Brett Sculthorp LCSW LCAS CPS RYT 200 is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Prevention Specialist and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. He has been a yoga and meditation practitioner for over 35 years and has been collaborating with Kristine in creating Subtle Yoga trainings for 20 years. Brett has worked with individuals, couples, and groups and in his private practice, his clinical focus on trauma. In addition to the physical, psychological, and spiritual practices of the yoga tradition, Brett utilizes the therapeutic modalities of Brainspotting, ego state work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Release Exercises, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Brett is currently writing a book about yoga psychology with Kristine. Brett’s writing has been featured in Yoga Therapy in Practice. He co-wrote a paper that was presented at the XV World Futures Studies Federation Conference which reflects his interest in strategic thinking, and social systems functioning in the areas of health, education and local economy. Brett’s substance use prevention work has focused on community building including educating about the social determinants of health.
Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500 is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. She is leading the charge to get slow, mindful practices to people who desperately need them through her Subtle® Yoga Revolution series of online courses and trainings for yoga teachers - which have been praised by thousands all over the world. She is the director of the Subtle® Yoga Teacher Training for Behavioral Health Professionals program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Sciences at MAHEC and the Yoga Therapy representative on the Integrative Health Policy Consortium in Washington, D.C. where she advocates for the integration of yoga into the healthcare system. She serves on the Yoga Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. Kristine has been an avid student of yoga since 1989, teaching yoga since 1995, and training teachers since 2003. She presents workshops and trainings internationally and is frequently invited to speak about yoga at health care conferences and on podcasts. She is the author of Healing Self Massage and has published numerous articles. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yoga Therapy Today, YogaU, Redbook, BodySense, Women's World, Natural Health, and Lifetime TV. She is currently conducting research on Subtle® Yoga for addiction recovery.