<p><a href="https://www.drgailparker.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dr. Gail Parker</a>, author of <a href="https://www.drgailparker.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-based Stress and Trauma</a>, sits down with Kacee to discuss the importance of self-study as it relates to our own personal relationship to race and healing emotional wounding from our past. One of Dr. Parker&#39;s gift is to approach this topic with compassion and understanding. Dr. Gail and Kacee both share personal stories about their own healing and wounding throughout the conversation. </p> <p>Dr. Gail Parker is the president of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) Board of Directors. Dr. Parker is a faculty member in the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy teaching in the Mental Health Module of the curriculum. Her broad expertise in behavioral health and wellness includes forty years as a practicing psychologist. Dr. Parker is a lifelong practitioner of yoga and is well known for her pioneering efforts to blend psychology, yoga, and meditation as effective self-care strategies that can enhance emotional balance, and contribute to the overall health and wellbeing of practitioners.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Interested in learning more?</p> <ul> <li>Sign up for Dr. Parker&#39;s Online Practice + Discussion with Citizen Yoga, May 9, 2023, 5:30-8:30pm EST. Register: <a href="https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=37930&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000452&date=05/09/23" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Self-Study + Restorative Practice for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma</a></li> <li>Join Kacee, Dr. Parker and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/75QYgvE3hCwzZIGT3GtvB7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dr. Christine Maren</a> in Desert Hot Springs, CA in May 2023 for a <a href="https://www.citizenyogastudio.com/movement_medicine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Medicine + Movement retreat</a>.</li> </ul>