As she developed her teaching she believed that the body and mind are interrelated, and was influenced by the work of Harry Stack Sullivan.
She began to teach in Washington D.C. and Wondered why people who were not wanting to be performers continued to take dance classes.
Her students reported feelings of well being which intrigued local doctors, some of the National Institutes of Health, who began to send some of their patients to her classes.
Chace taught in schools and hospitals advocating and lecturing on the therapeutic benefits of dance/body movement.
She taught a course at Turtle Bay Music school in New York City for a number of years.