About
Publications and Volunteer work:
2022: Judge, CLMP Firecracker Awards
2021: Judge, Women Fiction Writer’s Association (WFWA)
2021: Volunteer Editor, Poetry South
2021: Co-editor,- Yoga Therapy Textbook:
https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Therapy-Foundations-Tools-Practice/dp/1787754146/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZW6SIMC61KIN&dchild=1&keywords=yoga+therapy+foundations%2C+tools%2C+and+practice&qid=1628780350&sprefix=Yoga+Thera%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1
Poetry- HIV: Happiness is Vital: https://www.sexualhealthwest.ie/newsletter.php https://www.sexualhealthwest.ie/admin/uploads/downloads/Newsletter-September-2014-.pdf Creative Non-fiction- Yellow Arrow https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-winter-2019-doubt-pdf ( "I.S.O." Adelaide Magazine: https://adelaidemagazine.org/2021/01/09/breathing-room-by-diane-finlayson/ "Breathing Room" Open: A Journal of Arts and Letters https://ojalart.com/flash-discourse-cnf-memoir-vignettediane-finlaysonno-cover/ “No Cover.”
Non-Fiction:
"Perspectives on Yoga Accreditation in Higher Education: India's NAAC at the UN," Finlayson and Kepner, Yoga Therapy Today, Summer 2019, p. 6
“The Role of Ayurvedic Assessment for Yoga Therapy,” Yoga Therapy Today, Summer 2018, p.40
"Understanding Yoga's Roots in Evidence Informed Practice," Finlayson, Moonaz and Sullivan, Yoga Therapy Today, Summer 2017, p. 40.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing,
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Master of Liberal Arts (Thesis: Ancient Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
BA: Theater major/ German minor
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Featured Work
Yoga Therapy Foundations, Tools, and Practice: A Comprehensive Textbook
Providing essential support to schools and universities that offer yoga therapy training programs, this comprehensive, edited textbook develops robust curricula, enabling them to prepare yoga therapists to integrate into healthcare settings safely and effectively.
The book includes a large and international list of contributors from diverse lineages and backgrounds such as Matthew Taylor, Gail Parker and Steffany Moonaz, and is the first resource on yoga therapy that aligns with the educationl competencies of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). It covers yoga foundations (philosophical background, ayurveda, tantra), biomedical and psychological foundations, yoga therapy tools and therapeutic skills, yogic and biopsychosocial-spiritual assessments, and professional practices.
As the field of yoga therapy continues to root and grow, this book is essential for both new yoga therapy practitioners, and for schools developing training programs
