Kaiopa Stage is a Certified Postural Alignment Specialist and Registered Movement Educator and has been involved with movement work for over fifteen years. She has studied postural alignment techniques through the Egoscue Method and the Balance Center. She has studied neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury protocols and scoliosis protocols. Kaiopa has also taught stress reducing decision making classes, mindful meditation, guided movement meditation and fitness classes at Miraval Resort. She lives and works in Tucson, Arizona in addition to teaching internationally.

"I became interested in postural alignment while being a High Ropes Course Facilitator. After hours of looking upwards to the challenge event, my low back and neck quickly progressed from ache to pain. After all the work I had studied and regularly participated in, I was baffled why I hurt. I began to notice how I distorted my body in order to perform my job. My lack of awareness in addition to my own postural twists and turns was creating pain. Once I began teaching postural alignment processes I was awed at the amount of people who were silently suffering from chronic pain. After class I was approached, usually very quietly and when no one else was nearby, by people who tolerated mild to immense levels of pain on a daily basis.

I am deeply impressed with the power of alignment to address issues from wanting better athletic performance to dealing with debilitating pain.

After beginning postural alignment work I very quickly got my back and neck out of pain in addition to resolving a seven year old knee injury. I am now back to enjoying activities like hiking and backpacking that had, at one time, brought me more pain than pleasure."