Hypermobility Chronic Pain Chronic Back Pain Building Confidence Balance Repetitive Strain Injury Performing Arts/Instrument Performing Arts/Dance Anxiety/Performance Anxiety Working with Seniors Stress Management
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.