About Alicia
Movement educator, corrective exercise practitioner, master Pilates teacher, fascia specialist, and movement medicine guide.
I have spent more than 25 years helping people reconnect to their bodies, but the TRU Core Method did not come from a tidy brand exercise. It came from years of injury, study, clinical practice, and having to rebuild my own body more than once.
One part of that learning came through musculoskeletal injury and rebuilding. Another came through chronic illness, nervous system depletion, and the visceral side of wellness. I care about what is real, what is mechanical, and what actually changes the state of the mind~body connection.
What Shapes My Work
My Story
Chapter 1
I started late in the dance world and kept pushing through what was not mechanically sound because I wanted to catch up. Undiagnosed hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos patterns shaped what I had to learn the hard way, and led me into personal training, deeper movement study, Pilates, and the beginning of my obsession with how the body can heal.
Chapter 2
In 2002 I had a major snowboarding accident with concussion, whiplash, spinal impaction, and significant pelvic damage. I had to relearn how to walk, drive, focus, and function. That rebuilding taught me the musculoskeletal truth of the body in a way no textbook ever could.
Chapter 3
Years later, mold toxicity and long-haul COVID forced me into another level of study: immune function, Ehlers-Danlos-related vulnerability, visceral wellness, nervous system depletion, brain-gut signaling, and what it really takes to rebuild a body from the inside out.
Chapter 4
The TRU Core Method came out of all of it: injury, study, clinical practice, fascial protocols, rehabilitative Pilates, corrective exercise, breathwork, nutrition, and the neurological side of healing. It is the body of work I wish everybody could experience.
A Note on Pilates
Modern-day Pilates has veered a different direction from what it was originally developed as — a specific pattern and sequence of exercises designed to restore the body, not American calisthenics on a piece of Pilates equipment. That is why I don’t refer to Pilates in my business name.
The foundational principles are key in understanding the fundamentals of the TRU Core Method — adhering to the laws of nature by feeling the laws of physics in your body, and understanding the principles of oppositional forces that create strength and mobility.
Who I Work With
People who have tried everything
Post-PT and post-surgery clients who are still not feeling strong
Founders and high-level professionals looking for the extra edge
Former professional athletes and serious movers
Select high-profile clients who need discreet, precise support
Why People Come To Me
I have worked with a range of clients from postpartum moms to professional athletes to A-list celebrities. The common thread is not status — it is that they know their body is not functioning the way it should be, and they want someone who can find what is actually going on. They have tried everything, and they have heard there is someone who can see on a deeper level — who they call “the Body Mechanic.”
The method draws from Classical Pilates, corrective exercise, fascial work, nervous system regulation, breath mechanics, and finding what truly nourishes the body. It is warm and human, but it is not vague — it is experiential truth that heals the body.
Training and Lineage
Deep study matters. So does who shaped your eyes and your hands.
Lineage
Amy Lang
Cara Reeser
Kathy Grant
Irene Dowd
Amy Alpers
Rachel Siegel
Tom Myers
Eric Dalton
Lolita San Miguel
Certifications and Study
Certified Teacher and Educator of the Classical Pilates Method, The Pilates Center Boulder
Certified in Pilates, Physio-Therapy, Corrective Exercise, and Pilates Therapy
Massage therapist specializing in myofascial release
University of the Arts, Dance Therapy
If you know your body has been asking for a different level of support, start with a free 20 minute discovery call and we will decide together whether private coaching or the membership is the right next step.
