alison conforti

Alison has been practicing yoga for over twenty years and has been teaching since 2015 and owes much to all the teachers and teachings that have come before her.

After struggling with chronic lower back pain due to a three level spinal fusion as a result of a car accident she endured when she was almost eight years old, she turned to yoga in her mid twenties. For the first few years she practiced with yoga DVDs in her bedroom. Through yoga, prohibitive back pain gave way to a new sense of limberness and strength in her body as well as a renewed self-assurance. The gentle yet challenging approach was transformative. After being invited to a class by a friend, Alison began to practice the Bikram method (not so gentle! But she was young:) ) which she did for several years. She had a regular practice when she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle in 2009 and was left with a broken knee. Complications from the injury resulted in an arduous, year long recovery. The experience of going from being fit and active to becoming incapacitated and depressed is where the real magic of yoga was ignited for Alison. Working with her “new body” she eventually returned to yoga and she was opened up to a more spiritual and philosophical world. With life’s challenges as a catalyst, Alison opened to a deeper journey of knowing herself and a more profound connection to all things through her yoga practice (svadhyaya).

Over time, hot yoga became depleting and led to over stretching, pushing too hard and ultimately, more chronic pain. Alison’s practice evolved further after leaving the intensity of NYC for the intensity of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and a great healing journey continued. She now practices and shares a breath & heart centered practice to facilitate ease and peace in each of her koshas (energy bodies) and strives to help others do the same.

In 2015 she got her 200 hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Certification under Stephanie Battle with Sacred, Brooklyn while in Costa Rica.

In 2024, Alison completed her 500 hr Yoga Teacher Certification under J. Brown.

Alison’s yoga studies are all encompassing, continual and life long. She has tremendous gratitude for all the teachers who have been so influential on her path and that she pulls inspiration from including the masters, T.K.V. Desikachar, J. Krishnamurti and Ram Das. That gratitude is also immense for the teachers she has had the privilege to study with including Stephanie Battle, J. Brown, Kristine Kaoverii Weber, Susanna Hardwood Rubin, Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda Das, Manuel Roberto and Joshua Michael Schrei.

Alison holds a Masters of Public Health, Nutrition as well as a B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish and she is a certified Holistic Health Coach. She is a lover of the natural world and has lived in Boston, Spain, New York City and currently resides on Big Island, Hawaiʻi. Her classes have included heated and non heated Vinyasa, Chair Yoga and describes her most authentic style as gentle yoga. She has taught in studios, schools, permanent supportive housing facilities, parks, community centers, art centers and assisted at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY in 2017. Se habla español.