Alex Zaccarello (they/them)
Movement Education and Re-Patterning, SourcePoint Therapy, Pilates & Gyrotonic
ALEX ZACCARELLO is a Therapeutic Movement Practitioner and healing guide who believes movement of the body and mind to be a critical component of healthy living.
Sessions with Alex include a blend of modalities that help realize an embodied sense of clarity, awareness, and health. Sessions may include a combination of Gyrotonic Exercise, Gyrokinesis, Pilates, Meditation, SourcePoint Therapy, breathing techniques, visualization exercises, intuitive listening, biomechanics, exercise science, and collaborative talking. Alex is an active partner and listener on your journey of healing and learning.
Alex started dancing at the age of 3. Though Alex fell in love with moving and performing, they were most impacted by the wisdom held inside of the body; dancing was their entrance into somatic wisdom. A double leg surgery led Alex to experience first-hand how much contemporary Pilates has to offer for strength, mobility, and proprioception. Alex pursued teaching Pilates as a way of sharing in 2004, alongside a professional dance career. Alex holds a comprehensive Level 2 certification from STOTT Pilates with a focus on Injury and Special Populations and has tutored many students preparing for their comprehensive STOTT Pilates examinations.
Bodies are complex! Pilates was never enough…
Now in 2021 we wade through the COVID Pandemic - it is clear our physical and energetic bodies endure a lot for us living in the 21st Century, no matter our walk in life. Alex began training in many other somatic modalities soon after they began teaching Pilates because their students needed more layers of support out of injury and illness into well bodies, minds, and spirits.
Alex has supported a wide range of bodies over the last 15+ years that span from well to athlete to stuck to sick. Some of those journeys include folks needing support around:
knee reconstruction, frozen shoulder, thoracic outlet syndrome, the pre and postpartum body, bladder prolapse, pelvic floor repair, labral tear, meniscal tear, miscarriage and D&C, diastasis, low back pain, plantar fasciitis, migraines, herniated discs, bunions with and without surgery, shin splints, severe constipation/IBS, open heart surgery, multiple sclerosis, congenital nerve damage, diabetes, grief, injury rehabilitation and prevention for the dancing body, marathon running, triathlons, weightlifting, and gynecological health. Alex also works with children approaching puberty and beyond.
Alex is a contemporary choreographer and dancer; both practices influence the ways in which they see, address, and approach the body and the movement that arises.
Alex is a non-binary queer human using they/them pronouns. They were sexed female at birth and raised in the southern parts of the United States inside of Tejana and Italian cultures. Alex formally studied Dance and Anthropology at Mount Holyoke College, The Boston Conservatory, and Interlochen Arts Academy followed by a career in dancing, dance-making, and movement education. Alex had private practices in Brooklyn and Manhattan for 11 years prior to opening Woven Body Wellness, a movement and bodywork healing arts center, here in Florence with partner Daniel Bear Davis. During the pandemic they see students privately across many countries as well as in person at The Well Seed. Daniel and Alex are growing roots here in Western Massachusetts and gave birth to their first child here last autumn.