iRest at Ease with Kelly Boys
Richard Miller, PhD, author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga and Integrative Restoration iRest 6-CD Set, is a contemporary spiritual teacher of nondualism. He is the founding president of the Integrative Restoration Institute and the Center of Timeless Being, co-founder and co-president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology, and co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy. Richard is a consultant on research projects studying the healing impact of the Yoga Nidra meditation protocol that he has developed (Integrative Restoration iRest) with such diverse populations as US soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, the homeless and people with chronic pain. In addition to his research and writing projects, Richard leads retreats and trainings throughout North America with a focus on enlightened living in daily life. Kelly Boys holds a BA in Intercultural Religious Studies and Third World Development. She is a certified hatha yoga and a certified iRest Yoga Nidra teacher and is currently the Director of Operations for the Integrative Restoration Institute (IRI). She travels and teaches with Richard Miller, the founder of IRI and iRest Yoga Nidra, as a senior staff member. She has taught iRest Yoga Nidra to US veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), as well as to the incarcerated, cancer survivors, and those with substance abuse addictions. She also participated in a yoga therapy program for active-duty soldiers with PTSD at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC, and facilitated an iRest Yoga Nidra program at a residential clinic for both male and female veterans with PTSD in northern Kentucky.