Alison Cassidy is a senior teacher member of the International Yoga Teachers' Association. She has been teaching Yoga and Creative Dance for over 24 years. She originally trained as an actor in Melbourne and studied modern dance, mime & mask work as well as singing. She now draws on her extensive theatrical experience to inspire her boundlessly creative classes.

Alison studied Yoga and Creative Dance at Mangala Studios from 1984 until 1993 and during this time taught at the Bhava Centre in Warrandyte. In 1993 she opened Kumbada Studio in Kalorama. Surrounded by the lush bush of the Dandenong Ranges, Kumbada Studio embodies the perfect balance of inner peace and outward natural beauty.