Day 4 Presentations - Yoga + Eating Disorders
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- A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 1 — Chelsea Roff
- A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 2 — Catherine Cook-Cottone, PhD
- A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 3 — Esther Estey, PhD
- Neurobiology of Energy Balance, Eating Disorders, and Yoga — Abha Rajbhandari, PhD
- A Yoga Social Prescribing Protocol: Development, Research, and Progress — Heather Mason
- Closing Event — Jonathan Rosenthal, MD
Chelsea Roff
A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 1
Chelsea Roff is the Founder and Director of Eat Breathe Thrive — an international charity dedicated to helping people recover from eating disorders. A world-renowned yoga therapist, educator, and community-based researcher, she has spent over a decade working to develop, deliver, and support research on yoga-based interventions for people with eating disorders.
Please note: this presentation is education, not personalized medical advice.
Catherine Cook-Cottone, PhD
A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 2
Catherine Cook-Cottone, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, yoga therapist, and professor at University at Buffalo, SUNY. She has written 10+ books and over 100 research articles and chapters on mindful self-care, yoga, embodiment, self-regulation, eating disorders, and trauma.
Please note: this presentation is education, not personalized medical advice.
Esther Estey, PhD
A Yoga-based Intervention for the Prevention & Treatment of Eating Disorders Part 3
Esther Estey, PhD, RYT-200, is a bilingual, bicultural Latinx licensed clinical psychologist, senior instructor and yoga and meditation teacher at Harvard Medical School, Center for Mindfulness and Compassion. She specializes in the application of contemplative approaches in rehabilitation, trauma recovery, and mental performance for special operations forces and Veteran service members.
Please note: this presentation is education, not personalized medical advice.
Abha Rajbhandari, PhD
Neurobiology of Energy Balance, Eating Disorders, and Yoga
Dr. Abha Karki Rajbhandari is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has been studying the neurobiological mechanisms of fear, stress and anxiety that are relevant for basic science studies of conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder for almost 14 years.
Please note: this presentation is education, not personalized medical advice.
Heather Mason
A Yoga Social Prescribing Protocol: Development, Research, and Progress
Heather Mason, MA, Msc, RYT-500, is the founder of The Minded Institute, an internationally renowned yoga therapy training school, and also the Yoga in Health Care Alliance. She holds master’s degrees in Buddhist Studies, in Psychotherapy, and Medical Physiology.
Please note: this presentation is education, not personalized medical advice.
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