Allyson works with the tools of yoga to help writers harness their creative intuition. She is the author of Connect to Your Creativity: 40 Days of Prompts and Practices, as well as two poetry chapbooks: Come into the World Like That (Five Oaks Press, 2016), and We're Smaller Than We Think We Are (Finishing Line Press, 2013). Allyson holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Pas, and is in the process of completing her ParaYoga Level 1 certification. She also serves as the director of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review and teaches technical writing at Austin Community College.