Holle Black, C-IAYT, E-RYT500
Holle Black is co-founder and director of Centering Youth. Her Yoga Therapy certification comes from tutelage under Yoganand Michael Carroll and Marlysa Sullivan. She is a Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive yoga facilitator and has studied extensively with David Emerson at the Trauma Center. An avid lifelong student with a passion for teaching yoga therapeutically and in underserved populations, Holle is also the co-founder of Center for Integrative Studies, a trauma sensitive teacher training program that prepares future teachers for classes of all kinds.
Marlysa Sullivan, MPT, C-IAYT
Marlysa Sullivan is a director for Centering Youth. She is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience. She is an Assitant Professor in yoga Therapy and Integratve Health Sciences at Maryland University of Integrative Health. She also holds an adjunct position at Emory University where she teaches the integration of yoga and mindfulness into physical therapy practice in the Doctor of Physical Therapy 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. Marlysa is currently completing her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree and certification in iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation.
Amelia Reiser Solodkin, RYT200
Amelia Reiser Solodkin is a director and teacher for Centering Youth. She is a 200 hour Pranakriya Yoga teacher who studied under Yoganand Michael Carroll and Marlysa Sullivan, with mentorship from Holle Black and Vladimir Tchakarov. Amelia also completed a Yin training with Douglas Johnson and a Trauma Sensitive yoga training with Holle Black. She worked many years in crisis relief bringing creative movement, breath, and body awareness to devastated populations of tornado victims in Oklahoma and Missouri.
Dr. Andreka Peat, RYT200
Dr. Andreka F. Peat is a licensed clinical psychologist and 200-hour registered yoga teacher with a private practice in downtown Decatur, GA. In her practice she specializes in providing a holistic approach to Women’s Mental and Reproductive Health. Her practice focuses on working with fertility concerns, miscarriage and perinatal loss, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, birth trauma, relationship concerns, and other mood disorders. Dr. Peat has 14 years of clinical experience in both private practice and university counseling settings. She received her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Atlanta Georgia. Her Doctoral Internship was completed at the Dallas Consortium in Professional Psychology in Dallas, TX, which was comprised of the counseling centers at Southern Methodist University and The University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to engaging in her doctoral studies, she received her Masters of Public Health Degree with a Maternal and Child Health concentration from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Her undergraduate studies were completed at Xavier University of LA also in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Peat currently lives in the Atlanta area with her husband, two children, and their family dog. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching movies, practicing yoga, and spending time with family and friends.