Sorry, Descartes…
The mind body divide is trash!
I don’t want to get all wellness-y green smoothie matcha latte on you, but it really is all connected.
Career Stats
professional dance training
classical pilates training
yoga training
teaching and coaching top performers
pros taught
You demand a LOT of yourself and I’m here to make sure you continue meeting those expectations
People say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and I wholeheartedly disagree.
You don’t have to accept that your previously torn hamstring, old ankle sprain, or chronic lower back pain is your new normal. Bodies are build to adapt. Change is possible.
You CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
If your brain just exploded…
- If you’re nodding your head thinking “I knew it!”…
- If you’re eyes are filling with tears because you thought you’d never run/jump/sneeze confidently again…
You are in the right
place. I got you.
Your body is built to adapt. It’s part of human survival.
And your body adapts to the stimulus is receives most often.
Read that again.
Quick Dance break while you process that
AND ONE MORE TIME for the people in the back…
Your body adapts to the stimulus is receives most often.
I know you’ve seen the top experts. I know this isn’t your first rodeo. And I know that you know that treating each body part in isolation isn’t working. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading my about page right now!
I exist between the boxes. I connect the dots. I find the imbalances and movement patterns in your body that are creating the dysfunction that feeds the cycle of pain.
I bridge the gap between clinicians and your peak performance.
THEN we get to disrupt these patterns with NEW stimuli for your body to create updated, functional movement patterns. Pain free.
Because that old ankle sprain? It’s related to the hamstring tear. And I want to make sure you don’t up with a torn ACL because you never fully, comprehensively rehabbed.
Did I nerd out too hard there?
The gap between your provider and the stadium is too big right now. I close the gap using neuroplasticity to make your muscles work better.
Because part of the reason you’re here reading this, is not necessarily because you’re an old dog, it’s because you know it’s time to learn some new tricks.
I didn’t just study elite performance,
I live it
I’m Alissa Alter, and I performed on Broadway with a sprained ankle.
(Yes it was a bad idea.)
My classical Pilates and Ballet training draws from and reinforces my commitment to movement with integrity and a STRONG foundation.
Put those together with my 20+ year teaching career and it’s no surprise my work has drawn professional athletes (NFL, FIFA, MLS), Joffrey Ballet Dancers, Rockettes, SAHMs, and people who haven’t worked out ever ages 12-92 into my studio.
I experienced a bulging disc during my dance career after a particularly demanding production of Broadway’s Guys and Dolls. As I worked with my PT, I mentioned that I felt like the disc issue was a result of imbalance and instability in my pelvis. Her response? “Let me talk to you about the pelvic floor.”
This is when everything changed.
The more I learned about the pelvis, pelvic floor muscles, and their role in alignment and core stability the more dumbfounded I became that no one had ever mentioned this to me.
I started applying what I learned about the pelvic floor to ALL of my clients. I didn’t talk about it per se, but looked at global movements through a lens of biomechanics that no one else was using. Let’s call it the pelvic lens.
Suddenly people with chronic pain and persistent injury were pain and injury free. After one session.
Then the athletes came.
NFL, FIFA, MLS, Rockettes, Joffrey Ballet dancers, and all of them said the same thing…
“Why has no one else ever told me this?!”
Careers extended, deeper connections were made, and future injuries were avoided.
And now, here we are! Some people call me “The Amy Poehler of Vaginas” because of my insistence that integrating your pelvic floor will unlock your deepest power paired with the precision of my comedic timing.
90%
of injuries happen in
the space between
movements
This is what I mean when I talk about performance.
Performance isn’t just stadiums, stages, or podiums.
It’s how well your whole system runs and for how long.
It’s strength, endurance, integration and it’s bowel movements, bladder control, and sexual function.
It’s training hard and trusting your body under pressure — whether that’s a championship or an unexpected sneeze…
If your body can’t do the basics with ease, the rest is just an impressive workaround.
I train performance from the foundation up and the inside out so you can keep showing up at the level you demand of yourself.
My Timeline
Nothing is linear, like how I got here.
Sound like someone you know?
How long are you going to wait to
feel like yourself again… and sustain it!
In order to keep performing at the level you demand of yourself (which is constantly evolving and expanding) you need to update your tools and tricks and performance habits to shift with you. This is an ongoing cycle of intentional stress, integration, and expanding your capacity.
Speaking
Get out of your head and into your body. The perfect blend of education, application, and integration. My keynotes literally move the room as we integrate and put into action things you already know.1:1 Training
For high performers with high standards and whose bodies are expected to meet them. Customized programming to discover where your strengths and weaknesses are over performing and under performing and maintain optimal output.Unclenched
A six week series to stop clenching through life and start building real strength. Create a body (and mind) that bends with the demands of your life without breaking from the inside out.The Movement Library
Your path to fully integrated movement anywhere, anytime. A collection of movement series and programs created by me (not AI) to progressively build an integrated body and practice that helps you perform longer, recover faster, and stay at the top of your game.It’s time to trust yourself
and stop outsourcing
your instincts.
You don’t come to me because you don’t know anything about your body. You come to me because you know so much about your body and yes something is missing.
- You listened to top experts
- You ignored other top experts
- Things got better for a period of time, but you’re right back where you started
This isn’t a willpower problem ← You don’t have those! This is an integration problem.
My work is built on a simple, radical idea…
You already know more about your body than you’ve been taught to trust.
I don’t override your instincts
with jargon or dogma.
They are the driver of our work. Yes, I am an expert in movement and performance, but YOU are the expert in you.
- I am more interested in HOW you are moving than reps or failure
- I see resistance as information to help you get better organized
- I view compensatory patterns as your body’s way of protecting you from injury. My job is to find the vulnerable spots they are protecting.
Everything you feel in your body is data. We learn how to read it together.
Then we move strategically in order to…
- Make sense of injuries that have been treated in isolation and build necessary bridges
- Translate your body’s warnings before they turn into a five alarm fire
- Build a body that actually responds to what you need
This is not about following me.
It’s about finally hearing yourself clearly.
I don’t just serve the tea.
I deliver it in style.
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