Through POISE, Maria hopes to help Improve the way you move inside and outside of the dance floor, inside and outside the gym, inside and outside of your sport and into your daily life. Minimizing Injuries, Maximizing results and Improving your quality of life through various services. She encourages her students, clients and patients to find their poise and determine ways to accomplish that balance via dance services, fitness programming, nutrition programming, injury prevention, rehabilitation, mindfulness amongst others methods.

Maria will continue the quality dance instruction she has come to be recognized for while integrating alternative methods to guide individuals towards becoming the healthiest version of themselves. What makes POISE unique is two-fold: first, Maria combines both art and science through an interdisciplinary approach to enhance the health, wellbeing and quality of life of dancers, athletes and people from all walks of life. Secondly, as a professional dancer herself, Maria is dedicated to using POISE to provide services to non-traditional athletes and everyday individuals who do not have access to traditional physical therapy and wellness services. Maria plans to create a space where individuals can learn about injury prevention, alternative health treatments and be assisted in their medical, rehabilitation and performance needs. Her goal is to ensure individuals can continue doing what they love for a longer time with the support and guidance to form healthy habits and practices, for long term sustainable changes so everyone can live a long and pain-free life.