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Associate & Adjunct Faculty
Shelly Williams, MPT, PYT, RYT Shelly Williams joins the PYT adjunct faculty in co-writing the neurological program with Ginger. Shelly received her Master of Physical Therapy degree from Gannon University in 1993. She has worked in a variety of physical therapy arenas, specializing in the neuro/vestibular population. Shelly's relevant areas of training include community lecturing for Parkinson’s support groups and the MS Society, as well as being an activist in developing the head injury unit as well as Greensboro Head Injury support group. Shelly works for Gentiva Health Services as a Clinical and Compliance Specialist. Shelly sees patients in the private setting and has a strong passion for healing individuals through the integration of manual hands-on physical therapy and Professional Yoga Therapy™. Shelly’s mission is to establish a foundation for yoga therapy where eastern and western medicine serves to address prevention and healing for many diseases and diagnoses. Her current work is focusing on EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) and PYT™ for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the military. Shelly lives in Coral Springs, FL with her husand and son. Contact: shelly@professionalyogatherapy.org
Nauka Joshi PT Nauka is a faculty member at PYT and is our Sanskrit & philosophy advisor. She received her graduate training at MS University, Medical College, School of Physiotherapy, in the city of Baroda, India. Nauka has over 24 years experience as a physical therapist in a variety of patient backgrounds, having practiced in India, England, and the United States. Nauka was born and raised in India, where her upbringing included exposure to Yoga at a tender age. While in India, Nauka also chose to be schooled in Sanskrit and Gujarati as second languages. She spent over 15 years honing her practice of physical therapy in the United States before deciding it was time to rekindle her true loves of Yoga and art. As a painter, her desire to create led her back to her early love of Yoga. She sought out specialty training at PYT for her post graduate level training in Professional Yoga Therapy in order to blend her eastern and western knowledge of medicine. Being able to merge her preferred profession of physical therapy and her deep love of Yoga was a moment of epiphany. That was seven years ago and since she has focused her practice toward the specialty of orthopaedics and yoga therapy. Nauka’s adventurous spirit and love of creating and travel in her spare time has made her an artist, a teacher, a talented alchemist of Ayurvedic cookery (this a testament from Ginger!), a perpetual student of life, an effective physical and yoga therapist, and avid bookworm. Her own life mission is to be good, giving and loving. Says Nauka, “it is the habit of being good that leads to excellence.” Nauka lives and practices yoga therapy in Chicago, IL. Contact: nauka@professionalyogatherapy.org
Diana Munger, PT, DPT
Diana is a licensed physical therapist who runs a private practice specializing in women’s health and pelvic rehabilitation. She graduated from
She received her yoga teacher training and professional yoga therapist training through Integrative Yoga Therapy. She is a contributor and peer review editor for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. By combining her background in yoga with traditional physical therapy, Diana enjoys creating holistic wellness programs for women across their lifespan. She is passionate about community education and empowering women to be active participants in their healthcare.
Diana joins the PYTS adjunct faculty to assist in the development of a women’s wellness yoga therapy program. She lives in
Private Clinical Practice: www.desertpt.com
Contact: diana@professionalyogatherapy.org
