Brain Science and Yoga: Why (and How) Yoga Works

Yoga works—here’s proof.

New technologies now allow researchers to directly observe how Yoga and mindfulness practices shape the brain. It’s exciting to know that through Yoga practices we can alter and rewire our neuropathways—changing negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to promote healing, happiness, resiliency, and compassion. We now have the ability to understand how powerful Yoga and mindfulness practices are in their ability to promote healing, happiness, resilience, and compassion thanks to modern brain science.

In this workshop, you will learn how Yoga and mindfulness affect your neurophysiology, along with hands-on techniques designed to help improve mental, emotional, and physical health. You’ll also learn how to increase self-care, resiliency, and peak performance, and conversely, work through negative emotional cycles such as anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, and stress.

These techniques and tools are on the cutting edge of neuroscience and Medical Yoga. Come learn what Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness have to offer you.

Training Information

Prerequisites

None.

Continuing Education Opportunities

• Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 7 Training hours
• International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT): Approximately 7 Training hours
• Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate of your program’s total contact hours. For more information, email membership@iyta.org.

Testimonials

I have great interest in neurobiology stress physiology and I wanted to know how Yoga modulates these and creates positive change. I feel this program has given me a very good foundation. — Past Participant

The brain science knowledge is really exploding and it’s important to integrate this to Yoga practice and life off the mat! — Past Participant

I’ve never ever experienced such a magical combination of learning high-quality information with a very high spirituality that tightly hugged my heart. — Past Participant