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On today's podcast, Amy talks with Professor Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, DPT & C-IAYT.

Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, her Master of Applied Science from the University of South Australia and her Bachelor of Science from Boston University. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences. 

Lori founded Mosaic Physical Therapy in 2003, dedicated to providing quality health care. After sustaining career-threatening injuries in a horseback accident in 2007 Lori was determined to return to helping her patients heal.

Her research interests focus on the subtle body in pain management and the intersection and application of the philosophical science of yoga with the clinical science of modern medicine for improving eudaemonic well-being. She pioneered the first yoga therapy internship at the Simms Mann Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles where interns from LMU gain mentored experience and provide individualized yoga therapy within an integrative medicine clinic for patients suffering from chronic pain. Her mission is to expand this model into other healthcare and educational settings.

Amy and Lori talk about her journey, her personal experiences, how she got started in her career and how she transitioned from Physical Therapy to Yoga Therapy, Differences between the academic world of yoga and yoga therapy and a lot more.  

They talk about the following:

• Lori’s background as a successful Physical Therapist & why she became a yoga therapist

• How Lori has been able to help her clients heal, and how she healed herself from injury

• How Lori worked within herself to feel confident about her ideas 

• The science, art, and mystery of imagery in pain care management

• Where Lori sees the field of yoga therapy heading

• Lori’s advice on bringing a yoga therapy clinic into a professional medical facility

• The importance of focusing on yoga philosophy as a differentiating factor in clinic settings

• Owning our Scope of Practice as a yoga therapist and not apologizing for it

• Lori’s focus on research and its importance to expanding the field of yoga therapy

• The difference between academics, the world of yoga, and yoga therapy

• How Lori has found her own way forward and is focusing on what really matters in her personal and professional life

• How Lori sees her own legacy unfolding professionally

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To learn more about Lori and her offerings 

Visit http://www.mosaicpt.com/

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