Episode 40 - A Meditation on Pain with Marlysa Sullivan

Episode 40 - A Meditation on Pain with Marlysa Sullivan

What is pain and how can the tools of yoga and yoga therapy best acknowledge, manage and heal the complex experience of those living with it on a daily basis? Lucy and Chara speak with Yoga therapist, researcher and author Marlysa Sullivan about her work in Yoga therapy and pain management and how yoga provides a holistic lens for understanding and alleviating the root causes of pain

Dr. Marlysa Sullivan is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience.

Marlysa balances clinical research and practice with education, speaking and writing.

She is the Physical Therapy Coordinator of the Empowered Veterans Program at the VA. This is a comprehensive pain care program that integrates whole health coaching, psychotherapy, and mindful movement with a chaplain, psychotherapist and physical therapist. She trains physical therapists as well as offers the mindful movement component integrating therapeutic pain education, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapeutic principles with movement practices. 

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 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.

Resources & Mentions

Marlysa’s Books & Articles: 

Lucy’s book recommendations:

John Sarno

  • “The Mindbody Prescription”

  • “The Divided Mind”

Alan Gordon

  • “The Way Out - Healing Chronic Pain” - includes the concept of neuroplastic pain


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