Summit: Boundaries & Self Care

Mariana Caplan is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and author of eight books in psychology and spirituality, translated into over a dozen languages. She has taught workshops and trainings online, in yoga studios, universities, and major retreat centers worldwide since 1997. Mariana developed innovative programs as a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Naropa University, John F. Kennedy University, and Sophia University, and is the founder of the Yoga & Psyche Method and the Yoga & Psyche Conference.

Chara Caruthers (C-IAYT, CAP, E-RYT-500) is an international educator, speaker, therapist and lifestyle medicine practitioner. Informed by decades of study and practice of yoga and Ayurveda and more recent work in the world of psychedelics as a researcher and provider of integration support, she is passionately dedicated to building bridges between eastern spiritual lifestyle traditions and modern western medical approaches to mental health and wellbeing.

Kristen Davis, former owner of Yogasana Center, has been teaching Yoga and the Alexander Technique since 1995. Her classes are rooted in her Iyengar training under mentor Donald Moyer, the "means-whereby" of the Alexander Technique, and her deep practice of Zen Buddhism—creating a meditative, focused practice that uncovers the habits and conditioning that create obstacles in body, mind, and heart. "Do not kill the instinct of the body for the glory of the pose. Adopt a friendly approach towards it. To be sensitive is to be alive." —Vanda Scaravelli

Niralli is a holistic psychotherapist, sacred embodiment teacher, and energy healer who believes each person holds the wisdom needed to heal and awaken to their true nature. Drawing on her long-term study of yoga, meditation, and tantra, she supports clients' spiritual and healing journeys and is passionate about serving marginalized communities, viewing social justice as central to collective liberation. A CA licensed MFT (#54007), certified eco-therapist, and Syntara System practitioner, she practices online and in Los Angeles, and is affiliate faculty at Antioch University.

Dr. Scott Lyons (DO, PhD, MS, MFA, CHT, BMCP/T, RSMT, SME, BMCP, IDME, SEP, CST, BFA, RYT-500) is a Clinical Psychologist, Osteopath, and Mind-Body Medicine practitioner who specializes in therapies for infants, youth, and adults. Additionally, Dr. Lyons holds a BFA in Theater/Psychology, and an MFA in Dance/Choreography. Scott is the creator of The Embody Lab — a hub for embodied education, self-discovery and healing— and developer of Somatic Stress Release™ — a processes of restoring our biological adaptation system.

Lisa Clark brings 40 years of study, practice, and teaching to her workshops and trainings. A master teacher and leading innovator integrating Yoga with Body-Mind Centering®, she has been Co-Teacher and Developer with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen for the BMC Yoga Programs since 1999 and is Program Director of the BMC & Yoga Immersion Series: Foundations in Embodied Anatomy. She teaches internationally across the US, Europe, China, and South America. Lisa is an ERYT500, RYS500, registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, certified BMC Teacher/Practitioner, and founder of Lisa Clark Yoga Online.