About Allison

Allison is an intuitive healer on a mission to change the world. She aims to raise the collective consciousness by helping people of all ages connect with their Highest Self and to live a life in alignment with their Highest Purpose. Allison boasts decades of experience in the nonprofit and education sectors where she has designed and implemented evidence-based programs for more than 3,000 young people and adults, helping them define their values, build their character, and leverage their personal strengths. Allison’s strategy and operations expertise has streamlined systems and processes to scale impact for schools, nonprofits, and start-ups.  

Allison built her career in mission-driven environments, doing meaningful and important work, yet she struggled to feel truly fulfilled. Her body sent signals that something was amiss— the tightly clenched jaw, the persistent stomachache, and unflattering irritability. She could no longer ignore what her body was telling her: she was not living in alignment with her Highest Self. When Covid-19 upended daily life, Allison leaned into the opportunity for change. She left her job, sold her house, and set off on a journey to heal her ailing body and being, fill her days with things that made her happy, and reconnect with her Highest Purpose.  

Allison used this time to do two things: explore possibilities and deepen her 15-year yoga and meditation practice. She met with people who interested her— entrepreneurs, human-centered designers, impact investors, and political organizers wondering if their path would help lead her closer to hers. At the same time, Allison participated in intensive spiritual retreats where she learned more about embodiment, metaphysics, and personal spiritual practice. One day, Allison realized alignment to her Highest Purpose would come when these two paths converged. She would not find fulfilment in a strictly secular setting; it was time to intertwine with her spiritual practice into her life’s work.

And so, The Center for Peace & Connection was born: Not just a community center, a sacred space. A place where all people can find self-healing and inner peace, where they can connect with their community, and where they can embark on spiritual discovery— without having to quit their jobs or travel halfway around the world!

Allison serves as The Center’s Founder & Lead Facilitator where she brings a number of certifications, trainings, and healing modalities to support community members in their journey toward peace and connection. She holds an MPA from University of Southern California and a BA in Public Communication from American University. Allison has lived all over the world and in six different states, but always calls New Jersey home. She proudly holds the title of “Favorite Aunt” to over a dozen tiny humans and canine friends. Allison currently resides in Lincoln Park, NJ with her grandfather.

Allison strives to inspire peace, beauty, freedom and connection in the world around her.

Certifications

• Initiated as Priestess of the New Golden Age/Temple of Isis, Light Priestess Temple

• Shaluha-Ka Energy Work Certification, Las Piramides del Ka

• Certified Life Coach, Yandara Institute

• Reiki Level 1, Luz Del Sol Holistic Center

• 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Anjali Power Yoga

Courses & Trainings

• Kashmir Shaivism: A Path to Supreme Consciousness (24 hr), Hridaya Yoga Center

• Tantra for Women- Sacred Cosmology of the Body, Kripalu & Yoli Maya Yeh

• Celtic Myth, Magic & Mysticism, Montclair Psychic School

• Intuitive Tarot Reader, Montclair Psychic School

• Moon Course: Intro to Metaphysics (100 hr), Las Piramides del Ka

• Grief Support Facilitator (30 hr), Imagine Center for Coping with Loss

• Non-Violent Communication, Great Lakes NVC

• Shakti Heart | Divine Feminine Immersion (200 hr), Hridaya Yoga Center

• Module 1: Hridaya Yoga, Meditation & Philosophy (100 hr), Hridaya Yoga Center

• Somatic Movement Summit (30 hr), Omega Institute

• Radical Acceptance with Tara Brach, Omega Institute

• Unity in Diversity Interfaith Symposium, Sivananda Ashram

• Envision Yoga (Kundalini, 100 hr), Suryalila Retreat Center

• Trauma-Informed Care, Jacksonville Children’s Commission