Liat Ayalon was trained as a Rio Abierto instructor in Rio Abierto Israel and has studied in the main Rio Abierto center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In her teaching she uses her experience in various movement techniques such as modern dance, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais, Alexander and contact improvisation.

Liat has a PhD in Psychobiology and is currently a faculty at the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD where she conducts studies in behavioural neuroscience.

She brings her knowledge of the relationship between brain and behavior into her classes to create a rich and powerful movement experience.