationship.  Alison often weaves her yoga and energy healing experience in to her coaching and both of those practices inform her when leading yoga classes.

Her approach in all of her work is compassionate and playful. She loves assisting others in experiencing emotional and physical release and realizing their full potential and is honored to be a part of the journey for hundreds of clients. Alison has lived in Newburyport area since age 12 and feels blessed to be sharing her life with her husband- Laine, daughters- Kate and Molly, many pets, dear friends and other family members and to be a part of the wonderful vision that Beth and Mike of Roots To Wings embrace!