Allison has always been on a spiritual path. When she was twenty years old, she met Byron Chief-Moon and Flint Tecumseh Eagle, which changed the trajectory of her life. She went to live in Montana, in Glacier National Park on the Blackfeet Reservation, where she met Richard Mountain Chief—and from that point on, she had both feet firmly walking the path.

In 2003, she was in the throes of a severe struggle with an anxiety disorder, hypochondria, OCD, and ADHD. At the recommendation of a deeply compassionate neurologist, Dr. Boppana, Allison began her lifelong journey with yoga and meditation and reclaimed her love of dancing as medicine. These practices saved her. With over twenty years of evolving learning, study, and experience, she continues to remain deeply invested in all of these practices that have proven essential for maintaining mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

Allison is a somatic therapist and the creator of Soul Dance, formerly known as Emotion in Motion, out of twenty-five years of study, training, and practice in the performing and healing arts. In her role as the National Healing & Wellness Practitioner for the Joyful Heart Foundation, she developed and led programs, workshops, and therapeutic retreats for survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse—as well as for the healers working on the frontlines of trauma. She was the Founder of Creative Seeds, a non-profit organization, which focused on working with communities through creative arts immersion projects and initiatives in both South Africa and the United States.

Allison is also a yoga teacher with specialized training in yoga for trauma. She is a certified Historical Trauma Specialist and Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist. She taught at Sonic Yoga in New York City, Bhakti Yoga Shala in Los Angeles, BODY of Santa Fe, and was the resident yoga teacher for the Santa Fe Opera and Align Brooklyn. Certifications include Kundalini Yoga Therapy, Level 1, Trauma Resiliency Model, Yoga for Trauma, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist. She holds a Master's Degree in Theatre with a focus on addressing Historical Trauma and Collective Healing.

Allison was named one of the 2015 United States Presidential Scholars’ most influential teachers by the United States Secretary Department of Education. She served as the Department Head of Movement, Dance, and Devising, where she also taught movement at the Professional Performing Arts School of New York City. She is a Theater Director and has directed at numerous theaters in New York City, regionally, and internationally. She received mentorship as an Assistant Director at the Steppenwolf Theatre. She was an ongoing Resident Director with New York University’s First Look Theatre Company, a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors' Lab, and a 2004 SSDC Traube Fellowship nominee.

Allison has studied, trained, certified, practiced, and walked many paths and methodologies in the creative healing arts, trauma, and mental health realms. From Yoga, ayahuasca, meditation, shamanic paths, Indigenous teachers, life as an artist—to Buddhist immersion, chanting, and Dance, she weaves together a journey for YOU.