Working with Seniors Performing Arts/Instrument Chronic Pain Building Confidence Anxiety/Performance Anxiety Balance Hypermobility Performing Arts/Dance Stress Management Repetitive Strain Injury Chronic Back Pain
Kari Ostensen (they/them) is an AmSAT certified Alexander Technique Teacher and independent movement artist based in New Haven and New York City. Their teaching explores choice, agency, habits, spatial thinking, and mind-body connections. Kari is particularly interested in working with performers, queer and trans students, and students with hypermobility, EDS, or other chronic conditions. As someone living with chronic illness, they prioritize dialogue, consent, and an anti-ableist framework in all of their teaching and performance work.