Yoga, Nervous System & PT for Pain Reduction

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If you have heard about the benefits of yoga, maybe even experienced them yourself you will love this episode because it will inspire you to stay on track.  In this episode I interview Marysla Sullivan, physical therapist, yoga therapist and professor. In this episode you will learn how yoga is more than just the physical postures, and how these areas can really impact your life and health. In this episode we go over:

                             -How to create more authenticity and contentment in life

                             -Understand how dharma can influence how you feel in your body

                             -How do we cultivate greater meaning and purpose which then improves how we feel 

                            – Why the work of Aristotle compliments the work of Yoga

                            -Learn what research supports the work of yoga, the nervous system and pain reduction

                            -Learn more about the Polyvagal theory and the work of Stephen Porges work. 

 Marlysa is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience working with people suffering with 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 the co-editor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain as well as several peer-reviewed articles. She also has an upcoming book titled Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being.

Find Marlysa’s latest book here. 

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Hi, I'm Dr. Alison McLean, DPT

I believe wellness practitioners deserve to live the freedom they teach.

Not someday. Not after one more certification or one more full caseload. Now. We entered this work to help people heal — and somewhere along the way, we became the most burned out people in the room. Seeing clients back to back, skipping meals, missing family moments, quietly wondering if this is as good as it gets. What they didn't teach us in school is that the business model we inherited was never designed to give us freedom. It was designed to keep us busy. There's a version of your practice that doesn't require your sacrifice as the cost of admission. One where your income isn't capped by your calendar, your clients get your best, and you actually have a life outside the treatment room.

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