ABOUT CARLA —

Carla's passion for movement and optimum performance began early, growing up in Melbourne, Australia.  The only girl amongst four professional football brothers and father with legendary status, she would go to their training and games and learn the secrets of high performance from world class coaches, sports psychologists, and physiotherapists.

Being the only girl, Carla was driven to outperform her brothers and became hooked on training, wellness, and high performance psychology. Finishing high school in the top 1% of the country, she was accepted into the prestigious University of Melbourne physiotherapy bachelors degree.

After graduating in 2004 with the highest qualifications, she began working in a private clinical practice, primarily treating injuries and chronic conditions. Impassioned by her capacity to truly help people heal and improve their lives through preventative measures, Carla became obsessed with experimenting with a broad spectrum of movement and therapies. Using herself first and foremost as her own guinea pig, she immersed herself in yoga, pilates, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, meditation and a variety of functional movement modalities. Over time She began incorporating what she was learning into her clinical sessions. What organically emerged was a hybrid system of treatment that is a truly holistic approach to treating the body.

After 2 years of clinical practice in Australia Carla’s itchy feet led her to Los Angeles to study and eventually to NYC. After a short time working in a clinic, she attracted the attention of some of New York’s finest talent. Defying the traditional trajectory of a clinical physiotherapist, she was hired to tour with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band and A Tribe Called Quest and quickly became the A list therapist with clients including Michael J Fox, Ben Stiller, Mark Wahlberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Clarence Clemons, Q Tip and Naomi Campbell. As her reputation grew, she became a sort after and respected physiotherapist in the city. In 2011 Carla formed Core Living NYC where she and her team continue to treat high performance individuals in the US and online worldwide.

During this time, Carla has spent countless hours honing and refining the system she now calls Align Movement. Carla currently spends her time between Australia and the US with her husband and two children, treating and teaching, both privately and in a class format, Align Movement to whomever wishes to learn.