At Emory University Marlysa teaches a semester long elective on yoga and mindfulness for physical therapy in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. She leads teacher trainings with the Center for Integrative Yoga Studies. She is also on faculty at Omega Institute and teaches at Kripalu. Marlysa has been an active member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists where she served on the educational standards committee. Her research involves working with dementia, osteoarthritis and pain and she has recently published a paper discussing the explanatory framework of yoga therapy based on philosophical and ethical perspectives.