Neuroscience and Yoga Conference
Day 1 Presentations - Introductions
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Presentations
- Conference Kickoff Party and Orientation — Jonathan Rosenthal, MD
- Introduction to Neuroscience - Andrew McGongile, MBBS
- Introduction to Yoga - Deepak Chopra, MD
- Accessing and Evaluating Published Scientific Research on Yoga - Sat Bir Khalsa, PhD
- Yoga Therapy: Where Tradition Meets Evidence-Based Healthcare - Heather Mason, MS
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Jonathan Rosenthal, MD
Neuroscience and Yoga Conference Kickoff Party
Dr. Jonathan Rosenthal is a neurologist in New York City. He is an avid yoga student of Sri Dharma Mittra. Since 2014, he has been hosting events about neuroscience and yoga, and is working to expand his research programs to include yoga interventions.
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Andrew McGongile, MBBS
Introduction to Neuroscience
Andrew McGonigle has been studying anatomy for over twenty years, originally training to become a doctor and then moving away from Western medicine to become a yoga teacher, massage therapist and anatomy teacher. He combines his skills and experience to teach anatomy and physiology to yogis and his most recent book The Physiology of Yoga was published in June 2022.
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Deepak Chopra, MD
Introduction to Yoga
Dr. Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation.
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Sat Bir Khalsa, PhD
Accessing and Evaluating Published Scientific Research on Yoga
Dr. Sat Bir Khalsa is a yoga researcher at Harvard. He conducts clinical trials on yoga for insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic stress, and anxiety disorders and in both public school and occupational settings.
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Heather Mason, MS
Yoga Therapy: Where Tradition Meets Evidence-Based Heathcare
Heather Mason, MA, MA, MSc, is the founder of The Minded Institute, The Yoga in
Health Care Alliance, and joint founder of the APPG on Yoga. She holds master’s
degrees in Buddhist Studies, Psychotherapy, Medical Physiology, and has extensive
education in Neuroscience. As a world leader on this topic, Heather has lectured at universities from Harvard to UCL and at an array of academic conferences around the world.
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