SCHYS Administration
SCHYS Administration
| Administrator |
Title |
| JJ Gormley, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500 |
Director & Administrator |
| Hannah Zerphey, RYT-200 |
Assistant to the Director |
Curriculum Design
| Designer |
Title |
| JJ Gormley, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500 |
Curriculum Designer |
Cynthia Snodgrass, PhD, MDiv,
E-RYT-500, CYTh |
Curriculum Designer |
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Core Faculty
SCHYS Core Faculty serve as the Program Coordinator for the location, teaches all SCHYS programs offered at the location, and are Faculty-Mentors to students in each program offered at the location.
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| JJ Gormley, MS, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500
Curriculum Designer | Program Coordinator
All programs | All locations
JJ is the Director of the training programs and acts as the main curriculum designer. She participates at each location as main faculty and co-leader of the program. JJ's Master's in Complementary and Alternative Medicine serves her well in both her teachings in the yoga program as well as in her private yoga therapy sessions. She has been a student of yoga since 1979, teaching since 1989, and running teaching training programs since 1994.
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| Laura Jane Mellencamp-Murphy, MA, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500
Program Coordinator | All programs | Illinois
Laura Jane is the founder and director of one of Chicagoland's premier yoga studios - Yoga Among Friends. She has had in-depth studies in yogic philosophies and as a clinical psychologist. She enjoys blending her MA in Clinical and Counseling Psychology with her Yoga Therapy providing her clients with a holistic approach to psychological and emotional imbalances.
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| Cynthia Snodgrass, PhD, MDiv, E-RYT-500, CYTh
Curriculum Designer | Program Coordinator
All programs | Gulf Coast
Cynthia received her PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Stirling in Scotland, UK and her MDiv from Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminary. She studied Sanskrit from Vyaas Houston (1992-2002) and Harvard University (2002-2005). Cynthia has been a teacher of Sanskrit with the American Sanskrit Institute since 1994. She has also been teaching Sanskrit and philosophy for SCHYS since its inception in 1994. Cynthia graduated with her Yoga Therapy Certificate from SCHYS in 2012.
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Yoga Therapy Faculty
SCHYS Yoga Therapy Faculty teach all subjects offered in the SCHYS Yoga Therapy Certificate Program. They teach less than the Core Faculty and do not act as Faculty-Mentors.
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| Chase Bossart, MA, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500
All programs | All locations
Since 1991, Chase has spent more than four years in Chennai, India studying one-on-one with Mr. T.K.V. Desikachar and his wife Menaka. He has observed therapeutic classes at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and participated in trainings by Kausthub Desikachar and other long time students of Mr. Desikachar.
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| Amy Wheeler, PhD, C-IAYT, E-RYT-500
All programs | All locations
Amy contributes to the field of Yoga and Yoga Therapy in many meaningful ways, including teaching at the university level, teaching a multi-year Yoga Teacher/Therapy trainings, mentoring students individually, teaching online courses, and producing educational audio and video files. With respect to yoga research, Amy works with teams of university-based researches on grant-funded projects. She also plans intervention protocols and trains teachers and therapists to appropriately administer these protocols.
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Step 1 Faculty
Step 1 Faculty teach the first year of the Yoga Therapy Program. They serve as Faculty-Mentors for first year students.
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| Scottie Bruch, E-RYT-500
Program Coordinator | 200-Hour, Prenatal, Children's, and Step 1 | South Dakota
With over 1,500 hours of training, Scottie has been teaching yoga since 2008 to youth and adults. She has helped organize and host numerous yoga workshops, retreats, trainings, conferences, and other special events with a passionate effort to share and spread the yoga light to others.
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| Martha Catz, MS, E-RYT-500
Program Coordinator | Step 1 | North Carolina
Martha is the owner and director of The Yoga Connection School of Yoga. She has introduced yoga as a form of health and wellness to rural North Carolina through her two studios in Greensboro and Smithfield. Offering the full spectrum of yoga tools, Martha runs teacher trainings, workshops, and private yoga therapy appointments.
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Adjunct Faculty
SCHYS Adjunct Faculty offer specific expertise in some aspect of the curriculum as well as yoga - this allows them to intertwine their subject matter with yoga therapy.
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Guest Lecturers
Our Guest Lecturers have specific expertise in some aspect of the curriculum.
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| N.Dan Catz, M.D., FACS.
Western Medicine | All programs
Dr. Catz teaches the anatomy and physiology classes in the Yoga Therapy Certificate Program.
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| Brendan Feeley, MS, MAs, CAy Ayurveda Practitioner
Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Vedic philosophy, Jyotisha, Western Medicine
All programs | All locations
Brendan is a well-known teacher and writer on the topic of Jyotish and Ayurveda in the Washington, DC area and teaches Jung's Depth Psychology at the Washington Society of Jungian Psychology. He has presented at international conferences on Ayurveda and Jyotish since 1993 - focusing on his research in medical astrology in which he integrates jyotish with ayurveda.
He holds graduate degrees in engineering (Trinity College, Dublin, IE), and Jungian/Archetypal Psychology/Mythology (Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA), and a diploma in Ayurveda. He is also a founding member of the Council of Vedic Astrologers (USA), a Jyotish Kovid, Jyotish Visharad, and member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.
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| George Nemecz, PhD, CAy, Ayurvedic Practitioner
Ayurveda | All programs | All locations
George has studied Ayurveda since 1996 and established a practice in 2002. He was a student in the Ayurvedic Holistic Center at Bayville, NY from 1999 until 2001 under the mentorship of Swami Sadshiva Tirtha and has had intensive courses with Dr. John Douillard (pulse, shirodara, abhyanga, Ayurvedic herbs) and Dr. Yeshi Dunden. George also took summer intensive courses with Dr. Lad starting in 2001 (pulse, marma, pancha karma, ayurvedic clinical practicum) until 2007. George teaches at Campbell University School of Pharmacy and School of Osteopathic Medicine. His field is biochemistry (PhD in biochemistry 1981).
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200-Hour Faculty
SCHYS 200-Hour Faculty teach the SCHYS 200-hour program.
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Donya Bauer, MA, E-RYT-500
200-Hour | Virginia
Donya teaches to honor the body and to do only what you know the body is ready to do. Donya continues to study from JJ Gormley and is about to complete her Yoga Therapy Certificate Program.
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Jennifer Elliott, E-RYT-200
200-Hour | Virginia
Jennifer is the senior teacher and director of Ashtanga Yoga Charlottesville. She has been a dedicated student of yoga for more than 30 years and teaching for more than 20. She has taught classes in Hatha Yoga at Sonoma State University, and has been devoted and dedicated to yoga since 1981.
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Janice Olsson, MT, E-RYT-200
200-Hour | South Dakota
Janice is the founder and director of Roots Yoga & Healing Center in Spearfish, SD. She teaches yoga, is a licensed massage therapist, and sees clients one-on-one using Yoga Therapy.
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Ginger Somerville, E-RYT-200
200-Hour | Virginia
Ginger is the owner of the Total Wellness Center in Orange, VA - where SCHYS operates its programs. She teaches yoga and also sees clients one-on-one as she continues in the Yoga Therapy Program with SCHYS.
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Nicole Stell, E-RYT-200
200-Hour | Virginia
Nicole, was introduced to yoga in 2001 as a way of lowering stress and anxiety. She had experienced panic attacks while attending Virginia Tech and wanted an alternative way to control her anxiety. Subsequently, Nicole attended the American Healing Arts Yoga School in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her training in Integral Hatha Yoga, also known as complete yoga, was an extensive, two-year course, that focused on asana, pranayama, meditation, and anatomy. Integral yoga is a very traditional ancient yoga technique with its origins in India.After many years of teaching, Nicole continued her training through Shiva Rea's Prana Flow teacher training. It is here where her love for Ayurveda and the seasonal approach to healing began to flourish. Currently, Nicole is excited to begin her educational journey with JJ Gormley and the Surya Chandra Healing Yoga School. She hopes to obtain her RYT 500 and assist in the Teacher Trainings offered through JJ's leadership.
Her primary focus in any class is that the student should experience NO PAIN. Nicole believes that yoga and ayurveda are ways to heal the body and the mind. For this reason, she attempts to bring the healing aspect of yoga to all of her classes. Nicole loves yoga and the way it makes her feel during and after each class. She also loves how yoga (with time) becomes a lifestyle and not just a class. Currently, With the combination of all of the different styles of Nicole's training, she has been able to introduce a slightly more fluid approach to the art of safe yoga. The reason Nicole became a yoga teacher is to introduce this amazing mind/body technique to as many people as possible, so that she may help those in need.
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Hannah Zerphey, RYT-500
200-Hour | Virginia
Hannah Zerphey, is a certified Yoga for All instructor and is in the midst of completing the Surya Chandra Healing Yoga School 900-Hour Yoga Therapy Certificate Program.
Hannah was first drawn to yoga as a teenager – seeking a calm meditative mind and strong body. Through her years of practice, yoga has helped Hannah to come to accept and love every aspect of her plus size body. Her experiences in and out of the yoga classroom have made her a passionate advocate in the yoga for all movement – she truly believes that yoga is for every body. No matter your shape, size, age, race, gender, or ability – if you can breathe you can do yoga. She brings this philosophy into every one of her classes; using the breath as a grounding tool and giving students the time and agency to make the practice their own.
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SCHYS Program Coordinators
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| Name |
Yoga Studio |
Location |
SCHYS Program |
| Scottie Bruch |
Sturgis Yoga
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South Dakota |
200-Hour
Step 1 |
| Martha Catz |
The Yoga Connection
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North Carolina |
Step 1 |
| JJ Gormley |
Surya Chandra Healing Yoga School |
All locations |
All Programs |
| Laura Jane Mellencamp-Murphy |
Yoga Among Friends
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Illinois |
All Programs |
| Cynthia Snodgrass |
Sage Oaks
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Gulf Coast |
All Programs |
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