Allison Stuart Kaplan has been teaching and working as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer for 27 years in the Detroit metropolitan community. Ten years ago Allison began practicing and teaching Hatha yoga as means to further educate herself and enhance her life as well as offer her students and clients a balanced approach to fitness and wellness. Allison is a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher through the teachings of Jonny Kest Center For Yoga and is loving and living every minute of it. She also teaches yoga and presents workshops for Teaching Training  at Bala Vinyasa Yoga in Naples, Florida. Allison is deeply passionate about empowering and inspiring women to live a joyful and healthy life on every level. In 2008 Allison founded AskInYourFace.com, an online women’s web magazine, through which she is building community and has launched the first Michigan Coalition on Midlife Eating Disorders, the 10,000 Steps get-healthy walking program, the HAVEN Garden project and an Encore Careers initiative. Allison is a regular “Get Fit” contributor for Fox 2 News in Detroit, a speaker and wellness coach.