Join us September 24, 2020 at 8:30pm ET (New York time) for an intimate conversation with Marlysa Sullivan, Chara Caruthers, Dr. Scott Lyons, and Dr. Arielle Schwartz.
Together they will share their personal stories, intimate perspectives, and lived experiences... all starting from the theme of “Awakening Amidst Pain.”
FACULTY BIOS
Marlysa Sullivan, PT, C-IAYT
Marlysa is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience working with people suffering from chronic pain conditions. She is an Assistant Professor in Yoga Therapy and Integrative Health Sciences at Maryland University of Integrative Health and holds an adjunct position at Emory University, where she teaches the integration of yoga and mindfulness into physical therapy practice in the DPT program. She is also the author of Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being and co-editor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain as well as several peer-reviewed articles. Marlysa has been involved in the professionalization of the field of yoga therapy through the educational standards committee of IAYT, which helped to define the competencies for the field, and in characterizing the yoga therapy workforce through research. Her research interests focus on defining the framework and explanatory model for yoga therapy based on philosophical and neurophysiological perspectives.
Chara Caruthers
Chara Caruthers is a passionate and outspoken voice for the power of living your truth. An international teacher, speaker, author and advocate for women’s wellness, she has inspired and motivated a diverse global community of all ages to live juicier and more connected lives by embracing the principles of yoga and Ayurveda.
A global citizen, she was born and raised in Southern California, and has lived on five continents. She spent years as a successful corporate engineer in the fast paced environments of LA, New York, London and Sydney, before choosing to step away from it all in order to save herself, find her true voice, and live a more authentic life.
Chara is a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and an experienced yoga teacher at the ERYT-500 level. She has studied and practiced Ayurveda in the United States, Australia and India. Her work is focused on sharing these ancient principles in a modern context empowering wellness seekers of all backgrounds and cultures to boldly embrace the responsibility we all have to know and love ourselves. She has worked with students of all ages and backgrounds, trained yoga teachers, and supported her community through the creation yoga outreach programs for homeless adults and at-risk youth.
As a writer, presenter, and podcaster, she shares her unique voice and soulful approach regularly with audiences around the globe. Her latest book, Eat Like You Love Yourself is a modern guide to Ayurvedic living and cooking. It was created as a practical reference and love-letter for anyone who is struggling to understand how to nurture and nourish themselves throughout the year and their life.
Dr. Scott Lyons
Dr. Scott Lyons is dedicated to teaching embodiment as a way of exploring human development, healing, growth and transformation. His deep passion is to integrate somatic practices, transpersonal inquiry and scholarly research into the creative and healing arts.
Scott is a Clinical Psychologist and Mind-Body Medicine practitioner who specializes in therapies for infants, youth and adults. He is a Certified Body-Mind Centering™ Teacher and Practitioner, Cranio-Sacral Therapist, Visceral Manipulation Therapist, Neuro-Developmental Therapist, Infant Developmental Movement Educator, Registered Movement Therapist and Educator, Trauma Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Thai Massage Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mindfulness-based Executive Coach, Experiential Anatomy/ Developmental Movement and Yoga Practitioner, and a 500-hour registered yoga teacher. Additionally he holds a BFA in Theater/Psychology, MFA in Dance/Choreography, MS in Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology and Mind-Body Medicine.
Scott is the co-creator of Embodied Flow and has had the privilege of teaching Embodied Flow and Body-Mind Centering workshops and trainings throughout the United States, Europe, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. He was an adjunct professor at New York University from 2007-2010 where he co-taught the Viewpoints Studio with Mary Overlie. As an artist, Scott’s work has been performed at BAM, Symphony Space, Dance New Amsterdam as well as theaters throughout the United States and Europe.
Foundational to Scott’s teaching is the principle that we can, through intention, expand our capacity to meet and be met. In this way, we can offer the profound gift to our self, others and the environment of being heard, seen, and feeling felt at a cellular level.
Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Arielle Schwartz, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist, EMDR Therapy consultant, and certified yoga instructor with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado.
She earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University and holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Psychology through Naropa University.
She is the author of four books The Complex PTSD Workbook, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, The Post Traumatic Growth Guidebook, and The Practical Guide to Complex PTSD. She is dedicated to offering informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog.