Current Projects
Adapted Yoga for Aphasia
This programmatic research assesses the impact of adapted, aphasia-friendly yoga on resilience and coping in people with aphasia. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
Dr. Dietz collaborates with Lauren Bislick, Ph.D. at the University of Central Florida and E. Susan Duncan, Ph.D. at Louisiana State University. Together they work alongside SLP Stephanie Van Allan, survivor and yogi, J. Chase Rushlow and co-survivor and yogini, Deanna Rushlow. The self-dubbed, Team Yoga met at Project BRIDGE in 2018 and work alongside clinician, patient and caregiver stakeholders. In 2020, Dietz completed her 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher training to help advance this line of inquiry. Team Yoga pursues their work in honor of Terri Kersey, who first helped launch the idea of integrating yoga into stroke rehabilitation before her unexpected death in 2019.
